The tallest buildings in St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg is a city with a special landscape and unique architecture of buildings. These factors contribute little to the construction of skyscrapers. It is not easy for architects to build tall buildings, structurally made of concrete and glass, into the historical appearance of the city. As a result, and also taking into account the opinions of the citizens of St. Petersburg, who actively advocate for the prevention of architectural dissonance, there are few new high-rise buildings in the city.

Leaders of high-rise structures of Northern Palmyra

The tallest buildings are mainly located not in the historical center, but on the outskirts of the city. In St. Petersburg, 353 skyscrapers have been erected, the height of which is from 75 m to 100 m. There are 100 buildings that have grown by 28 meters or more.

The highest in the top 10 include:

10 Tower of Central Research Institute of RTK | 105 m

On Tikhoretsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, there is a research center with a space technology testing laboratory. The main building of the Central Research Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics (TsNII RTK) is an unusual tower. It was built in 1985. Height – 77 m. There is an antenna at the top, as a result of which the building ascended 105 m.

Inside the tower is hollow. It is a huge hall in which various tests are carried out. So, up to the present time, they are experimenting with landing systems for Soyuz spacecraft. Previously, interplanetary automatic stations were tested, robotics was developed for the liquidators of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

9. Buildings on Komendantsky Avenue | 105 m

Two identical residential skyscrapers were built on Komendantsky Prospekt. They have interesting and memorable arches, round towers on the roofs. Each building is 2 m high. The number of floors is 105.

The complex is under construction. The first phase was commissioned in 2017. Completion of commissioning of the second stage is expected in 2020.

The building itself is panel structures of variable number of storeys. The buildings consist of a number of sections up to 16 floors.

8. BC Atlantic City | 105 m

“Atlantic City” – 105 m. This is a series of buildings in the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg. Built on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. Nearby there is a park named after the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg.

The business center is notable for having an automated skyscraper control system. It has its own life support systems. For the convenience of visitors, tenants of Atlantic City, a free bus runs, delivering passengers to the nearest metro station. The complex of facilities was commissioned in 2009.

7. Residential complex “London Park” | 105,8 m

“London Park” was built in the Vyborgsky district of the city, on Prosveshcheniya Prospekt. These are two identical skyscrapers of 105,8 m. Each skyscraper is 25 floors. The apartments are sold with free planning. They can be combined on the floor or create multi-level, interfloor apartments.

Construction of London Park began in 2005. It was planned to deliver 254 sq. m. However, the process was significantly delayed. The first apartments were handed over not in 000, as it was promised to the future tenants, but only in 2008. To date, construction has not yet been completed.

Despite the fact that the London Park residential complex was recognized as the most problematic project in St. Petersburg and its implementation was accompanied by protests from equity holders, the developer intends to commission the complex in 2020.

6. Building on Bogatyrsky avenue | 108 m

The residential complex spread over an entire block. Located in the Primorsky district of the city among new buildings. Started moving in in 2003. It owes its name to its location (Bogatyrsky Prospekt, building 2). The height of a 24-storey building is 108 m.

Residents and guests of the Northern capital note that the house organically fits into the appearance of the district. Its feature is the presence of a spire, which is mounted on a small turret on the roof.

Until 2012, the residential complex was the tallest. It was built according to advanced monolithic-brick technology on pile foundations. Settlement began in 2003.

It is noteworthy that the LCD is built exactly on the 60th parallel. The construction of the skyscraper was financed exclusively by future residents.

5. FS “Gazprom Arena” | 110 m

The Gazprom Arena football stadium is one of the largest and tallest buildings in the city. It is located on Krestovsky Island, which gave it its first name – “Krestovsky”.

Gazprom Arena has 9 floors. They are connected by stair-lift blocks. The height of the sports arena is 75 m. However, if we take into account the pylons, then it is 110 m.

The builders calculated that the stadium took more than 480 cubic meters of concrete, almost 000 tons of steel.

The arena was built on the site of the legendary S. Kirov Stadium. The project was developed by the Japanese Kise Kurokawa, he called it – “Spaceship”. Construction began in 2007. It took almost 9 years. The arena is recognized as the most expensive stadium in the Russian Federation. Independent sources claim that its cost is more than 50 billion rubles.

4. Peter and Paul Cathedral | 122,5 m

The cathedral in the name of the supreme apostles Peter and Paul reaches a height of 122,5 m. This is the current Orthodox church in the city. Erected in the central part of the Peter and Paul Fortress. From the moment of construction in 1703 until 1952, it was the highest building in the USSR.

