Mercury City Tower
Height: 327m
Floors: 70
Location: Google Maps (http://maps.google.ru/maps?hl=ru&ll=55.750646,37.53977&spn=0.002062,0.006732&t=w&z=18&vpsrc=6), Yandex.Maps (http://maps.yandex.ru/?ll=37.539578%2C55.750184&spn=0.006952%2C0.002069&z=18&l=sat%2Cskl)

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Источник: http://www.mercury-city.com/mercury-city/gallery/gallery2/



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http://www.napresne.info/Default.aspx?menu=777&stat=-859564370

short translation

plot 14: 0,4975 hectares leased by Capital City Developments for 49 years represented by contract to Mercury City Towers.

70 storey 332 meters tall building, architected by Mikhail Posokhin, Frank Williams and G. Sirota. Designed by International Center of Highrise Construction. Technical client - TUSK-1 Moskapstroy. Investor and owner - Mercury City Tower.

Zero phase works by Monarch (together with plot 15).

-5 - -3 floors: parking for 440 cars
-2 floor: technical
-1 floor: retail
1 - 2 floors: entrance, restaurants and retail
2 - 38 floors: offices
39 floor: techincal
40 - 70 floors: apartments, fitness centers, spa and restaurants
66 floor: techincal


architectural conception approved on 20 april 2006. techincal will be approved in june.

works begun in november and planned to complete by the end of 2008.



scan of model
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/aleksey-kuznetsow/tu.jpg

on RT conception model
http://www.europaconcorsi.com/db/pub/images/9682/2085349474.jpg

they look like 2 different buildings

status on 14 may 2006 by sturman
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I almost forgot about this tower. Why aren't there any higher quality renderings of it?

Nice tower, but UGH! This is all way too cramped up! How can this building possibly be valorized if you have the visual covered from virtually every direction? You could only see one perspective of it, and only provided you are on very particular spots. I wish they would pull the tower from its ghetto and move it to Moscow City 2, or three, or anywhere it can breath. Generally speaking, I understand everyone wants to be close to the Federation Tower and the river Moscow, but maybe if the city was more spread out it would look better. Hope they rethink the plot assignment plan...

they look like 2 different buildings


Are you looking at the highlighted tower in the 2nd picture, if so it's the building to the left of that one.

love that model...the base looks similar to the burj dubai's

Nice tower, but UGH! This is all way too cramped up! How can this building possibly be valorized if you have the visual covered from virtually every direction? You could only see one perspective of it, and only provided you are on very particular spots. I wish they would pull the tower from its ghetto and move it to Moscow City 2, or three, or anywhere it can breath. Generally speaking, I understand everyone wants to be close to the Federation Tower and the river Moscow, but maybe if the city was more spread out it would look better. Hope they rethink the plot assignment plan...
the plan has been approved in 1994. i hardly doubt it will be reviewed when all project around the core already on their ways. it's not really cramped up. looking from sparrow, winged and bow hills it will perfect connection between CF and City Hall. it will be very situable within skyline.

big city will have more skyscrapers i'm sure, so don't worry;)



btw, 332 m seems without spire and by the cone of roof. spire catch somewhere 400m i think.

In any case, a tower of this height for Moscow is a good thing. :) I can't wait until Moscow has it's own skyline identity!

they look like 2 different buildings

Man, on the second pic look at the building next to the glass tower... that's gonna answer your question.

thanks coth. wow 332m to roof. 360m spire? gee the glass 3 legged tower looks awesome! fosters?
cheers

Oh! very surprise and amazing project.

coth
http://www.europaconcorsi.com/db/pub/images/9682/2085349474.jpg
i think its better to write in this pic the height of the projects
the world still don't get it that moscow is building a Super Tall Cluster

coth
http://www.europaconcorsi.com/db/pub/images/9682/2085349474.jpg
i think its better to write in this pic the height of the projects
the world still don't get it that moscow is building a Super Tall Cluster
there is thread in Eastern Europe P&C with short info about all plots.

thanks coth. wow 332m to roof. 360m spire? gee the glass 3 legged tower looks awesome! fosters?
cheers
380m by spire.

new rendering. scan from arx04 magazine.
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wonderful design!

shame this will looked blocked off by the big blocky tower to left as i think this design should be on it's own a little, maybe a small peninsula slightly edgeing into the river.

I like the second glass design more. But the first one looks good too but not as good. Its nice to see Moscow turning into a modern city as well.

I like the second glass design more. But the first one looks good too but not as good. Its nice to see Moscow turning into a modern city as well.
there is only one desing on pictures.

