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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

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

😬😬

@xxfire07

Жыл бұрын

“Own free will”. 😂

@rajdharmendra5253

Жыл бұрын

& they have a proper sewage system 😂

@IvanIvanov-px9vj

10 ай бұрын

no , its just corruption, check out how they build a stadium in st petersburg it a meme here xD

thank you from St.Petersburg

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Love your city. What did you think of the video?

@userzero3768

Жыл бұрын

@@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

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

@tropicalpalmtree

Жыл бұрын

Murino is industrial af. I've watched some Baklykov live videos on that district.

Gorgeous 😍 building. It is truly crazy how far engineering has come! By the way, this was the first video of your channel I discovered. I am subscribing! 👍

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel! Glad to have you and happy that you enjoy the content here.

@elldmdnz

Жыл бұрын

@@urbaninternational Thank you!

Biggest european building in the biggest european country - Mother Russia.

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

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, great suggestion. And thank you for your support :)

@karkevicius

Жыл бұрын

Cause no one cares about it

Such a great tower!

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Hell yes!

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.

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Truly is gorgeous!

Great Video!

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Hey Nick thank you!!

Love Your Video despite the ongoing war in Ukriane You just produce a Video of unbiased nature 😘😘😘

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

If you could say both feet and meter it would be good. I had to google how tall the building is.

@BrysonConroy

Жыл бұрын

As an american i never understand the distance of feet. i recognize everything in meters...

@MSDesignASMR

Жыл бұрын

I like hearing both as well

@deletedaccountdnd

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@lifestories1446

Жыл бұрын

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.

@XMGi00

Жыл бұрын

If you actually watched the video the height was shown in feet AND meters a few seconds apart.

Impressive. Thanks

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

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.

@yousufmazher104

Жыл бұрын

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 🙏

@yaboyed5779

Жыл бұрын

Definitely underrated. I just heard about it like 5 mins ago.

@BIMO-zv1kr

Жыл бұрын

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

@dweamsmpsaveukraine8401

11 ай бұрын

Overrated ukraine skycaper much better than ruSSia Also the worker is labor from ukraine

Beautiful building. I had always wanted to visit St. Petersburg before the recent events, it's a shame.

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Same here. Petersburg and Moscow seem like fascinating cities. I wanted to study abroad in one of them before COVID

Remind me of the Marker in Dead Space

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

I had to look up what that is, but you're totally right about that

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.

@olfrygt

Жыл бұрын

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.

@native5072

Жыл бұрын

We're talking about Russia. Of course, the only purpose of this building is to show the power and wealth of Gazprom. Russians never really build anything for their people...

@charmerci

Жыл бұрын

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."

@user-zh3et8ov6w

Жыл бұрын

Боже, ты просто псих.

@native5072

Жыл бұрын

@@user-qm6ro6ov2g Well, are you, though? Let me ask, do you like that Putin marched into Ukraine and that his soldiers raped little children? Do you like the fact that Russia is corrupt af? Do you like that nobody in this world sympathizes with Russia? Lol

Idk if it’s the greatest but I know this a great chanbel

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

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.

@user-zh3et8ov6w

Жыл бұрын

Я был в Петербурге. Небоскреб отлично смотрится с центре города. Очень хочу в будущем подняться на обзорную площадку. Уверен, вид от туда будет потрясающий

@reesecollins482

Жыл бұрын

some people will complain about anything. the tower is not in the center of st petersburg, its on the outskirts.

@Moments_In_China

9 ай бұрын

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.

thank you, very informative video!

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful

Я вижу лахту несколько раз в неделю и все равно узнал большую часть информации о ней из этого видео

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.

@SerjKorella

8 ай бұрын

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.

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

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

Lakhta Center 2 will be built soon

Meanwhile in nyc , every new skyscrapers exceed $1.8 billion for construction cost despite shorter in heights

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

True

@josephterry384

17 күн бұрын

Corruption

Can we get a San Francisco video?

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Sure thing, what specifically about san francisco?

glad to be russian and to visit it

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.

