When I was a kid, I had a computer game called SimCity. It was fun game where you built and managed a small city. You supplied power, zoning, roads, and utilities. As your city grew, you would start to run out of land area to keep the growth going. That was when a futuristic type of building would become available. The arcology. basically it was a city within a single building.
Well, when I first saw the pictures for this new building that was what I thought of. The Crystal Island is the latest in a series of major construction projects being built in Moscow. When completed it will contain 27 million square feet of floor space. It will be over 1500 ft. tall and will feature 900 apartments, 3000 hotel rooms, an international school for 500 students, cinemas, a theater, sports complex and a parking garage for over 16,500 vehicles.
Follow the link for more pictures and details. World’s Biggest Building Coming to Moscow: Crystal Island
