Regarding the cost difference between the Lakhta Center and the Burj Khalifa, I think it's safe to say that Russian construction workers in St Petersburg are paid much better than your average laborer in Dubai who is totally there on their own free will
I live in Saint Petersburg, and temporarily moved to Murino, which is a town on the edge of St. Petersburg filled with cheap tall housing. And from bus stop there (not from my house though), I still can see the Lakhta tower
@@urbaninternational I can say that you have prepared well for the video :) By the way, perhaps in the future we will get "Lakhta No. 2", you can look on the Internet about it. Another skyscraper is going to be built next to Lakhta, and it will be the second tallest in the world
This is prob the best vid on Lahkta! Keep it up. Amazing vids! Can you do a vid on the Moscow Business Center? People talk about New York’s Hudson Yards but never MIBC
What do you think? Overrated or underrated? I think it's underrated because it's more than just a tower, it's a whole complex, and the entire thing is so unique architecturally.
You are right. It is one of the most underrated buildings in the world. I didn't even know this building existed before I watched your video. Thanks for sharing 🙏
This is a very cool building in terms of architecture, engineering solutions and ideas. But many native St. Petersburgers believe that this is an absolutely unsuccessful building for our city, because the historical foundation, the view from the historical center and the idea of a flat city, like Amsterdam or Venice, which Peter the Great laid, is collapsing. And as a native, I will partially agree with them, but only partially, because I live opposite this skyscraper and every time I go outside, its appearance generates my imagination
@@BrysonConroy and that's fine. It's just kind of common courtesy, in this day and age, to use both metrics so everyone can easily understand. It's not like it's difficult to add an additional text box on the video.
How about you lean to make the conversion. It’s not tough. 13” per foot instead of 12. Simple. Meters/3 roughly gives you feet. Just add a foot for each remainder… x 1/3 = x+1, x 2/3 = x + 2.
Was looking online, and looks like they are in the middle of if not finished a second large event space mirroring the one that was first built, along with a Marina. With a new bridge connecting directly to the site. Quite nice compliments, but the spire is very impressive how they seem to have thought of everything in terms of energy, heating'cooling, cleaning, views, the 5 long parallelograms make for nice 'square' floorplans to work on interiors from, and fast elevators for guest, workers, and crew.
I spoke to a Russian who said many Russians and locals of the city don't like it because it sticks out like a soar thumbs and St. Petersburg has so many beautiful old buildings and i can see were there coming from but thats why i suggested they should build a number of them along the coast spaced out - a half dozen or maybe a dozen all spaced out by miles, and maybe they can be more to the sides of teh city.
Я был в Петербурге. Небоскреб отлично смотрится с центре города. Очень хочу в будущем подняться на обзорную площадку. Уверен, вид от туда будет потрясающий
Beautiful design and truly a feat of current digital modeling technology. Wondering why these design choices were made as they are so expensive to execute in St. Petersburg, why not build something practical and cost effective and pass the savings onto the people relying on their energy provider? Don't take this as nihilistic, it's just that a state of the art scientific facility and learning center would have probably benefited from being housed not in a skyscraper but a campus or series of interconnected buildings all on a ground floor. Interested to know other options, if you agree with the design or feel that the form of the building serves a purpose outside of a power symbol for the Russian government at the cost of its citizens.
You basically answered it yourself. It's a dictatorship. It needs to project power, and it does so at the expense of practicality and the common good. It is pretty, though. Not gonna lie.
