"Blue Tooth" is a building with a height of 22 floors and a total area of 100 thousand square meters. The building is located near the Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station and is clearly visible from the surrounding areas. The building consists of metal, concrete and blue glass, which is the cladding of an unfinished high-rise building. "Blue Tooth" is 85% built, but is extremely dangerous place for any visitors. The unfinished building contains many unfinished elevator shafts. At almost every step you can come across pieces of protruding reinforcement and unexpected cliffs. Together with the lack of lighting in the building, the Blue Tooth poses a danger even to adults. In this regard, the building is surrounded by a fence and has 24-hour security.
The name "Blue Tooth".
The official name of the unfinished high-rise building is the Zenit Business Center. Popularly, this building has many unofficial names. The most famous of them is Blue Tooth. The names “Crystal”, “Iceberg” and “Icy Ice” are also known. All names are associated with the extraordinary artistic design of the building, made in the manner of European high-rise buildings.
Plans for using the Blue Tooth.
On this moment, "Blue Tooth" is owned by the Russian Federation and is offered for sale. The amount of possible redemption of the abandoned building is estimated at 150-250 million dollars, and the cost of completion at 50 million dollars.
Interesting facts and rumors of the Blue Tooth.
At least several fatal accidents that occurred on the Blue Tooth are reliably known. Most of them relate to falls from great heights.
- Previously, there was a large crane next to the building. After several base jumpers, it was decided to dismantle it.
- “Blue Tooth” has long been favored by vandals. A lot of glass was broken, the building was covered in graffiti, and all construction materials were stolen within 1 year.
This building of memorable shape and color (both are aptly reflected in its “folk” name) is familiar to every resident of the South-West. But I think only the attentive and curious will guess that this is an unfinished, in fact, a beautiful and very expensive ruin. In any case, I had no idea until they told me this place was among the “stalker” objects in Moscow.
This grandiose unfinished building has official name Business center "Zenith", 22 floors high and area 100,000 square meters. It not only has a remarkable appearance (very innovative for the city, especially considering that it appeared long before CITY and other extravagant Moscow remakes), but also a complicated history, which I will try to briefly outline.
The idea of construction arose in the late Soviet years from the then rector of the Academy of National Economy (which owned the territory in the South-West) A. Aganbegyan. The construction was financed mainly by the Italians and they also made the metal frame of the building (which was then assembled in Moscow) and many other materials. Construction began in 1991 and by 1995 it was no less than 80% completed: according to Wikipedia, a 10-story atrium with panoramic elevators and escalators, a swimming pool, a concert hall was ready, and even bathtubs were delivered to the apartments.
And then, as a result of anti-corruption investigations in Italy, the company that carried out the construction ceased to exist, and leapfrog began with forms of ownership, privatization and owners of the building in Russia; as a result, construction was stopped at the last stage. Since then, everything has only been falling apart: (and it is unlikely that it can now be restored.
From the inside there (judging by photographs and reports) there is a real stalker's jungle, amateurs regularly sneak in there, despite the solid fence and security (it seems possible to negotiate with her), an external inspection was enough to satisfy my curiosity.
There is a small boulevard from the metro to the Blue Tooth 
From a close distance, the crumbling state of the building is, alas, obvious 
The “blue tooth” is notable for the fact that it has a completely different appearance from different sides. 
Although this part of the unfinished building is not fenced off with a solid green fence and looks quite decent from the outside, it, alas, is also uninhabited. 
Next door is a gigantic territory, the owner of which is named on a sign (one of the successors of the Academy of National Economy, which once began construction) 
There is still some construction going on in the rear. 
This is such a strange story. Truly, Moscow is a city of miracles...
Update. I am adding the latest information via the link from the comments.
