In fact, three of the four architects, namely Norman Foster, Rafael Viñoly and Kisho Kurokawa, retired from the jury before it convened, opposing all of the shortlisted designs because of their height.
On 1 December 2006, Gazprom and the city authorities announced, live on television, that Tony Kettle’s design had been chosen for the, then named, Okhta Centre in St Petersburg.
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