The Iset Tower (russian: Башня Исеть) is a 52-story skyscraper in the

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business district of

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, Sverdlovsk Oblast. It is the tallest building in Yekaterinburg and the 16th tallest building in

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, with a record height of . It was also the tallest building outside

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until it was surpassed by the

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. It became the tallest structure of Yekaterinburg on 24 March 2018 when the unfinished

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nearby was demolished as part of the city’s beautification program in preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Iset Tower is the second building of the

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and will settle down in the prestigious neighborhood with the house of the government of Sverdlovsk Oblast, the Regional Duma, drama theater and 5-star

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Yekaterinburg hotel across of B. Yeltsin St. and Boevih Druzhin. The Iset Tower is named after the

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, which goes through central

History

The Iset Tower's design was competed by two European architecture companies,

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engineer and architect

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and the French architecture company Valode & Pistre Architectes. Eventually, Werner Sobek won the competition and their design was chosen. ₽12.8 billion

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($230 million

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) were invested in the construction of the skyscraper. UGMK Holdings developed the skyscraper later on. Planning began in 2010 and ended in 2012. Construction began in 2010 and completed in 2015. The Iset Tower became the tallest structure of Yekaterinburg on 24 March 2018 when the unfinished

nearby was demolished as part of the city’s beautification program in preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Architecture

The Iset Tower has a total area of 80,983 sq ft (7,524 m²), 52 stories above ground, 4 stories below ground, an architectural height of 209 m (685.70 ft) and a roof height of 197 m (646.33 ft). The Iset Tower is fitted with 225 premium class serviced apartments, as well as including a

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, club house, and parking. According to Werner Sobek, The Iset Tower offers modern-day amenities such as a spa and wellness area, a swimming pool and its own cinema. A large restaurant as well as a lounge and a variety of shops in the lower storeys will be open to all residents in the district. A parkland area that is also open to the general public is being created on top of a generously dimensioned roof that covers the driveway and the parking facilities of the tower. Iset Tower's structural material is

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with a facade material of

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and a curtain wall facade system. The complex is vertically divided into three parts which visually distinguish three different types of the facade. The building was designed for the extremely cold weather; the designed external temperature is -35 °C. The façade is mainly unitized with the triple-glazed IGU on

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substructure.

Gallery

File:Iset-Tower skyscraper Yekaterinburg 11aug2012 take 01.JPG, 11 August 2012 File:Исеть23сентября2014.jpg, 23 September 2014

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* * * {{Russia's skyscrapers, Completed Buildings and structures in Yekaterinburg

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