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37K views 22 replies 17 participants last post by  Shaddorry 
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post the best, tallest, futuristic, etc concept skyscrapers' you can find!!
 
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Nikitin-Travush 4000 - [Source]



A viable 4-km skyscraper designed by the Russian architect Nikolai Nikitin in 1966-1969. Canceled after the Japanese side decided to decrease the overall height.
 
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Ivan Leonidov - Ministry of Heavy Industry - 1934 - [Source]



 
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Dmitry Chechulin - The Eighth Tower - late 1940s - [Source]

 
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Vladimir Shukhov - the world's first hyperboloid structure - 1896 - Nizhny Novgorod



About [Vladimir Shukhov] (includes gallery of his works);
Wiki on [Hyperboloid Structures] (including the Guangzhou Tower).
 
#8 ·
I hate that communist architectural concept. They thought their ugly designs were georgeous, only beacause of its measures. Stalin, Boris Iofan and Le Corbusier, etc were architectural cancers.

PS: Sorry if this comment offend someone. I dont have anything against the communists.
 
#11 ·
You cannot compare avant-gard russian constructivists with architecture under Stalin. It's totally different, Stalin went back to beaux-arts and art-deco, he used arts to celbrate power. Constructivists were one of the most interesting movements of their time.
What does Lecor matter then?
 
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Boris Iofan - Palace of Soviets - 1931-1933 - Moscow - [Source]







:)
 
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On related note: Burj Dubai is twice the size of the Palace of Soviets. ;)
 
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With current construction methods/materials the limit is about 2000m, unless new smart materials are developed, graphene for instance, that is so many times stronger than steel/concrete... and possibly has the potential to be used in the construction industry in our lifetimes. The hard part is manufacturing large quantities of it.
 
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