Pretty high structure

Whats that Supertall??

Nice tower, but UGH! This is all way too cramped up! How can this building possibly be valorized if you have the visual covered from virtually every direction? You could only see one perspective of it, and only provided you are on very particular spots. I wish they would pull the tower from its ghetto and move it to Moscow City 2, or three, or anywhere it can breath. Generally speaking, I understand everyone wants to be close to the Federation Tower and the river Moscow, but maybe if the city was more spread out it would look better. Hope they rethink the plot assignment plan...


oh come on!!!! Arent buildings in Hong Kong, Shanghai and New York valorized??? And doesnt those cities have the best skylines???

What do you preffer, these three cities or Taiwan, with a 500 meters tower in the middle of nowhere, just like you wanted this Russian tower??

A tall tower must help compose a skyline, and this is what will happen in Moscow with all these huge towers close to each other!

Excellent tower! Interesting to notice that the majority of the big projects are happening in countries considered to be "third world" like russia and china. While the western city's skyline are ageing everyday with only a few projects happening. The third world is coming back!

russia is definitely second world as well as other middle income countries.

This tower is awesome!

oh come on!!!! Arent buildings in Hong Kong, Shanghai and New York valorized??? And doesnt those cities have the best skylines???

What do you preffer, these three cities or Taiwan, with a 500 meters tower in the middle of nowhere, just like you wanted this Russian tower??

A tall tower must help compose a skyline, and this is what will happen in Moscow with all these huge towers close to each other!

Well, as for Shanghai, as somebody already pointed out in the SWFC forum, there's lots of space between towers in Pudong. Speaking of Hong Kong and NY, maybe there's (there was) less choice than in Moscow as for the available places to put supertalls. Anyway I didn't mean the Mercury tower should have been placed FAR away from the other ones, I was just wondering if its peculiar shape wouldn't be better valorized if its side perspectives were free from obstructions (remember it's sided by a HUGE and blocky one). But nonetheless, I'm sure the district, in the end, will look great. Every planned building is, in its own way, a masterpiece.

I was just wondering if its peculiar shape wouldn't be better valorized if its side perspectives were free from obstructions (remember it's sided by a HUGE and blocky one).This HUGE one is the city hall. The other one (at the opposite side ) is the tallest tower so far (Federation ). The Mercury tower reminds me a banner. If it is illuminated with 3 colores it will definitely look like a Russian flag. In this case this is a good place for it :) - between the Moscow city hall and the highest tower Federation.

creative design and very tall, I like it though.

16 june 2006 by Ysh

City Hall and City Duma, and Mercury City Tower pit

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17 june by sturman
same pictures as city hall and city duma - one pit.

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Look a bit like Bank of China in Hong Kong.
I think it is a shame it is not added to Emporis database and that there is no drawing of it in the SSP diagram.
Have you thought about that it will be Europe's 2nd largest building?

with just about 150 thous sq m it will not be even in top 10 of largest euro buildings, i think...

22 july by me

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I think this looks the best out of all the Moscow skyscrapers proposed/under construction. Looks very elegant and simple. It is exciting times in Moscow at the moment! For me it is the most exciting development in the world as it is happening in Europe rather than the middle east or asia...about time Europe shows the world that we are capable of building world class skyscrapers :) Well done Russia!

27 january 2007
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Legend to plots made by sturman

Blue - Boulevard between FederationTower and Mercury City Tower
Green - Mercury City Tower plot
Red - City Hall and City Duma plot
http://sturman.ometro.net/journ/ssc/27_01_2007/plots.jpg

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получается строительство меркурий-тауэра началосьёё

not so super and not so tall.
but still.....

Mecrury tower construction site is in the lowest part of the pit, just to remind everybody. :)
Btw, new model of Moscow City:
самый свежий макет СИТИ

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Mercury is unfortunately obscured by other buildings...

not so super and not so tall.
but still.....Are you european? The tallest skyscraper in Europe is lower than 300m now.
This one is supposed to be 380 m. This is 'not so tall' - this is very very tall for Europe if not to say unique,

380m is always tall, if in europe or not :)

That city is going to look great in 2010, and the Russia Tower will be colossal

The model is nice but the top of RT looks not like on the renderings

Wow

Mercury is unfortunately obscured by other buildings...

Yeah, these buildings are too close together. There needs to be more breathing space in between.

Yeah, these buildings are too close together. There needs to be more breathing space in between.

I think once it's built, it's gonna be quite a complex. When you're standing in the middle, I don't think you'll have any trouble seeing everything.

