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Old Posted Aug 27, 2012, 7:04 AM
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I like the unique shape of the structure. Like Rockefeller Plaza mated with Bank of China.

What I do NOT like is the shade of glass for the facade. I have said it before and I'll say it again: Anything gold/orange/red is not OK anywhere except in the desert, or on a casino. It just doesn't match the surroundings well enough. I think Vegas might be the only place it can be pulled off, and maybe Dubai since it wants to be outlandish.

If they had gone with a silver facade or darkish silver/slate-gray glass this thing would look amazing. But the copper glass just kills its appearance, IMO.
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Old Posted Aug 27, 2012, 8:35 PM
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I adore the orange glass. It gives gives a much needed contrast to the dull blue glass around it and Eurasia does the same job. It's clear Moscow does not want to be minimalist and conservative like, say, NYC, so they can pull off whatever colour of glass or wacky design they want.
     
     
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http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...-tallest-tower

Moscow Mercury City Tops Shard as Europe’s Tallest Tower





By Ilya Khrennikov
November 01, 2012

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Mercury City, the tower Russian retail billionaire Igor Kesaev is building in Moscow’s new financial district, overtook the Shard in London as Europe’s tallest skyscraper.

The tower reached its full height of 339 meters (1,112 feet), 29 meters more than the Shard, Kesaev’s Mercury Development said today, citing Hamburg-based researcher Emporis. The 70-story skyscraper, designed by U.S. architect Frank Williams, who died in 2010, and Russia’s Mikhail Posokhin, is due to be completed in the first quarter next year.

“When I first came to New York in 1991 and saw the Chrysler building and the Citibank one, I thought that such kind of skyscrapers should appear in Moscow,” Kesaev said at a press conference in the Russian capital today. “Now, 20 years later, this dream has come true.”
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And this is why New York needs not to compete. We're the birthplace of the inspiration to build big, which is why I do not care for supertalls in the city.

Mercury City Tower is a very beautiful tower, and I cannot wait for the spire to go up on this one.
     
     
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Can't wait to see this thing finished. Love the color.. love the shape.
     
     
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And this is why New York needs not to compete. We're the birthplace of the inspiration to build big, which is why I do not care for supertalls in the city.

Mercury City Tower is a very beautiful tower, and I cannot wait for the spire to go up on this one.
There will be no spire, and the render is outdated. Instead, the roof height has risen.
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Old Posted Nov 4, 2012, 2:47 AM
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Well that's a bummer. It really made this tower.
     
     
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...ower-the-shard

Russia's Mercury City tower cuts the Shard down to size
The tapering mountain of pink-hued trapezoidal blocks, one of a cluster of competing structures in Moscow, takes the title of Europe's tallest building from its London rival



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A towering beacon of pink mirrored glass has overtaken the Shard to become the tallest building in Europe. Moscow's Mercury City tower, which topped out on Thursday, now rises to 339m, making it 29m taller than London's own crystalline pyramid.

The building joins a motley cluster in the emerging Moscow International Business Centre, a $12bn complex initiated by former mayor Yuri Luzhkov as a playground for rival oligarchs to demonstrate their penile might.

This latest pink totem is the brainchild of retail billionaire Igor Kesaev, who said it "demonstrates that all of Russia is on a level with countries of the eurozone, continuing its planned development and moving forward".

Designed by the late American architect Frank Williams, working with Moscow's Mikhail Posokhin, the $1bn tower stands as a tapering mountain of trapezoidal blocks. If you screw your eyes up, its faceted steps recall early expressionist architecture and the crystalline forms of Hugh Ferris's New York setback diagrams – only here interpreted with a clumsy commercial bulk.

The building was originally to be clad in a shimmering sheath of silver glass, to act as a mirrored backdrop to the reddish Moscow City Hall. Since that scheme was axed, Mercury City has taken on a bronzed hue, a kind of architectural perma-tan, as if forever bathed in a sunset glow.

The architect says the project "has a strong reference to Russian constructivism, [which] gives the tower a strong vertical thrust similar to the one found in New York's Chrysler building".
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...ower-the-shard

Russia's Mercury City tower cuts the Shard down to size
The tapering mountain of pink-hued trapezoidal blocks, one of a cluster of competing structures in Moscow, takes the title of Europe's tallest building from its London rival



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Pink? That doesn't look pink to me...
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 7, 2012, 11:12 PM
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Funny article, the Brits are so jealous.
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Old Posted Nov 12, 2012, 9:59 PM
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This looks so dated and tacky.
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Funny article, the Brits are so jealous.
The English are so jealous, not Brits.

I think the Shard is tall enough. Nonetheless, the Mercury Tower is of an attractive colour.
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 16, 2012, 5:43 PM
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Why do they focus on the Mercury IBC being taller when all the rest of those towers on the site are taller already?
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 16, 2012, 6:25 PM
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Mercury is currently the tallest, which will be overtaken by Federation Tower. Hopefully Russia Tower can restart.
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I have nothing against Russia, but that is one horribly unattractive cluster of towers.
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 19, 2012, 2:52 AM
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I like the building but there's to many different styles in one small part of the city.
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 19, 2012, 3:16 AM
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I'm going to stick up for Russia and say that I actually like this CBD a lot.
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 19, 2012, 3:38 AM
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The cladding is beautiful. When all of the gaps are completely filled in, I'm sure more people will appreciate it.
     
     
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Much too much going on design wise in that area.
     
     
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