Very nice skyscraper, but it looks lonely. They should build some tall buildings around the Lakhta Center to give it some company, and maybe underground parking.
the fact is that St. Petersburg is a city of cultural and historical heritage, so the construction of new buildings of a certain height is prohibited in St. Petersburg. The Lakhta skyscraper is located far enough from the historical center, but it is still visible from distant points. there were a lot of disputes about this skyscraper, many believed that it would spoil the historical appearance of the city, St. Petersburg is famous for its spires, but the locals did not want to accept the spire of a new modern building, so it was decided to move the skyscraper to another place, even specially made an artificial bulk island in the Gulf of Finland. now the locals treat this skyscraper easier and call it their landmark, but the construction of new skyscrapers will definitely cause public indignation
Is it an optical illusion or do all five rotating penta-pillars lean out toward the water like a sail? It's very different. The silloette doesn't resemble anything I've seen in either western or middle eastern archetecture. The distance between the Tower and the nearby stadium seems dauntingly unmodern but maybe that's intentional to foster economic development over a larger space.
It definitely is a unique structure. I can't tell about the leaning out like a sail, but I think the multifunctional facilities around it add to the illusion of it all
Biz bu binoni qurmoqdamiz 86 qavatdan iborat bu bino eng baland nuqtasida ishlayabmiz bu men uchun baxt chunki bu yerga chiqshni ko'pchlik orzu qiladi manzara korshni
The eastern side of Russia is Europe and the Western is Asia. Petersburg is in the East, hence Europe in the title of the video. How do you classify it?
@@urbaninternational So where does Europe end, in Russia? This "Russia is Europe" concept is not known in The West. Americans barely understand American geography
@@InvestBetter. Well I am an American and could be completely wrong in thinking this, but it's always been my viewpoint that east of the Ural mountains is "Europe" and west is Asia. So to answer your question, I would say Europe ends at the Urals. Agree/Disagree?
East of the Ural mountains is European Russia and west is Asian Russia. Petersburg is East of the Urals. Where do you draw the boundary since it seems you view this differently?
@@urbaninternational I guess my understanding of Europe is a bit different. I do not take into consideration the political borders of Europe. In Europe, we did not even consider Ukraine as part of Europe before the war started. And as long as I can remember in school, Russia was not presented as part of Europe. There is a debate about Turkey as well being part or not of Europe. I guess depending who you talk to the response will be different. I'm still pretty sure european citizen do not consider Russia or Turkey as part of Europe. Polish border and Latvian countries will be the border.
@@mickkreol4823это бред что вы изучали в своих Европейских школах - есть континент Северная и Южная Америка и Мексика не считается южной Америкой чтобы не думали американцы/канадцы. Так и континент ЕврАзия условно поделён пополам и Европейская равнина простирается до самых Уральских гор. Географию надо изучать не в контексте государственных границ стран!😅
@Native which is exactly why I used the word “confounds”. It is obfuscating, confusing, sleight of hand-ish (confounding), that they would build such an engineering feat given how their policies are elsewhere.
It's always about penis size with people. When has a man ever actually bought or done something to compensate for a small dick? Honestly, who made this shit up? I'm sure many of owners of obnoxiously large and loud pickup trucks have average penis sizes
I don't know men. What do you mean Russia isn't known for skyscrapers? The tallest skyscrapers in all of Europe are in Russia. As a matter of fact, the best skyline in all of Europe is in Moscow. And it's because of the skyscrapers
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Regarding the cost difference between the Lakhta Center and the Burj Khalifa, I think it's safe to say that Russian construction workers in St Petersburg are paid much better than your average laborer in Dubai who is totally there on their own free will
😬😬
“Own free will”. 😂
& they have a proper sewage system 😂
no , its just corruption, check out how they build a stadium in st petersburg it a meme here xD
@@rajdharmendra5253Лол, це чудово для тебе?
Бурчання сала.
I live in Saint Petersburg, and temporarily moved to Murino, which is a town on the edge of St. Petersburg filled with cheap tall housing. And from bus stop there (not from my house though), I still can see the Lakhta tower
Murino is industrial af. I've watched some Baklykov live videos on that district.
thank you from St.Petersburg
Thanks for watching! Love your city. What did you think of the video?