Or when you're looking down from Russia Tower. :)

Woa, are all those buildings gonna be built? Or are some of them already there? If thats all new its amazing, thats like raising a whole new skyline, that project is something even Dubai can be jealous of.

that project is something even Dubai can be jealous of.

Nah. Not even close.

Im not saying its bigger or better than most of the projects in Dubai, but its certainly a project that ANY city would want. I think even Dubai can look at this project and have a little bit of wow in it.

agree, that is a damned big complex with much supertalls in it. that would be also something special for dubai

Threat to Dubai's "tallest block?"

:gossip:

Well if these are all built, Moscow is going to have a cutting edge 21st century skyline.

One more interesting render from www.citynext.ru
The picture shows how the tower is gonna look like with cladding
http://www.citynext.ru/upload/images/14.jpg

^^ Wao, great, this building is gonna look awesome together with all the megatalls of Moscow

Damn man this building like all neo russian scrapers look damn slick indeed :D

Go Go Go!! and build this nice piece off scraper!

I love this tower, one of the less talked about of the Moscow City skyscrapers

12 june 2007


Looks like pile's field is almost completed

http://skyscrapers.ru/gallery/d/9761-1/IMG_2776.jpg

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To the next phase, then.

INTERVIEW-US architect designs Moscow's first eco-building

MOSCOW, June 29 (Reuters Life!) - It took a New York architect to design the first environmentally friendly building in the capital of Russia, a country swamped with energy resources and the world's third-largest polluter.

Harvard-educated Frank Williams is building the 70-storey Mercury City Tower as part of Moscow's most ambitious construction project -- a new business complex Moskva City.

"Moscow's oil and natural gas make it seem, right now, that it would be respectful to do a sustainable building," Williams told Reuters. "It's quite good when you are blessed with such natural resources, to also conserve them."

Williams has designed the 1,246 feet (380 metres) tower to use less water and electricity. One of his ideas is to melt the snow gathered on the building's sloping levels and to let it trickle down into special containers.

A tenth of the construction material will come from a 300 miles (483 km) radius to cut pollution by transport, and all but a quarter of the inside spaces will receive daylight. There will also be room for storing recyclable material.

TAMING THE ENVIRONMENT

Just as Williams is working to lessen the impact of the colossal structure on the environment, he has to make sure the environment in its turn does not damage the building.

"The wind is more powerful than anything on a large building -- more than an earthquake," he said, adding that on a normal day the skyscraper will move eight to 12 inches (20 to 30 cm) in each direction. "If it doesn't move it cracks."

The white-haired architect, who has designed skyscrapers across the world, says "a building this large and this tall" has to be built in a wind tunnel to minimise the impact of wind.

"We get information on the 200-year history of wind in Moscow and we put all this into our computers."

Builders then install mass dampers -- large heavy blocks -- at the top of the building to control its movement.

"When the wind is blowing on one side of the building, this mass damper is computerised to move in the opposite direction to slow the movement down so that you don't perceive it."

In places where the wind presses the hardest on the skyscraper's surface, builders will also use stronger glass.

Moscow's soft soil is another headache for Williams.

"Moscow has all these rivers that it tends to make the soil not so strong," he said.

Caissons are the answer: "These are these very long tubes of steel and concrete that go down into the soil to anchor your building."

MOSCOW ROOFS

For Williams, who talks about architecture more in terms of an art form than an engineering feat, the appearance of his building is no less important than its technical specifications.

A computer model on www.archfwa.com shows a skyscraper composed of four sloping levels and topped with a spire. The three bottom levels have the shape of steps and are covered by a sheet of glass so that they contain triangular spaces akin to loft apartments.

"I have designed this to have a kind of context with Moscow. See, when you walk around Moscow because of the snow loads, most of the older buildings...have sloped roofs," Williams said.

This design is also behind some of the tower's "green" features: "In those sloped roofs you have skylights, and these are going to be vertical winter gardens."

At the same time, Williams wanted to incorporate into the building a reference to Russian constructivism by giving it a "very strong vertical thrust".

The New Yorker says that in his hometown, demand for sustainable buildings is rising fast. But by designing Moscow's Mercury City Tower, Williams is not just paying lip service to fashion.

Is he a bit of a tree-hugger?

"Absolutely," the architect replied with a smile -- after asking for an explanation of the humorous nickname for environmentalists.

Great tower, too bad it won't be as prominent as its design would justify it to have.

No

moscow and dubai really want to show what they can do. nice tower by the way

But Moscow isn't so known as Dubai.

