Crystal Island Will Be the World's Biggest Building

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jan 3rd 2008 at 11:02AM

The ambitious architects at Foster + Partners have announced another huge project, in fact this might be the huge project. They have unveiled renderings for Crystal Island, a £2 billion "city inside a building" in Moscow which will be the world's biggest building. Now note, I didn't say tallest, although it is tall. This one is all about the sprawl, it will be have four times the floor space of the Pentagon building in Washington D.C., more floor space than any other structure on Earth. The building will stretch almost 1,500 feet into the sky and will be a multi-use structure. The building will include 900 apartments, 3,000 hotel rooms, a school for 500 students, a movie theater, a museum, a sports complex and dozens of shops. Some critics say it resembles a giant Christmas tree (the tower does spread downward from the top peak, and will be a vulgar blight) on the Moscow cityscape. The structure will be placed on a peninsula located five miles from the city center and it is expected to be completed in six years.

[via The Sunday Times]

Tags: crystal island, foster and partners, FosterAndPartners, moscow, russia

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George Walters Feb 23rd 2008 1:19AM

You all sound like a bunch of grade school children. As a person appreciative of cutting edge architecture and design I think all the new skyscrapers are great no matter where they're being built. But it is kinda sad the the most progressive looking structures are being built everywhere but the U.S.

dan dinello Jan 6th 2008 8:30PM

I don't do windows.

Beth Jan 6th 2008 9:28PM

Cool. I'll have to check that out. =]

HeyyyBarKeep Jan 6th 2008 10:29PM

Sounds like we're jealous.

Wm Stoup Jan 6th 2008 10:31PM

I wonder where they got the money to build that

frank Jan 6th 2008 10:57PM

what criteria is being employed to determine that this strucure is to be a "vulgar blight" on the Moscow cityscape?

matt Jan 6th 2008 11:02PM

so russia will have the fattest,,,,where is tallest? du bai? (sp) or u.s.? maybe fairfax va. i heard?

brian Jan 6th 2008 11:10PM

nice some country knows how to build,, apparently we forgot or just dont give a damn,, thats why there is still a giant hole in new york city where 2 mighty buildings used to be.

ADAM Jan 6th 2008 11:23PM

buy stock in windex!!!!

Everette Moon Jan 6th 2008 11:31PM

Why do you know it all nit-witt people have to always make a contest out of something? It's just another structure. America doesn't have to be jealous of anything, nor any other country. Stop being so ungrateful. You should be thankfull to be able to call America home. Hail to America. God Bless us all.