@@urbaninternational I can say that you have prepared well for the video :) By the way, perhaps in the future we will get "Lakhta No. 2", you can look on the Internet about it. Another skyscraper is going to be built next to Lakhta, and it will be the second tallest in the world
This is prob the best vid on Lahkta! Keep it up. Amazing vids!
Can you do a vid on the Moscow Business Center? People talk about New York’s Hudson Yards but never MIBC
Absolutely, great suggestion. And thank you for your support :)
Cause no one cares about it
What do you think? Overrated or underrated? I think it's underrated because it's more than just a tower, it's a whole complex, and the entire thing is so unique architecturally.
You are right. It is one of the most underrated buildings in the world. I didn't even know this building existed before I watched your video. Thanks for sharing 🙏
Definitely underrated. I just heard about it like 5 mins ago.
This is a very cool building in terms of architecture, engineering solutions and ideas. But many native St. Petersburgers believe that this is an absolutely unsuccessful building for our city, because the historical foundation, the view from the historical center and the idea of a flat city, like Amsterdam or Venice, which Peter the Great laid, is collapsing. And as a native, I will partially agree with them, but only partially, because I live opposite this skyscraper and every time I go outside, its appearance generates my imagination
Overrated ukraine skycaper much better than ruSSia
Also the worker is labor from ukraine
@@BIMO-zv1kr It’s 12 km away from the city center and fits it perfectly
If you could say both feet and meter it would be good. I had to google how tall the building is.
As an american i never understand the distance of feet. i recognize everything in meters...
I like hearing both as well
@@BrysonConroy and that's fine. It's just kind of common courtesy, in this day and age, to use both metrics so everyone can easily understand. It's not like it's difficult to add an additional text box on the video.
How about you lean to make the conversion. It’s not tough. 13” per foot instead of 12. Simple. Meters/3 roughly gives you feet. Just add a foot for each remainder… x 1/3 = x+1, x 2/3 = x + 2.
If you actually watched the video the height was shown in feet AND meters a few seconds apart.
Was looking online, and looks like they are in the middle of if not finished a second large event space mirroring the one that was first built, along with a Marina. With a new bridge connecting directly to the site. Quite nice compliments, but the spire is very impressive how they seem to have thought of everything in terms of energy, heating'cooling, cleaning, views, the 5 long parallelograms make for nice 'square' floorplans to work on interiors from, and fast elevators for guest, workers, and crew.
It's a pretty building.
Truly is gorgeous!
Love Your Video despite the ongoing war in Ukriane You just produce a Video of unbiased nature 😘😘😘
Thanks for watching!
Such a great tower!
Hell yes!
Beautiful building. I had always wanted to visit St. Petersburg before the recent events, it's a shame.
Same here. Petersburg and Moscow seem like fascinating cities. I wanted to study abroad in one of them before COVID
I spoke to a Russian who said many Russians and locals of the city don't like it because it sticks out like a soar thumbs and St. Petersburg has so many beautiful old buildings and i can see were there coming from but thats why i suggested they should build a number of them along the coast spaced out - a half dozen or maybe a dozen all spaced out by miles, and maybe they can be more to the sides of teh city.
Я был в Петербурге. Небоскреб отлично смотрится с центре города. Очень хочу в будущем подняться на обзорную площадку. Уверен, вид от туда будет потрясающий
some people will complain about anything. the tower is not in the center of st petersburg, its on the outskirts.
I am citizen of St Pete and can assure you that is the best building have build in our city since the beginning of 20th century.
Great Video!
Hey Nick thank you!!
Biggest european building in the biggest european country - Mother Russia.
Meanwhile in nyc , every new skyscrapers exceed $1.8 billion for construction cost despite shorter in heights
True
Corruption
Russian wages are so much lower
Lakhta Center 2 will be built soon
Beautiful design and truly a feat of current digital modeling technology. Wondering why these design choices were made as they are so expensive to execute in St. Petersburg, why not build something practical and cost effective and pass the savings onto the people relying on their energy provider? Don't take this as nihilistic, it's just that a state of the art scientific facility and learning center would have probably benefited from being housed not in a skyscraper but a campus or series of interconnected buildings all on a ground floor. Interested to know other options, if you agree with the design or feel that the form of the building serves a purpose outside of a power symbol for the Russian government at the cost of its citizens.