The Peter and Paul Cathedral dates back to 1703, when the Tsar, the future Emperor of Russia Peter I, began to build a citadel on the banks of the Neva – the Peter and Paul Fortress.

The building was intended to mark the heights that Peter intends to conquer, as well as to display a new vector of Russia’s development.

Currently, the cathedral is part of the State Historical Museum of St. Petersburg. He is one of the main symbols of the city, is the resting place of the representatives of the royal house of the Romanovs.

3. LCD “Prince Alexander Nevsky” | 126 m

Residential complex “Prince Alexander Nevsky” is located in the Murzinka district, on the Neva embankment, not far from the Big Obukhovsky Bridge. The tallest residential building in the city. It has 37 floors. The complex with a spire grew by 126 m. It was named in honor of the holy old Russian prince, the patron saint of St. Petersburg.

The residential complex was built from 2008 to 2018. In total, there are 1604 apartments in the skyscraper. The house is equipped with 17 high-speed elevators, two of which operate from the 18th floor to the 34th. Below the ground level, the residential complex has 2 underground floors, which are equipped with parking lots that can accommodate 214 cars. Known for “Prince Alexander Nevsky” and the fact that in 2014 the city administration presented one of its apartments to the three-time Olympic champion Viktor An.

2. Business center “Leader Tower” | 145,5 m

BC “Leader Tower” (Leader Tower) is a building with 42 floors. It is located in the southern part of St. Petersburg (Moskovsky district, Constitution Square). Commissioned in 2013. In everyday life, the name “Constitution” tower was assigned to it. The surface of the facade is specific, it is used to broadcast commercials on it. Upward “Leader Tower” ascended to 145,5 m.

Construction of the business center began in 2009. However, this process was accompanied by problems. So, in 2010, the City Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture, in connection with changes in the development plan, issued an order to stop the construction of the Leader Tower. The decision was justified by the fact that the skyscraper will spoil the city panorama and will negatively affect the ability to view St. Isaac’s Cathedral. But the construction was not stopped, the decision was challenged in the arbitration court, which canceled it. The Leader Tower was commissioned in 2013.

1. BC “Lakhta Center” | 462 m

Skyscraper “Lakhta Center” – 462 m, the tallest building in St. Petersburg. 88 m higher than the Federation Tower (Moscow). It has 87 floors. The spire of the Lakhta Center is impressive, its length is 117 m, and it weighs more than 2000 tons.

The skyscraper ranks second among the tallest European structures. Above it is only the Ostankino TV tower in Moscow, which soared to 540 m. The business center was erected in the Primorsky district of the Northern capital, in Lakhta (the historical part of the district), which gave it its name. Commissioning is expected at the end of 2019. Currently, the business center is undergoing interior decoration.

The main structure that will be located in it will be Gazprom. This is where its main headquarters will be located.

The building is also notable for the fact that on the last day of 2018, it was illuminated with green shades, turning Lakhta Center into the tallest New Year tree in Europe.

Video about how the spire of the Lakhta Center skyscraper was built

Other skyscrapers of the Northern capital

Also, the high-rise buildings of St. Petersburg, reaching a height of 100 m or more, include the following:

• St. Isaac’s Cathedral – 101,54 m. The largest Orthodox church in the Northern capital. Long-term construction, it was erected from 1818 to 1858. The architect is Auguste Montferrand. This is a unique architectural monument. It is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful places of worship in Europe. Located in the center of St. Petersburg on St. Isaac’s Square.
• Residential complex “International” – 101,5 m. Put into operation in 2012. Located on the street. Bela Kuhn. The LCD consists of 3 identical residential buildings with original decorative domes with spiers.
• Residential complex “Seventh Heaven”, the tallest building – 101 m. Commissioned in 2000. Located on Kuznetsovskaya Street. It consists of two buildings of different heights.
• Residential complex “Dominanta” – 101 m. Commissioned in 2012. Located on Cosmonauts Avenue. LCD consists of 4 identical buildings.
• Residential complex “Twin Peaks”. Two twin towers 100 m away. Commissioned in 2008. Located on Bucharest street. They are a copy of the Argentine towers of Torres El Faro, but much smaller in height.
• Residential complex “Rainbow”. This is one house, consisting of 4 buildings of different heights. The height of the largest is 100 m. It has been inhabited since 2010. It is located on Zagreb Boulevard. The house is in the shape of a horseshoe.