27 April 2018

Technical Considerations for Akhmat Tower

Alejandro Stochetti, Sara Beardsley & Marc Cerone, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture; John Peronto, Thornton Tomasetti

The 435-meter Akhmat Tower in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, will be shaped to refer to the Nakh tower, a traditional watchtower typology in the region. A...

26 October 2015

High-rise construction in Russia: Asian way vs. Middle-Eastern way

Elena Shuvalova, Lobby Agency

A new period of flourishing of high-rise construction in Russia began in the 2000s. The data of this study show that 64% of the tallest...