Architecture studio Foster + Partners has designed an appropriately coloured office block for the Russian Copper Company in the city of Yekaterinburg, which is the studio's first project in Russia.
Overlooking the Iset River in the centre of the city in central Russia, the 15-storey office block was built as the headquarters for the Russian Copper Company (RCC) ? one of the country's biggest copper mining companies.
Foster + Partners is designing the headquarters for RCC in Yekaterinburg
The distinctive tower was designed to directly reference the company's mining activities.
Its triangular-shaped cladding was informed by the crystal lattice that makes up copper on an atomic level, while the stainless steel cladding panels were coloured using a Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) process to create a copper-coloured finish. At the top of the block, the company's triangular logo was incorporated into the glasswork overlooking the river.
The block has copper-coloured, triangular-shaped cladding
"RCC is one of the world's leading producers of copper and the building's triangulated elements draw inspiration from the crystal lattice of copper," said Foster + Partners.
"The crown of the building integrates RCC's new logo ? a rebranding which has, in turn, been inspired by the architecture."
The cladding is arranged in two-storey modules
Within the tower, the offices are arranged in two-storey modules, which is reflected in the arrangement of the cladding panels...