February 16, 2008: Russian builds 13 story, 144 foot high home out of wood

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Griff represent!!

According to this page, this Russian gent found himself building his own 2-story house when he realized... why stop at two stories? By the time he was done... well...

based in the russian city of archangelsk, ex-gangster nikolai originally intended the building to contain 2 floors but couldn't help himself when he realised there was nothing to stop him adding more on top. nothing, that is, apart from the slow-off-the-mark local authorities who say that wooden buildings shouldn't exceed 2 floors in height, the result being that the 144ft high building is now under threat of demolition, something which would be an absolute travesty in my opinion. slightly crazy but creative ex-gangster russian architects should be given free reign to build whatever they like.