Venetsiya Residential Building

This premium residential building on the Krestovsky island has been constructed in the framework of the Neo-Renaissance style. The name of the project indicates its connection with the Venetian Renaissance architecture with its special charm and symbolic system. The architecture of the building has been designed for those tenants who tend to prefer the traditional while requiring modern high-quality accommodation.

The Venetsiya building makes use of the site in an esthetically advantageous way, opening towards a water surface and a park. The distance to the next nearest building allows Venetsiya to be perceived as a complete and separate facility. It is only when viewed from the other bank of the river that this residential building becomes a link between a dense «contemporary glassy» mid-rise development to the right and low-rise single cottages of a historicist style to the left.

The building is a rectangular volume with an inner yard located on top of an underground parking. The building bears some palace-like features, which is traditional for Saint Petersburg city center. Lower floors have been finished with light stone, while most part of the external walls is of darker brown colors. The upper floor bears a massive cornice on top. At the center of the front façade, there are five large bay-windows decorated with semi-columns, and the side façades have three such windows each. The building corners are topped with sculptures of griffins with wings spread. The composition and decorations use many traits of Renaissance architecture.

For the façade finish and decoration details, natural stone has been used. The inner yard exterior decoration and façades have been made of Jurassic marble, as well as such architectural details as cornices, mouldings, architraves, sculptures.

The podium has been made of granite. The quality of material chosen emphasises the esthetical effect of the classical forms and additionally highlights the premium status of the residential building.

The main entrance to the residential apartments part leads through a lobby to the inner yard, the yard being a «continuation» of the lobby. The inner yard has a translucent roofing, and bedrooms and bathrooms face it to enhance the comfort of the tenants (from the 1st floor on).

The apartments are of different comfort classes. Every apartment has a spacious hall and a distinct space division into living and bedroom areas.