The building in 2012 was transferred to the balance of the Academy (RANEPA, successor to the Academy of National Economy)... First of all, there was an urgent question of conducting a comprehensive assessment and examination of what had survived over two decades... In addition to the technical and economic component and a large number of preservation criteria , it was also necessary to analyze the aspect of compliance with the various standards that are in force today. (For example, now there are completely different fire safety standards in force, and not those that were in place when construction began in the 90s, etc.). Since almost all construction documentation was lost, it became clear that everything would have to be restored step by step. In April 2012, the Academy announced an open competition to carry out work on the technical inspection of the Zenit center.
The inspection findings refuted the worst fears: the building structure is in an acceptable condition for further operation. At the same time, according to preliminary calculations, it turned out that the cost of completing the administrative and educational building could be about 6 billion rubles, and a new administrative and educational building (with dismantling of the existing one) would cost less - about 5.4 billion rubles. The Academy appealed to the Government of the Russian Federation with a request to resolve the issue of the fate of Zenit and consider the possibility of financing decision taken. To date, we have carried out all possible actions on this object and are waiting for the Government’s decision. In any case, it’s too early to put an end to this story.
In general, Demolition cannot be completed...
One of the most famous “unfinished buildings” in Moscow.
Why "famous"? Firstly, because it is gigantic: 100 thousand square meters. Secondly, because it is wildly expensive: $100 million was invested in its construction. Thirdly, his story is scandalous and even detective (see below). And fourthly, the building is unusually impressive: a futuristic composition of beveled volumes lined with mirror glass. No wonder he has several nicknames: “blue crystal” or “blue tooth”.
For Moscow in the early 90s, this was a genuine breakthrough. There were no buildings here that were entirely mirrored, or glass pieces of such radical shapes. Although this trend has existed all over the world for a long time and has managed to acquire the flavor of commercial architecture. Academician Aganbegyan discovered the immediate source of inspiration in Italy, it was an office building built by Luciano Perini. The academician, who was then in great power, wanted to build something similar in Moscow for his Academy of National Economy.
The classic of Soviet modernism, Yakov Belopolsky, took up the matter, who (together with the young architect Nikolai Lyutomsky) significantly transformed the original idea, taking it away from the banalities of Euro-modernism to almost Suprematist forms. Of course, if you look at it, there is nothing supernatural in the architecture here, the move is the same everywhere: assorted volumes are assembled, and then a certain segment is cut off at the top of each. However, the themes that emerged - for example, the grotesque image of a pitched roof - were very funny and anticipated many attempts to modernize national forms (by Eric van Egerath in particular).
UPD: end of June 2012: ATTENTION to all beginners and experienced, c. including those under 18! The object is fully protected. This building belongs to the Academy of National Economy and State. presidential services Russian Federation. By penetrating this object, you cross two territories at once! Sensors are installed inside the building, and when triggered, video recording from the cameras begins. They are invisible, only if you look very carefully can you see them. The security there is made up of several people (more than 7 for sure), after they notice you, they take you to a separate office and hand you over to the cops. Money and tearful prayers are not accepted. This guard appeared a month ago, before them, according to them, at least once a week the corpses of people aged 11 years and older were taken out of the building. This is not a joke or a provocation; the author of this description had a conversation with the shift supervisor. He doesn’t invent anything (the person is completely adequate and will not just scare you). There were many cases when boys dragged girls and pestered them under the fear that the girl would fly out of the window. Many suicides try to settle their scores here. They catch them day and night!
Regarding the unfinished building itself: it will soon be demolished. The demolition project is in development and will soon become a reality. Visiting this building has become life-threatening! The building is skewed with a difference of one floor (!), this is visible only from one side, but the building is “creeping” faster and faster. Please think and don't come here! Have mercy on the guards and, first of all, on your life! And your parents.
02/10/13 Penetration is free, through a hole in the fence. The security guards saw two men, about 40-50 years old, walking along the first floor.
12/21/17 There are no private security booths, climb through a hole in the fence. The hole is closed daily from 12 to 14, but it is easy to do again. According to rumors, the booths will be returned at the beginning of 18.
Hello.