You basically answered it yourself. It's a dictatorship. It needs to project power, and it does so at the expense of practicality and the common good.
It is pretty, though. Not gonna lie.
It's very likely that it was far more expensive than its cost to line the pockets of the executives. It's an old "trick."
Боже, ты просто псих.
Very nice skyscraper, but it looks lonely. They should build some tall buildings around the Lakhta Center to give it some company, and maybe underground parking.
the fact is that St. Petersburg is a city of cultural and historical heritage, so the construction of new buildings of a certain height is prohibited in St. Petersburg. The Lakhta skyscraper is located far enough from the historical center, but it is still visible from distant points. there were a lot of disputes about this skyscraper, many believed that it would spoil the historical appearance of the city, St. Petersburg is famous for its spires, but the locals did not want to accept the spire of a new modern building, so it was decided to move the skyscraper to another place, even specially made an artificial bulk island in the Gulf of Finland. now the locals treat this skyscraper easier and call it their landmark, but the construction of new skyscrapers will definitely cause public indignation
They are starting the construction of 2 new skyscrapers (Lakhta Center 2 & 3)
Everyone writes that they need to build a few more buildings around, but it seems to me that it was built lonely so as not to obstruct the view.
it looks really wonderful🇷🇺👍♥️
Impressive. Thanks
Thanks for watching
Remind me of the Marker in Dead Space
I had to look up what that is, but you're totally right about that
Is it an optical illusion or do all five rotating penta-pillars lean out toward the water like a sail? It's very different. The silloette doesn't resemble anything I've seen in either western or middle eastern archetecture. The distance between the Tower and the nearby stadium seems dauntingly unmodern but maybe that's intentional to foster economic development over a larger space.
It definitely is a unique structure. I can't tell about the leaning out like a sail, but I think the multifunctional facilities around it add to the illusion of it all
Я вижу лахту несколько раз в неделю и все равно узнал большую часть информации о ней из этого видео
It’s amazing, I wanna go there! I love Russia 🇷🇺!
Looks beautiful but quite out of place tbh. They should build few more towers in the surrounding area to make it look more in place.
Definitely agree that it looks out of place, it matches the style of moscow's international business center more than Petersburg
Обещали построить еще несколько небоскребов рядом, один из них высотой 703м,
Absolutely not.
thank you, very informative video!
Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful
glad to be russian and to visit it
Biz bu binoni qurmoqdamiz 86 qavatdan iborat bu bino eng baland nuqtasida ishlayabmiz bu men uchun baxt chunki bu yerga chiqshni ko'pchlik orzu qiladi manzara korshni
Idk if it’s the greatest but I know this a great chanbel
Thank you!
5:52 That B roll shot is the apple store in NYC
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Russia 👍
Can we get a San Francisco video?
Sure thing, what specifically about san francisco?
St Petersburg isnt exactly the middle of nowhere.
Build by the biggest construction company from turkia .
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Это круто) 🙌❤
Потому что мы строим туркам атомную электростанцию крупнейшей корпорации ROSATOM
Gallons of concrete? Why not m^3?
Idk 😪
Great videos! Would love to connect, as we are in similar niches🙂
Thank you I appreciate it :)
Does it have green recycling water on site? do they drink their own pee?
LOL I don't think they drink their own pee. But I could be wrong.
Придурок
I didn't know Russia was considered in Europe.
This is not the first I've heard of this
I always thought Europe was everything west of Russia🤔
The eastern side of Russia is Europe and the Western is Asia. Petersburg is in the East, hence Europe in the title of the video. How do you classify it?