Looks nice, really tall, so its going to be a important sight at the skyline! :)

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This is going to be a a great tower, looks like the mat is about 15' thick, and the Duma has mats just as thick, but 4 of them, but being next to this tower, i'm hoping the Duma looks more like 4 towers with a virtually transparent atrium, instead of like one huge block, I would like to see this tower not overpowered by it's neighbor.

Some new renderings from

http://moscow-city.moy.su/

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just to note - unofficial - fan-art.

maybe, but they're looking magnificent!

^^Mercury Tower is supposed to be 380 m tall. On this pic it looks shorter than u/c Naberezhnaya tower (268 m)

^^Mercurry Tower is supposed to be 380 me tall. In this pic it looks shorter than u/c Naberezhnaya tower (268 m)

You're right, but the design looks awesome on those pictures.

that was what i meant :yes:

http://www.mercury-city.com/
another render

wow...amazing future cluster for Moscow :cheers:

Good for Moscow.... Another giant then,....

http://moscow-city.moy.su/_ph/13/224310213.jpg
Sorry, but... The one on the right looks a bit like a vacuum cleaner to me. I know the real tower will probably look great, but on that render, well, a vacuum cleaner, as I said.

personally i think this one needs to be an extra 100m taller. it looks like this tower could be the kind of tower that is signature to the cluster, and it could have made a kind of peak among the towers. dont get me wrong, theres nothing wrong with 380m!! its just 480 would be better :D

why not 580m? :D

http://moscow-city.moy.su/_ph/13/478685007.jpg

OMG i cant believe it, so futuristic, so new, so diffirent. I like the shape of the building very much!

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n2715.jpg
The future is coming closer day by day:nuts:

Wow! this tower is really nice! Really elegant and not too crazy of a design which i really like. It should look really good once completed!

The tower is on the lower part of the pic/pit


( Solovskoy Max )

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http://www.citytowers.ru/viewtopic.php?pid=21205#p21205

seems it just started to rise :)

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/5750/220508tu9.jpg
(c)Solovskoy Max from www.citytowers.ru (http://www.citytowers.ru/)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=21001668&postcount=292

Another one will start to rise soon! :banana:

by igor Today

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Yup, once It gets over the ground level then it's quite visible to see things rising really fast , but for some reason I can't tell if It's the Mercury Tower or Moscow Tower any more because they are so close

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:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Incredible design, its like it comes just out of a movie of "star trek" or something! Moscow is amazing, what a design!

Wow this is an amazing skyscraper!:eek2:

http://moscow-city.moy.su/_ph/13/478685007.jpg

:eek: Moscow is getting amazing!

igor managed to approach the pit
08/09/08
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sweet!

it looks the same like 2 months ago...

I thought the WTC had a crazy cluster of supertalls. Moscow supertall are just great to look at. Can't wait to see it when it's all said and done.

this is a great building in moscow ..

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look at the other buildings closely. they are mirror images of each other.
awesome building.

This render is wrong in the sense of where the building is located in IBC, it is just a picture with then current IBC background. In reality, it will stand between Federation Tower and Duma.

I thought the WTC had a crazy cluster of supertalls. Moscow supertall are just great to look at.Moscow's supertalls can only be seen on the renders... It will be great to see them live. Wait half a year..

13/09/08
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^^Wow! Lots of progress have taken place! I didn't know that the construction was at this stage. :okay:

Looks like this tower will be out of the ground soon. :)

Moscow becomes an extremely futuristic paradise!! This is a great project,too.

03/11/08
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Thanks for the update...This is really good looking tower...Moscow rocks...:banana2:

Thanks for the picture, nice to see work continuing on this tower.

6 december 2008

http://i066.radikal.ru/0812/69/8e9545354192.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

http://s53.radikal.ru/i139/0812/fd/b3371fa2ddcd.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

http://s57.radikal.ru/i158/0812/f2/2b88de8c1295.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

http://s49.radikal.ru/i126/0812/95/c8ac30aaa115.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

^^ Looks like it's almost at street level. This is one of my favorites of the IBC towers!

http://www.archfwa.com/files/project_images/F%20Williams%2011.8.06-42%20with%20more%20contrast%20wider.jpg

there so much on in Moscow I can't keep up with all the projects

^^ Looks like it's almost at street level. This is one of my favorites of the IBC towers!

http://www.archfwa.com/files/project_images/F%20Williams%2011.8.06-42%20with%20more%20contrast%20wider.jpg

For me this beauty is going to be among 10 the most amazing skyscrapers in the world. I can't wait to see it finished. :cheers:

I love this design, it is very simple and tastefull, without becoming borring. Its to bad that it will be obscured by all of those other towers! At least they look nice as well....:lol:

One undeground floor was added since the last update.

http://s58.radikal.ru/i161/0901/9d/ee1b251d2693.jpg
Ysh

status on 14 may 2006 by sturman
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I remind it's been already 2,5 years since the beginning of digging.
I'm afraid we all become grandpas when it is finished:ohno:

^^ Looks like it's almost at street level. This is one of my favorites of the IBC towers!

http://www.archfwa.com/files/project_images/F%20Williams%2011.8.06-42%20with%20more%20contrast%20wider.jpg
I love this design. @ 380m :cheers:

So its still in its digging phase??....No further advance?

