Location Yekaterinburg, Russia Completed 2011 Architectural 188.3 m (618 ft) Floors 50 Opened 25 November 2011 Alternative names Antey-3 | Construction started 2006 Cost USD $150 million Top floor 182.93 m (600 ft) Height 188 m Owner Andrei Gavrilovsky Architect Vladimir Grachev | |
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Address Krasnoarmeyskaya ul., 1, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovskaya oblast', Russia, 620075 Similar Church of All Saints - Yekaterinburg, Plotinka, Pomnik Włodzimierza Wysockie, Keyboard monument, Black Tulip | ||
Vysotsky (Russian: Высоцкий) is the name of a skyscraper in Yekaterinburg. It is the second tallest building in Russia outside of Moscow and the northernmost building over 150 meters tall worldwide, although the tallest structure in Yekaterinburg is the unfinished TV tower.
History
Vysotsky architecture business center and semi-skyscraper built in 2011. It has 54 floors, total height: 188.3 m (618 ft). The business center Vysotsky hit the Guinness Book of Records, having become "The tallest multifunctional business center in the Ural-Siberian and Central-Asian regions."
An open sightseeing platform on the 52nd floor at the height of 186 metres (610 ft) offers a panoramic view of the city. The building serves as a nice orientation point when lost in the city.
The business center Vysotsky is named after Vladimir Vysotsky, a Soviet poet, musician, and actor. Also, it is a play on words: vysoky means "tall" in Russian. Behind the building is a bronze sculpture of Vladimir Vysotsky and his third wife, a French actress Marina Vlady.