Announced this week was the highest tower in Europe, the office of Foster & Partners. The tower is located within the sector Moscow-City, project that comes from the 90 and seeks to create a self-sufficient business sector near Moscow, 15 skyscrapers built on 60 hectares.

The building proposed by Foster reaches a height of 600m. Structured on the basis of a triangle, built of steel and concrete offer 520.800m ² for hotel, commercial, office, housing and terraces. Following the wishes of Moscow district of generating a self-sufficient, the tower provides various strategies for sustainability, which makes the tower naturally ventilated highest in the world.

Triple glass facade, photovoltaic cells that provide the equivalent of one year of light for office space, recycling energy in the vertical reduces demand for heating by 20%, reducing demand for water for bathing 30% through recovery of rainwater and snow make this a landmark tower on sustainability.

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