Not far from the station. m. Yugo-Zapadnaya there is an extremely popular place - the unfinished business center "Zenith". The building has been abandoned almost since the 90s, during which time an insane number of people visited the Zenit business center. Naturally, the building has become overgrown with many local legends and unofficial nicknames: “Blue (blue) Tooth”, “Crystal”, “Lump”, “Bluetooth” :) There is a lot of information on this object on the Internet, even more than one person has written about it in the media twice, so I won’t describe in detail the footage of the building and the history of construction, because... firstly, it’s not interesting, and secondly, everything is Googled. Let me just say that good old Bluetooth still amazes with its huge size and underground atmosphere.
The object is guarded. A few years ago, when there were no guards inside the Zub, it was not difficult to get there for free. Then, according to rumors, a couple of corpses were taken out of the elevator shaft, some of the new stalkers were severely bitten by stray dogs, and the guards moved to the first floor of the Cob. Of course, the access regime has not become much stricter, but now you almost always have to pay.
Why did we go there? Well, I used to climb a lot. Then he grew a little and practically stopped, but my brother started climbing :) Then he also grew a little, some time passed, and this spring he and I decided to climb old objects. Moreover, I continue to experiment with the cross-process, and such trashy shots require suitable interiors.
In general, since there are already a lot of people going to Zub, it’s okay if I write how to get there, so that the pioneers don’t rack their brains.
I’ll say right away that we were not prepared at all. Not only did I run out of film and film almost nothing, but I also got caught by the wrong security, and as a result I was banned for nothing. That is, in fact, they didn’t get off successfully.
Now, in order.
How to find. We leave the metro to the metro station. Southwestern. We are looking for McDuck. The block is already clearly visible from McDuck (and, in general, visible from the metro).
There are three ways to get into the Tooth.
The first way is to not pay anyone anything. You can enter the territory through the fence from the street. Academician Anokhin (in the summer the grass is trampled in this place, and in the winter there is a path in the snow :)) Then we walk through the territory, pretending to be a shoe, without being scorched, we go around the Lump on the right. We see a rather low fence, an abandoned UAZ type Bukhanka, and a staircase that leads inside the Zub. We go inside, then the main thing is to quietly go upstairs without meeting the guards. The route looks like this.
The second way is to pay everyone. On the street Koshtoyants we approach the checkpoint, negotiate, go into the territory, then we break directly to the guard of the Tooth, negotiate, go through. The route looks like this.
The third method is combined. We climb over the fence, already inside the Zub we look for guards and come to an agreement. We used exactly this method.
Now the report itself.
The tooth is beautiful)
Both outside and inside.
Since Glyba is a huge atrium with mirrored windows, not much light gets inside, especially in cloudy weather, and electricity is not supplied everywhere) In general, a tripod can be useful. They can still brush off dogs, so it’s better to take them, of course. And a flashlight! Don't forget the flashlight!)
Despite the fact that everything is beaten up and stolen, the place is extremely interesting.
In short, wander around to your heart's content. The view from the roof, in my opinion, is not very good, since the area is not the most picturesque, but inside the building, of course, is impressive.
Now a few words about how we were kicked out of there)
We entered the Zub, found the security room, and went to negotiate. We look: there is a home-made punching bag hanging from the ceiling, some kind of dog is bristling and it’s generally not comfortable) Well, we shouted, called the security - no one came out. It was scary to get closer because of the dog.
We spat, feet in hands - and up. That's when they removed us :) The security downstairs didn't respond, because... I went upstairs to walk around the building. In general, when we came face to face with them, it was already difficult to explain what we supposedly wanted in an amicable way) It was not possible to come to an agreement with them, and we were escorted to the exit. The security guys, both big and goofy, escorted us out in a surprisingly civilized manner, without even swearing.
So we weren’t able to climb thoroughly, but we weren’t particularly upset, since we’d already been there and didn’t expect to find anything new.
In general, we ended up with the wrong guard, but experience tells us that there are usually no problems with them.
Shot on Fujichrome Velvia 100F
