Victor Sukhorukov
Stanislav Zaburdaev
Project Datasheet
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External appearance
Silver
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Glazing application
Façade
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Construction type
New
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Date of completion
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Green building
None
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Architect(s)
RMJM company / Tony Kettle, Design Director
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Glass processor(s)
Saint-Gobain Glassolutions Austria, Eckelt Glas GmbH, Steyr/AT
Product List
Main Product | Substrate | Detail |
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COOL-LITE ST BRIGHT SILVER | DIAMANT | CLIMAPLUS integrating STADIP PROTECT with COOL-LITE SKN 076 II and COOL-LITE ST BRIGHT SILVER on DIAMANT |
PLANITHERM ONE (II) | DIAMANT | CLIMATOP with PLANITHERM ONE II DIAMANT Observation Deck |
Description
It is the 13th highest building in the world and the tallest in Europe standing at 462 meters with 87 floors, and will host the offices of Gazprom. SAINTGOBAIN supplied 50,000 m2 of glass for the colossal Lakhta Center project in Saint Petersburg, the equivalent of 9 soccer pitches, the largest surface ever used for a high-rise building.
The developer Gorpoekt with RMJM architects chose Saint-Gobain’s high-performance glazing to equip the building’s façades and ensure its occupants maximum comfort all year round.
One distinctive feature of the project is the complexity of its composition: the façade is formed with double glazing integrating three different glass components.
The COOL-LITE SKN 076 II glass combines solar control, high light transmission and appearanceneutral properties. The COOL-LITE ST BRIGHT SILVER solar-control glass offers extreme transparency and an aesthetic and neutral reflection. Low-e PLANITHERM ONE II glass on DIAMANT backing offer the best performance on the market in terms of energy efficiency. The glass was assembled into insulating glazing
by Glassolutions’ Eckelt Glas facility in Steyr (Austria).
To realize the architect’s vision, the glazed façade had to be perfect, tolerating no defect in the window liable to disturb the reflection of the building’s environment. The project was won
thanks to the advancements made by SAINTGOBAIN
in the field of reducing anisotropy.
Built by the German company Josef Gartner, the building’s design was inspired by a simple, light and elegant organic spire with a glazing that brings the tower to life by capturing the
movement and colors of the surrounding context.