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Definitely agree that it looks out of place, it matches the style of moscow's international business center more than Petersburg

@user-zh3et8ov6w

Жыл бұрын

Обещали построить еще несколько небоскребов рядом, один из них высотой 703м,

@edeliteedelite1961

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely not.

It’s amazing, I wanna go there! I love Russia 🇷🇺!

5:52 That B roll shot is the apple store in NYC

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

True

Great videos! Would love to connect, as we are in similar niches🙂

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Thank you I appreciate it :)

Gallons of concrete? Why not m^3?

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Idk 😪

Build by the biggest construction company from turkia .

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

🫢

@mtm_777

2 ай бұрын

Это круто) 🙌❤ Потому что мы строим туркам атомную электростанцию крупнейшей корпорации ROSATOM

Does it have green recycling water on site? do they drink their own pee?

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

LOL I don't think they drink their own pee. But I could be wrong.

@user-zh3et8ov6w

Жыл бұрын

Придурок

Russia isn't known for what? Russia's president always knows where he is going unlike the one in DC.

Russia 👍

Why considering Russia as part of Europe????

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

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?

@mickkreol4823

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@mtm_777

2 ай бұрын

@@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!😅

okra

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

The vegetable?

@Maranville

Жыл бұрын

@@urbaninternational yeah kinda looks like it

In moscow maybe, in st petes that a sore thumb. I hope they go bankrupt.

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Bankruptcy isn't fun :(

Awesome skyscraper, wrong country.

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Where would be a better place for it?

@LV-426...

Жыл бұрын

@@urbaninternational I don't know. Maybe Iran, or North Korea. But if not then Cuba, Venezuela or Eritrea.

@HellBrushGotSomeStuff

Жыл бұрын

@@LV-426... what -, what's wrong with Russia?

@klobber

Жыл бұрын

@@HellBrushGotSomeStuff Ask a Ukrainian.

@HellBrushGotSomeStuff

Жыл бұрын

@@klobber as soon as Ukraine provocated that war I'm not going to

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🤔

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

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?

@InvestBetter.

Жыл бұрын

@@urbaninternational So where does Europe end, in Russia? This "Russia is Europe" concept is not known in The West. Americans barely understand American geography

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

@@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?

@vadim_bug

Жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe

@benjaminsnels126

Жыл бұрын

@@urbaninternational you switched up east and west by accident

Gazprom is losing vast amounts of revenue from European customers. Will this building empty out after bankruptcy?

@B_Cleric_Time

Жыл бұрын

Gazprom isn't going to go bankrupt lmaooo

@bread90210

Жыл бұрын

Gazprom is making record profits more than ever, what do you mean losing money lol

Russia isn't Europe

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

The western portion of Russia is Europe

@HellBrushGotSomeStuff

Жыл бұрын

Geography bro

@user-zh3et8ov6w

Жыл бұрын

Твое мнение Россию не волнует. Россия и Европа и Азия.

@monikachodkiewicz209

Жыл бұрын

First thing I thought of too. Russia is NOT Europe

@cte4dota

Жыл бұрын

@@monikachodkiewicz209 Country where you are from are not western europe and never will be, Its more Russia then West in entire history.

The shape, the size tells me the controversial leader is trying to compensate for something.

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

Technically it was a private development by Gazprom

@B_Cleric_Time

Жыл бұрын

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

Surely confounds the idea that Russia is backwards and stayed. This is a terrific piece of engineering.

@native5072

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, in the Third Reich, the Germans also built engineering marbles, but still, they were very very backward when it came to social and moral issues. The ability of a country to build symbols of power doesn't really correlate with its ability to sustain a good and developed way of life for its people.

@joemccarthy114

Жыл бұрын

My man, overpriced government vanity projects are one of THE hallmarks of backwards, corrupt, repressive nations

@lifestories1446

Жыл бұрын

@@native5072 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.

@urbaninternational

Жыл бұрын

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.

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

it costed 20% more than Burj Khalifa due tue extreme level of corruption in Russia

Who the F is going to visit Russia?