^^Read not only 2 last posts.

yes, read 3 posts :lol:

Please, read last 4 posts. :lol:

are there any renders with color?

It looks like one floor more.

by Majoris;
http://s41.radikal.ru/i092/0901/e8/3bff9049e7eb.jpg

So basically this is going up in average by two floors per month. Slow indeed,but at least it' not on hold like other projects.

Very cool and aggressive looking. Love it.

Looks very nice design :)

good progress, finally we see that tower above ground :)

I like that design, Moscow is going to have such a nice skyline!

I like it. Moscow has some quite interesting projects going on...

By mr. MyXiN

07.03.09

proposed glass

http://www.myxin.ru/fotos/moscow_city/07.03.09/IMG_1173.jpg

http://www.myxin.ru/fotos/moscow_city/07.03.09/IMG_1176.jpg

http://www.myxin.ru/fotos/moscow_city/07.03.09/IMG_1177.jpg

The tower not much have been changed, but a lot of workers on the plot !
http://www.myxin.ru/fotos/moscow_city/07.03.09/pano.jpg

Great looking glass! I hope we'll see this one rise.

the design is F... AMAZING! Moscow rules!

Love the Glass!!!!!

^Yeah, very 80s.

Love it. Love Moscow. I can't wait until Moscow is a gleaming city center again! The best in Europe.

I must say they choose really greate colour. Red would look tacky, gold either. I think gold-red mix is the best they would choose

Well, I am not a fan of the cladding. Not sure how that gold-red will look in bigger amounts...

:puke:

the glass going to make it stand out very nice indeed

The Glass it self is ok but the white sh*t is horibble IMho!

Although It's not my first choice for glass color, it will surely give some uniqueness to the color pallate of the IBC. Glad they chose to stray away from blue and green this time.

Beautiful design, i like it !

cool glass, made me think of Trump vegas

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/SJM87/2260793718_2d7aa1d5a4.jpg

the glass looks unique and it will surely standout

is there a reason for it being orange besides aesthetics?
such as attracting heat, or something along those lines?

That city is going to look great in 2010, and the Russia Tower will be colossal

and the Russia Tower will be colossalwhen?

That city is going to look great in 2010, and the Russia Tower will be colossal

I heard that it was cancelled? Or they reduced the height to 200 meters or something.

http://i634.photobucket.com/albums/uu61/K-FOR/SN853706.jpg?t=1237054894
http://i634.photobucket.com/albums/uu61/K-FOR/SN853704.jpg?t=1237054927
http://i634.photobucket.com/albums/uu61/K-FOR/SN853692.jpg?t=1237054952

02/04/09

http://s39.radikal.ru/i085/0904/3a/afb548935c00.jpg

The glass colour reminds me of copper.
I think the glass would look quite cool.

Latest render

http://i045.radikal.ru/0904/8b/c76c9b5bd1e3.jpg

^^Excellent color for the cladding. :)

is there a specific reason to have the glass orange?

Any real good reason to be of another colour? :)

I love the orange color. It's very unique and will contrast nicely with the other towers.

the only orange building in the world! I like it!

is there a specific reason to have the glass orange?

http://images.google.ca/images?gbv=2&hl=en&safe=off&q=planet+mercury&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=21

Any real good reason to be of another colour? :)

Money;)
Tower looks superb!

Regardless of the reasons, there is the fact that, the view from within the tower will feel weird. I can't imagine working daily in a building looking upon an orange (goldish) world.

I can't imagine working daily in a building looking upon an orange (goldish) world.
Hmm... Why not? It's often cloudy in Moscow, everything is gray from autumn till spring. Orange may give some positive to all this. ;)

I like it. Contrast with the other towers.

Nice tower but the glass its very i dont know.

Well, it is something new in Moscow IBC. I personally am not a fan of the orange color for now, but maybe when it will be nearing completion, majority of us will agree that it was a good choice. I like it that they don't want the IBC to be all blue...

by Majoris

today

http://s57.radikal.ru/i157/0904/a6/2f85a415e437.jpg

I love the cladding, might seem odd at first but I am sure it will look great when its finished, will make the tower stand out a bit I think.