@@urbaninternational So where does Europe end, in Russia?
This "Russia is Europe" concept is not known in The West. Americans barely understand American geography
@@InvestBetter. Well I am an American and could be completely wrong in thinking this, but it's always been my viewpoint that east of the Ural mountains is "Europe" and west is Asia. So to answer your question, I would say Europe ends at the Urals. Agree/Disagree?
@@urbaninternational you switched up east and west by accident
@@benjaminsnels126 You're right I did, I meant to say western side of Russia is "europe" and the eastern side is Asia thank you for the correction
Why considering Russia as part of Europe????
East of the Ural mountains is European Russia and west is Asian Russia. Petersburg is East of the Urals. Where do you draw the boundary since it seems you view this differently?
@@urbaninternational I guess my understanding of Europe is a bit different. I do not take into consideration the political borders of Europe. In Europe, we did not even consider Ukraine as part of Europe before the war started. And as long as I can remember in school, Russia was not presented as part of Europe. There is a debate about Turkey as well being part or not of Europe. I guess depending who you talk to the response will be different. I'm still pretty sure european citizen do not consider Russia or Turkey as part of Europe. Polish border and Latvian countries will be the border.
@@mickkreol4823это бред что вы изучали в своих Европейских школах - есть континент Северная и Южная Америка и Мексика не считается южной Америкой чтобы не думали американцы/канадцы. Так и континент ЕврАзия условно поделён пополам и Европейская равнина простирается до самых Уральских гор. Географию надо изучать не в контексте государственных границ стран!😅
Surely confounds the idea that Russia is backwards and stayed. This is a terrific piece of engineering.
My man, overpriced government vanity projects are one of THE hallmarks of backwards, corrupt, repressive nations
@Native which is exactly why I used the word “confounds”. It is obfuscating, confusing, sleight of hand-ish (confounding), that they would build such an engineering feat given how their policies are elsewhere.
Very good point. Have you seen Moscow's international business district? It's crazy. You wouldn't expect it to be in Russia of all places.
Russia isn't Europe
The western portion of Russia is Europe
Geography bro
Твое мнение Россию не волнует. Россия и Европа и Азия.
First thing I thought of too. Russia is NOT Europe
@@monikachodkiewicz209 Country where you are from are not western europe and never will be, Its more Russia then West in entire history.
it costed 20% more than Burj Khalifa due tue extreme level of corruption in Russia
The One world trade center in new york costed 100% more than burj khalifa😁🤣😂😅😄
In moscow maybe, in st petes that a sore thumb. I hope they go bankrupt.
Bankruptcy isn't fun :(
okra
The vegetable?
@@urbaninternational yeah kinda looks like it
The shape, the size tells me the controversial leader is trying to compensate for something.
Technically it was a private development by Gazprom
It's always about penis size with people. When has a man ever actually bought or done something to compensate for a small dick? Honestly, who made this shit up? I'm sure many of owners of obnoxiously large and loud pickup trucks have average penis sizes
Awesome skyscraper, wrong country.
Where would be a better place for it?
@@urbaninternational
I don't know. Maybe Iran, or North Korea. But if not then Cuba, Venezuela or Eritrea.
@@LV-426... what -, what's wrong with Russia?
@@HellBrushGotSomeStuff Ask a Ukrainian.
@@klobber as soon as Ukraine provocated that war I'm not going to
Gazprom is losing vast amounts of revenue from European customers. Will this building empty out after bankruptcy?
Gazprom isn't going to go bankrupt lmaooo
Gazprom is making record profits more than ever, what do you mean losing money lol
Russia isn't known for what? Russia's president always knows where he is going unlike the one in DC.
I don't know men. What do you mean Russia isn't known for skyscrapers? The tallest skyscrapers in all of Europe are in Russia. As a matter of fact, the best skyline in all of Europe is in Moscow. And it's because of the skyscrapers
Who the F is going to visit Russia?