Administrator Lite Posted January 1, 2008 Administrator Share Posted January 1, 2008 Moscow’s rapidly growing skyline will soon feature an eye-popping new addition: Crystal Island, which will be the world’s biggest building when completed. Sir Norman Foster’s mountainous 27 million square feet spiraling “city within a building” will cost $4 billion and it is scheduled to be built within next 5 years.The Crystal Island will be Lord Foster’s second large scale project in the Russian capital, and his third new building design that resembles a volcano (we’re talking about his two mountainous buildings in Astana, Kazakstan). Although many people are calling this design the ‘Christmas Tree’ of Moscow - we can’t help but be reminded of the utopian and also rather volcanic X-Seed 4000 design for Tokyo. Unlike that pipe-dream project, however, Foster has a track record of getting buildings built, so the likelihood is high that we will see this striking structure towering over the Kremlin within 5 years time. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Moscow’s rapidly growing skyline will soon feature an eye-popping new addition: Crystal Island, which will be the world’s biggest building when completed. Sir Norman Foster’s mountainous 27 million square feet spiraling “city within a building” will cost $4 billion and it is scheduled to be built within next 5 years.The Crystal Island will be Lord Foster’s second large scale project in the Russian capital, and his third new building design that resembles a volcano (we’re talking about his two mountainous buildings in Astana, Kazakstan). Although many people are calling this design the ‘Christmas Tree’ of Moscow - we can’t help but be reminded of the utopian and also rather volcanic X-Seed 4000 design for Tokyo. Unlike that pipe-dream project, however, Foster has a track record of getting buildings built, so the likelihood is high that we will see this striking structure towering over the Kremlin within 5 years time. View: Original Articlethat may be so that he has a history of getting things built...but safety codes are are quite lax in Russia not to mention 20 years behind on safety factors... well maybe not 20 years but you get the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Russia is doing good after Putin came to power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 i think it is because if putin's hard work, we are hearing this, anyhow let;s see what happens till then, especially since dubai is in a race of it's own to have the biggest of all......lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 i think it is because if putin's hard work, we are hearing this, anyhow let;s see what happens till then, especially since dubai is in a race of it's own to have the biggest of all......lolDubai... has lots lots lots of money... they are finding ways to spend it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinite_Vision Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Dubai does have money but they have a warm climate all year as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Dubai does have money but they have a warm climate all year as well.So they have everything in ACThey have free petrol/gas to run everything on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Dubai does have money but they have a warm climate all year as well.So they have everything in ACThey have free petrol/gas to run everything on...the russians are also finding and developing a lot of there natural resources,such as oil etc.maybe niow they will be able to pay there govt workers and help the peasants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinite_Vision Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Dubai does have money but they have a warm climate all year as well.So they have everything in ACThey have free petrol/gas to run everything on...True but Dubai will always be the sexier location between the two. Look at the movie stars that are purchasing those man made islands there. What I'm saying is that Dubai has been building and building this perspective that Dubai is the destination to be for a long time now. I'm not saying Moscow is not but it has a long way to go if it wants to compete with Dubai. :dance2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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