RMJM says its Gazprom design 'understands St Petersburg'

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Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2006 / November 14

RMJM, the Edinburgh firm of architects behind the Scottish Parliament, says its spiralling glass tower design for the massive new Gazprom headquarters "understands St Petersburg", invokes the city's history and is efficient. Seven of the world's leading architecture firms short-listed for the project, including RMJM, unveiled their designs at an exhibition in St Petersburg last week, ahead of a decision expected on 1 December. The brief was to design a tower about 300 metres tall for the former state-owned energy company's new headquarters, to be built on the Neva River, opposite the Smolny Cathedral, by 2012.

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