The most expensive mansion in Russia was put on sale for about US$ 98,6 million. The mansion with 1700 square meters of total area is located in the closed cottage village «Florance», 5 kilometers from MKAD along the Rublevo-Uspenskoe highway. The mansion consists of 5 furnished bedrooms with their own bathrooms and cloakrooms, four office rooms, spa area with swimming pool, sauna, solarium, beauty salon, cinema, billiard, library and so on. The mansion is located on a plot of 11 thousand square meters. On the site there is a reception house with professional kitchen and conference hall, a garage for six cars, a mini-farm, year-round greenhouses, and ponds equipped for fishing.
An open competition could be launched for the restoration and future use of Moscow's 1922 Shukhov Tower after it was saved from demolition. A campaign led by some of the biggest names in architecture has persuaded Moscow city council to overturn plans to dismantle the 150 meters steel lattice radio tower to make way for a new development. Now Moscow city council has announced it is to give the structure protected status, citing its dominance on the skyline, its 3D design - it features five interlocking hyperboloids - and the method of its construction as key reasons. And, in conjunction with the national government, it wants to hold an open international competition to restore the tower and find future uses. But there is some doubt about whether an international competition would be legal because the legislation requires special certificate from The Ministry for Culture of Russia for cultural heritage works, according to a report in the Izvestia newspaper. Properly called the Shabolovka radio tower and designed by the engineer, academician Vladimir Shukhov, it was described by Foster as a work of "dazzling genius".
As reported the M24.ru, the new blacktop Nano road "Rosnano" with nanoparticles, rumble strips and glowing markings will be opened in October 2015 in North village, in the north-east of Moscow. Innovative road 655 meters in length and 15-18.5 meters in width will start from Dolgoprudnenskoe highway. The project budget is estimated US$ 5.6 million. During the blacktop construction will be used "Nano dispersed and polymeric components" to extend the roadway life. Stabilizing supplements should increase validity of asphalt in three times and prevent formation of cracks during frosts. Traffic lane markings made of polymeric tapes will be more resistant to automobile tires. In addition, the new road will test LED layout. On the "zebra crossings" may be installed laser 3D-holograms. During construction of "Rusnano" also suggested the use of shredded car tires.
Today in Moscow officially inaugurated the Armenian Church, which is the largest abroad religious complex of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The ceremony was led by Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II. In official ceremony participated Armenian President Serj Sargsyan, other special guests from Armenian and Russia. The sanctification ceremony of foundation stone was held on the Trifinova Street in 2004 by the late Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II. Construction works began in 2006. In 2011 held the sanctification ceremony of the cross. Earlier was reported that the Church construction end planned in 2012. The architect of the religious complex is Artak Gulian. Construction is funded by Armenian and Russian patrons. The whole Cathedral site is about 13.2 thousand square meters; the height of the Cathedral Church is about 50 meters and the dome diameter - 21 meters. The main cross height is 7 meters, and the remaining 5 crosses rise by 4 meters each. The complex includes the Cathedral, the small church of "Holy Cross", diocese head residence, educational, cultural, administrative and reception facilities, a museum and a 200 car underground parking.
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, reported Bloomberg. The tower, which construction began in 2006, reached its full height of 339 meters, 29 meters more than the Shard, Kesaev's Mercury Development announced, citing Hamburg-based researcher Emporis. The 75-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. Investment in the project totaled US$1 billion. The tower has about 90 thousand square meters of office space and 20 thousand square meters of apartments, according to the developer's website. The starting price for apartments in Mercury City is US $11.1 thousand for a square meter. The rental price should be at a market level of about US$800 - US$900 per square meter a year, but on this stage of construction tenants expect it to be about US$700. The title of "Europe's tallest building" belonged to London for all of a few months as the Russian capital moves onwards and upwards. But "Mercury city" will not carry the title of "the Europe's tallest building" for a long time, as the under-construction Federation Tower is in the process of being built right next to Mercury City and, upon its completion next year, will stand at a staggering 506 meter.