The Mercury City Tower was to have had black cladding, but why was it changed to orange? With the orange cladding, it looks like it stands in the sunrise or sunset.

12 April 2009

Click to enlarge

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6848/cimg5729.th.jpg (http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg5729.jpg)

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/2676/cimg5730d.th.jpg (http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg5730d.jpg)

http://i048.radikal.ru/0904/44/327b2f0512e9t.jpg (http://radikal.ru/F/i048.radikal.ru/0904/44/327b2f0512e9.jpg.html)

http://s60.radikal.ru/i169/0904/ee/2f9db37b2691.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

Nice tower, cant wait till its complete!!

nice tower.

22.04.2009
Majoris

http://s39.radikal.ru/i083/0904/e1/b8b75958586a.jpg

Beautiful picture! Quickly build!

The color is approved by our Client, after we made a sample of the facade system...

^^ Why don't you participate in the Russian seccion?

By the way, I would like to appreciate everyone who are interested in our building soooo much.... :)

Interesting building, will follow this one. One thing I am unsure about is the spire, does it serve a technical purpose?

It is not going to be the highest one in that cluster anyway. I think spires are often overused.

By the way, I would like to appreciate everyone who are interested in our building soooo much.... :)
so it's right there;)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=316909&page=16

so it's right there;)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=316909&page=16

I would like to participate in Russian section but, my Russian language learning phase needs much more time... :)

Tonight, there is not much work to do...
But tomorrow night, we will cast another section of our central core walls, approximately 600 tons of concrete will be casted in it`s place....:nuts:

The color is approved by our Client, after we made a sample of the facade system...

I found the following on the official page of RASEN company.
The new tower is sheathed in light, warm silver glass that will act as a background to Moscow's new city hall, http://www.rasen.com.tr/p_mercury.asp?lang=en

Is this correct?

I found the following on the official page of RASEN company.
The new tower is sheathed in light, warm silver glass that will act as a background to Moscow's new city hall, http://www.rasen.com.tr/p_mercury.asp?lang=en

Is this correct?

That info was written on site before our client`s approval...

byMajoris
28.04.09

http://s60.radikal.ru/i168/0904/6f/fef899bc0617.jpg

http://s52.radikal.ru/i137/0904/87/1b509e054089.jpg

Starting to rise faster now, I'm getting excited for this amazing tower :cheers:

Yeah im excited too

Moscow is whupping ass these days. I love the mix of old and new in the Moscow skyline.

Yes, I love this too

by Majoris

4 may

http://i010.radikal.ru/0905/ac/01a5664def5b.jpg

16/05/09

Installation of a new crane

http://s40.radikal.ru/i088/0905/d1/d78deae9c4d0.jpg

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9199/dsc00459.th.jpg (http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00459.jpg)
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3392/dsc00494q.th.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00494q.jpg)
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8498/dsc0308f.th.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0308f.jpg)

8th June 2009
taken by majoris

http://s59.radikal.ru/i163/0906/13/5efe3d804686.jpg

Great progress, and many workers on site. At the moment this is more or less the only tower of moscow city with real visible progress!

Today (by Majoris)
http://s51.radikal.ru/i131/0906/0b/d73b129d6e36.jpg

http://s40.radikal.ru/i089/0906/17/5604fb8a5224.jpg

this tower is too cool

it has reached street level :banana:

it has reached street level :banana:

street level? you must be kidding! :)))
tonight we`re casting concrete into columns of level +8.730 :))))

Hmm you work on this building...fun! http://www.tracker-data.com/data/img/4136/s09v0317fvxp/00.gif

Hmm you work on this building...fun! [http://www.tracker-data.com/data/img/4136/s09v0317fvxp/00.gif[/IMG]:bash:

street level? you must be kidding! :)))
tonight we`re casting concrete into columns of level +8.730 :))))

i haven't looked at this thread in a LONG time:lol:

:)yeah, i just can't seen it by myself(I went only near Moscow River side) but though all is going on..)))

Hmm you work on this building...fun! http://www.tracker-data.com/data/img/4136/s09v0317fvxp/00.gif

Yes I do, more than 18 months.. :):):)

Yes I do, more than 18 months.. :):):)
Are you Chinese?

Are you Chinese?

No, I`m Turkish.

build it fast please ;-)

It depends on money and on shedule. And builders can't overbuild - it's not the USSR now

The pace of the construction is very slow.

