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Tallest building in Europe
462.5 m
1,517.4 ft
- Record holder
- Lakhta Center
How the record evolved
The last record set in each decade, up to the current record (highlighted).
| Year | Record | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| current | 462.5 m | Lakhta Center |
| 259 m | Commerzbank Tower | |
| 108 m | Terrazza Martini Tower |
What to remember
On 5 October 2017, Saint Petersburg's Lakhta Center passed the Vostok Tower in Moscow to become the tallest building in Russia and Europe. Construction had begun on 30 October 2012, and the building topped out on 29 January 2018, at 462.5 m with 87 floors.
Set in the Lakhta neighbourhood in the northwest of the city, it is the northernmost skyscraper in the world and the second-tallest twisted building. It houses Gazprom's headquarters, whose move from Moscow was completed in August 2021.
Before it, the title of Europe's tallest building passed through the Terrazza Martini Tower, 108 m in 1940, and the Commerzbank Tower, 259 m in 1997. Between the 1940 tower and the Lakhta Center, the ratio is 4.28.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of tallest buildings in Europe” (revision used 1378726370). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: Anton Galakhov, Photo licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
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