11. The Lakhta Center
Place: Russia
Total Expense: $1.77 billion* Completed Year: 2019
Overlooking Saint Petersburg, the 1516-foot-tall Lakhta Center is situated on the Russian side of the Gulf of Finland. Over the six years it took to develop this $1.77 billion behemoth, over three thousand laborers were hired.
Lakhta Center, Shutterstock, and Nikita Maru
Even an anti-icing system was installed on the center’s 341-foot tower to relieve the concern of falling icicles for people below.
The second-tallest structure in Russia, behind the Ostankino Tower in Moscow, is the Lakhta Centre, the northernmost skyscraper globally. The term “Lahti” is actually the Finnish word for “bay,” and it was taken from their neighbors in Finland and given a Russian twist.
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