I mean they have been working on it for like over 3 years and the building is like only 30 meters so far, no offense but the construction is very slow.

I mean they have been working on it for like over 3 years and the building is like only 30 meters so far, no offense but the construction is very slow.No one is offended. Sorry. :)

I mean they have been working on it for like over 3 years and the building is like only 30 meters so far,. It is about 1 floor a month now. So the current speed is 36 floors for 3 years, not 30 metres. :)

PS 1 floor a month - is the quickest speed in City now :) Don't complain about the MErcury tower.

Don't pay attention to nmaister - he roames from one thread to another and complains about every russian project.

I mean they have been working on it for like over 3 years and the building is like only 30 meters so far, no offense but the construction is very slow.

It's went on zero in middle april. Now it's over 12 meters tall. 6 meters / month is quite fast for concrete building considering of hard structure of first floors.

No offense, but trolling in not allowed here.




19 june, taked by majoris
http://s48.radikal.ru/i122/0906/58/e3f6069f6401.jpg

http://i073.radikal.ru/0906/3b/b9f8437d50b6.jpg

http://s53.radikal.ru/i140/0906/30/c964f0ede995.jpg

I can see some visible progress on the site. This beauty once built is going to be one of my favorite towers anywhere. :okay:

good concept but i think the site not so good

:cheers::bash::cheers::cheers:

by Majoris

the next level

http://s58.radikal.ru/i161/0906/50/6e75fa157954.jpg

http://i056.radikal.ru/0906/c8/c53580164d52.jpg

Beautiful project!

Good consistent progress on this one.

good

02/07/09

http://s54.radikal.ru/i146/0907/a1/85daf60f9041.jpg

Hope they will start to build quicker.

Hope they will start to build quicker.

I thought it was trolling to suggest they were slow? :lol:

I thought it was trolling to suggest they were slow? :lol:

Since when a storey per month is quick?

today

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3610/go131.7/0_2aca7_10e546b6_orig


http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3609/go131.7/0_2aca8_689fd83c_orig


http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3611/go131.7/0_2aca6_e7683eac_XL

It is about 1 floor a month now. So the current speed is 36 floors for 3 years, not 30 metres. :)

PS 1 floor a month - is the quickest speed in City now :) Don't complain about the MErcury tower.

We have started Mercury City Tower Project on 2007 July. Now it`s 2009 July, and during these two years ( not more than 3!!! ), we have casted more than 140 million kilograms (~58000m3) of concrete into it`s place! We have a schedule and a budget. So, if our client gives us unlimited money and unlimited resources, I`m sure that we will complete it very quick, but if you (NMAISTER007) have a little brain, you can understand that it`s impossible. In addition of these, you should consider the negative effect of the economic crisis.

^^Yep. Don't complain guys. I'm happy to see this tower going up slowly but surely. :cheers:

We have started Mercury City Tower Project on 2007 July. Now it`s 2009 July, and during these two years ( not more than 3!!! ), we have casted more than 140 million kilograms (~58000m3) of concrete into it`s place! We have a schedule and a budget. So, if our client gives us unlimited money and unlimited resources, I`m sure that we will complete it very quickly, but if you have a little brain, you can understand that it`s impossible. In addition of these, you should consider the negative effect of the economic crisis.

you are my god :)

We have started Mercury City Tower Project on 2007 July. Now it`s 2009 July, and during these two years ( not more than 3!!! ), we have casted more than 140 million kilograms (~58000m3) of concrete into it`s place! We have a schedule and a budget..What is your shedule? How many floors a year do you plan to build?
Your current speed is 12 floors a year. It is very slow. Certainly, it is better than zero :)

PS By the way, when you work for 3 years you'll won't have 36 floors built.

Our progress and schedule depends on the amount of money that our client can give us in a month...
As our building rises, it becomes smaller. now the area of one floor is 3500 sqm. but it will be 750 sqm. in the final floor. So this 1 floor/month speed is not real. We can build much faster. We have a capacity of casting 6000 m3 concrete in a month but now we are casting 2000-2500 m3. :):):) Don`t ask me the reasons, I can not tell....

We can build much faster. We have a capacity of casting 6000 m3 concrete in a month but now we are casting 2000-2500 m3. :):):)..If you can work faster, do it and don't work 24 hours a day.
Why do you work 24 hours a day?

If you can work faster, do it and don't work 24 hours a day.
Why do you work 24 hours a day?

