Federation Tower
The Federation Tower (Russian: Башня Федерация, romanized: Bashnya Federatsiya) is a complex of two skyscrapers built on the 13th lot of the Moscow International Business Center in Moscow, Russia. The two skyscrapers are named Tower East or Vostok (Russian: Восток; literally means "East") and Tower West or Zapad (Russian: Запад; literally means "West").
| Federation Tower | |
|---|---|
Башня Федерация | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential building; office building |
| Architectural style | Postmodernism |
| Location | 12, Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment, Moscow-City, Moscow, Russia |
| Coordinates | 55°44′59.17″N 37°32′13.70″E |
| Groundbreaking | 28 November 2003 |
| Construction started | 2005 |
| Completed | 7 December 2017 |
| Opened | Zapad: 2008 Vostok: 7 December 2017 |
| Cost | US$1.2 billion |
| Owner | AEON Corporation (Russian) |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 450 m (1,480 ft) (dismantled) |
| Top floor | 374 m (1,227 ft) (East Tower) 242 m (794 ft) (West Tower) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 97 (East Tower) 63 (West Tower) |
| Floor area | 439,154 m2 (4,727,010 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 66 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Sergei Tchoban, Peter Schweger |
| Developer | Mirax Group (now Potok Corporation) |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Main contractor | Renaissance Construction Company |
The supertall skyscraper Tower East (Vostok) is currently the second-tallest skyscraper in Europe and Russia after the Lakhta Center, the tallest building in Moscow, and the 55th-tallest building in the world. Zapad is a shorter skyscraper than Vostok and is the eleventh-tallest building in Russia, and the 22nd-tallest building in Europe. The complex stands on the 13th lot, which has an area of 439,154 square meters.
The project was conceived by German-Russian engineer Sergei Tchoban and German professor and engineer Peter Schweger. The complex was designed by architecture companies nps+partner and Schweger Associated Architects. The complex started construction in 2005, with Zapad completed first in 2008 with a height of 242 meters (794 feet). As a result of the Great Recession, construction of the complex stopped until August 2011, and Vostok was completed on 7 December 2017 with a height of 374 meters (1,227 feet). In late 2014, Vostok surpassed the South Tower of OKO, which it is also part of the MIBC, as the tallest skyscraper of Russia and Europe. A spire was to be also built which would have extended the complex's height to 450 meters (1,480 feet) as well as provided an observation deck but it was never completed and was dismantled afterward.
The complex is owned by the AEON Corporation, a Russian private international investment group. The complex consists of two towers built on one podium. Tower East is a 97-story structure and Tower West is a 63-story structure. The complex is bounded by a rectangle of 3 alleys & a driveway. All three alleyways are named Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment, but the driveway on its east side is named 3rd Main Street. On July 30, 2023, across the alley from the back entrance, on the first floor, an aircraft (a Ukrainian drone) crashed into Rosbank (whose address is 1st Krasnogvardeisky Direction 19) & exploded, causing a small amount of damage to its facade.