{{Infobox building | name = Iset Tower | native_name = Башня «Исеть» | native_name_lang = ru | status = Completed | image =Iset Tower.jpg |image_size = | caption = | location = [[Yekaterinburg-City]], [[Yekaterinburg]], [[Russia]] | coordinates = {{coord|56|50|36|N|60|35|26|E|region:RU|display=inline,title}} | construction_start_date = 2010 | completion_date = 2015 | architect = [[Werner Sobek]] | owner = [[Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company]] | cost = US$ 230 million | floor_area = {{Convert|7,524|m²|abbr=on}} | top_floor = | floor_count = 52 | references = <ref name="The Skyscraper Center">{{cite web|title=The Skyscraper Center|url=https://skyscrapercenter.com/building/iset-tower/1353|website=The Skyscraper Center|publisher=CTBUH}}</ref><ref name="Iset Tower - About">{{cite web|title=Iset Tower - About|url=http://www.iset-tower.com/en/about/|website=Iset Tower - About|publisher=Werner Sobek|access-date=2017-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017142407/http://www.iset-tower.com/en/about/|archive-date=2017-10-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> | building_type = [[Residential condominium]]s | architectural_style= [[High-tech architecture|Structural Expressionism]] | antenna_spire = | roof = {{Convert|209|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | elevator_count = 6 | structural_engineer= | main_contractor = | completion = | opening_date = | developer = UGMK | operator = }}
The '''Iset Tower''' ({{langx|ru|Башня Исеть}}) is a 52-story [[skyscraper]] in the [[Yekaterinburg-City]] business district of [[Yekaterinburg]], [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]]. It is the tallest building in Yekaterinburg and the [[List of tallest buildings in Russia|16th tallest building]] in [[Russia]], with a record height of {{convert|212.8|m|ft}}. It was also the tallest building outside [[Moscow]] until it was surpassed by the [[Lakhta Center]] of [[Saint Petersburg]]. It became the tallest structure of Yekaterinburg on 24 March 2018 when the unfinished [[Yekaterinburg TV Tower|TV Tower]] nearby was demolished as part of the city’s beautification program in preparation for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-43527063|title=Massive incomplete TV tower demolished|website=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-04-07}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://ura.news/news/1052328328|title=Снос телебашни в Екатеринбурге. Все самое важное: мнения очевидцев и экспертов, свежие фото и видео.|access-date=2018-04-07}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/russia-blows-soviet-era-landmark-world-cup-city-180324171705494.html|title=Russia blows up Soviet-era landmark in World Cup city|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2018-04-07}}</ref>
Iset Tower is the second building of the [[commercial district]] [[Yekaterinburg-City]] and will settle down{{unbalanced opinion|date=March 2024}}{{clarify|date=March 2024}} in the prestigious neighborhood with the house of the government of [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]], the Regional Duma, drama theater and 5-star [[Hyatt|Hyatt Regency]] Yekaterinburg hotel across of B. Yeltsin St. and Boevih Druzhin.
The Iset Tower is named after the [[Iset River]], which goes through central [[Yekaterinburg]].
== History == The Iset Tower's design was competed by two European architecture companies, [[Germany|German]] engineer and architect [[Werner Sobek]] and the [[France|French]] architecture company [[Valode & Pistre|Valode & Pistre Architectes]]. Eventually, Werner Sobek won the competition and their design was chosen.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}} ₽12.8 billion [[Russian ruble|rubles]] ($230 million [[United States dollar|US dollars]]) were invested in the construction of the skyscraper. [[Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company|UGMK Holdings]] developed the skyscraper later on.
Planning began in 2010 and ended in 2012. Construction began in 2010 and completed in 2015.
== Architecture == The Iset Tower has a total area of 80,983 sq ft (7,524 m<sup>2</sup>), 52 stories above ground, 4 stories below ground, an architectural height of 209 m (685.70 ft) and a roof height of 197 m (646.33 ft). The Iset Tower is fitted with 225 premium class serviced apartments, as well as including a [[casino]], club house, and [[Parking lot|parking]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=71766|title=Iset, Yekaterinburg - SkyscraperPage.com|website=skyscraperpage.com|access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/285357/iset-tower-yekaterinburg-russia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408010328/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/285357/iset-tower-yekaterinburg-russia|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 8, 2015|title=Iset' Tower, Yekaterinburg {{!}} 285357 {{!}} EMPORIS|last=GmbH|first=Emporis|website=[[Emporis]]|access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref> According to Werner Sobek, The Iset Tower offers modern-day amenities such as a spa and wellness area, a swimming pool and its own cinema. A large restaurant as well as a lounge and a variety of shops in the lower storeys will be open to all residents in the district. A parkland area that is also open to the general public is being created on top of a generously dimensioned roof that covers the driveway and the parking facilities of the tower.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wernersobek.de/en/projects/material/glass/iset-tower/|title=Iset Tower {{!}} Werner Sobek|date=2015-01-19|work=Werner Sobek|access-date=2017-05-22|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517215941/http://www.wernersobek.de/en/projects/material/glass/iset-tower/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Iset Tower's structural material is [[concrete]] with a facade material of [[glass]] and a [[Curtain wall (architecture)|curtain wall]] facade system.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
The complex is vertically divided into three parts which visually distinguish three different types of the facade. The building was designed for the extremely cold weather; the designed external temperature is -35 °C. The façade is mainly unitized with the triple-glazed IGU on [[aluminum]] substructure.
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Iset-Tower skyscraper Yekaterinburg 11aug2012 take 01.JPG|11 August 2012 File:Исеть23сентября2014.jpg|23 September 2014 </gallery>
== See also == * [[Federation Tower]] * [[List of tallest buildings in Russia|List of Tallest Buildings in Russia]] * [[Yekaterinburg-City]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/285357 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428090604/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/285357 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |title=Emporis building ID 285357 |work=[[Emporis]]}} * {{CTBUH|1353}} * {{SkyscraperPage|71766}} {{Skyscrapers in Russia}}
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