Do you think that it`s possible to cast concrete during day time. With such traffic jam, how are you gonna cast so huge amounts of concrete! Every night we are racing with time to complete casting the concrete, because we know that, in day time it`s impossible to finish concreting. For example, we can cast 400 m3 in a night, but we can cast 80 m3 in day time, I hope I could explain it well here. We are already working 24 hours a day, from the beginning! If you can do better, come here and do it! This is not about work force, it`s all about money, do you understand. The more you give, the more you get. We have been working here for more than 6 months without any payment from our client. Many of companies stopped building in the beginning of the crisis, but we continued, and we continued from the money which was in our pocket, not from the money of our client, but now there is no money!!! It`s great money that you can`t see even in your dreams!!!!!!

and we continued from the money which was in our pocket, not from the money of our client, but now there is no money!!! Does it mean you may stop working soon?

Does it mean you may stop working soon?

I`ve decided not to write any more confidential information. Sorry...

I`ve decided not to write any more confidential information. Sorry...

This is already shocking enough :ohno:

Does it mean you may stop working soon?

I think he means that SPEED OF BUILDING depends of payments ONLY, not that payments can stop. Now payments are STABLE going on, so let's be optimists =)


Our progress and schedule depends on the amount of money that our client can give us in a month...
As our building rises, it becomes smaller. now the area of one floor is 3500 sqm. but it will be 750 sqm. in the final floor. So this 1 floor/month speed is not real. We can build much faster. We have a capacity of casting 6000 m3 concrete in a month but now we are casting 2000-2500 m3. :):):) Don`t ask me the reasons, I can not tell....
Do you think that it`s possible to cast concrete during day time. With such traffic jam, how are you gonna cast so huge amounts of concrete! Every night we are racing with time to complete casting the concrete, because we know that, in day time it`s impossible to finish concreting. For example, we can cast 400 m3 in a night, but we can cast 80 m3 in day time, I hope I could explain it well here. We are already working 24 hours a day, from the beginning! If you can do better, come here and do it! This is not about work force, it`s all about money, do you understand. The more you give, the more you get. We have been working here for more than 6 months without any payment from our client. Many of companies stopped building in the beginning of the crisis, but we continued, and we continued from the money which was in our pocket, not from the money of our client, but now there is no money!!! It`s great money that you can`t see even in your dreams!!!!!!

Thank you for interesting information, i wish you good luck in building =)

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21/07/09

http://s05.radikal.ru/i178/0907/08/92296e30ee12.jpg

Very impressive once finished.

by Majoris

http://i013.radikal.ru/0907/d1/6cecd7e66307.jpg

like the clad of this one, im sure itll stand out on the skyline of IBC/moscow

Moscow is going to be amazing in a few years.

by bdb2000;40916950]
28th of July

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3510/wwwdwwwru.f/0_1440b_ca639c0a_XL.jpg (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/wwwdwwwru/view/82955/)
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^^^ like the elevated view :cheers:

by igor; 17/08/09

the fifth floor is being built

http://s41.radikal.ru/i091/0908/db/c516a0235d0d.jpg

Nice and wonderful dasign.Hope to see its completion soon.

by igor; 20/08/09

The core is on the 6th floor.

http://i080.radikal.ru/0908/2c/42dfb707cd9d.jpg

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3009/go131.8/0_2da79_335f1674_orig

by igor; 17/08/09

the fifth floor is being built



by igor; 20/08/09

The core is on the 6th floor.



hmmm so 1 story in 3 days ????? Isnt that good progress

hmmm so 1 story in 3 days ????? Isnt that good progress
The core was elevated during one night. It doesn't mean that 1 level was built for 1 night :)
PS The core had been elevated to the 5th floor 25 days before.

27/08/09

http://s46.radikal.ru/i111/0908/5d/6d87a3ab1cc4.jpg

nice, can't wait to see this one grow.

^^
Not only can't I wait to see this grow, but I can't wait to see the cladding. I heard it was going to be a copper-color!:cheers:

29/08/09

http://i074.radikal.ru/0908/a2/6de8ef8ca79c.jpg

Good to see it making steady progress. I'd hate to see the IBC filled with half-finished projects.

I'd hate to see the IBC filled with half-finished projects.Unfortunately, this one is not half-finished yet...It's loooong way to become half finished :)

by Majoris 31.08.09

http://i063.radikal.ru/0908/d7/60ce950cc922.jpg

wow, although not superspeedy, by far the fastest construction pace of moscow city at the moment. hopefully this is a good sign that at least this developer trusts in the future demand for living/office space!

Looking good! It's going to look amazing when it's complete.

01/09/09

http://i001.radikal.ru/0909/2e/5c79b0d7b0e4.jpg