The Shukhov radio tower (Russian: Шуховская башня), also known
as the Shabolovka tower, is a broadcasting tower in Moscow
designed by Vladimir Shukhov. The 160-metre-high free-standing
steel diagrid structure was built in the period 1920–1922,
during the Russian Civil War. It is a hyperboloid structure
(hyperbolic steel gridshell). Due to its diagrid structure, the
steel shell of the Shukhov Tower experiences minimum wind load
(the main hazard for high-rising buildings). The tower sections
are single-cavity hyperboloids of rotation made of straight
beams, the ends of which rest against circular foundations. The
tower is located a few kilometres south of the Moscow Kremlin,
but is not accessible to tourists. The street address of the
tower is "Shabolovskaya Street, 37", hence the tower's informal
name "Shabolovka, 37". See also  - Vladimir Shukhov -
Hyperboloid structure - List of Hyperboloid structures - Shukhov
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