The annual
Emporis Skyscraper Awards, has been awarded on an international basis every year since 2000, unveiled ten winning a minimum height of 100 meters projects, from over 700 skyscrapers completed in 2019, with the new Lakhta Center in St. Petersburg, Russia taking the top spot this year.
Standing 462-meter-high, Lakhta Center designed by GORPROJECT and RMJM, in St. Petersburg, Russia, for natural gas giant Gazprom, it is the fourteenth tallest building in the world. As the northernmost supertall skyscraper, the building regulates extreme temperatures through a double skin façade.