Granell Group of Companies is developing the MYPRIORITY Presnya Mixed-use Business Centre at 1st Silikatny Proezd 13 in Moscow. ABD architects designed this 42-storey Class A office building with a total area of 107,236 m² as part of the residential development on the TPU Presnya site in the Khoroshyovo-Mnyovniki district.

"Our task was to create an iconic, recognisable architectural image capable of becoming a vertical landmark for the neighbourhood. The future business centre must meet high tenant demands: offer open-plan layouts, a high coefficient of natural lighting, and comprehensive infrastructure within the complex," says Boris Levyant, founder of ABD architects.

The project occupies a site adjacent to the business cluster near Moscow City and, in the long term, in immediate proximity to the currently planned Zvenigorodskaya metro station. This location prevents the building from becoming an isolated office island, allowing it to integrate organically into the active fabric of the capital's business and transport infrastructure.

Transport accessibility stands as one of the project's key integration factors: proximity to major highways and the metro makes the complex attractive to tenants while simultaneously reducing pressure on the micro-district.

Transport accessibility stands as one of the project's key integration factors: proximity to major highways and the metro makes the complex attractive to tenants while simultaneously reducing pressure on the micro-district. The inclusion of commercial and service functions at the podium level strengthens the building's connection to urban life. Consequently, MYPRIORITY Presnya will function not as an autonomous office block, but as a component of the city, open and engaged with street life and infrastructure.

The constrained site posed a challenge for the architects: alongside the business centre itself, they needed to accommodate parking for 381 vehicles.

The business centre's high-rise building takes shape as a composition of a glazed office volume threaded through by a solid parking block at levels 2-4. The complex urbanistically completes and anchors the intersection of Shelepikhinskoye Shosse and 1st Silikatny Proezd, becoming a city landmark, a symbol of the new district on the capital's map.

The 200-meter tower has vertical plates that include thin white trapezoidal facets. These plates split at the top, forming two separate parts with gently curved rooflines.

These elements serve a dual purpose. They conceal the technical floor horizontals by blending them into the facade's vertical rhythm, and they house the architectural lighting within. Soft light lines accentuate the vertical white elements, making the form look dynamic.

The fully glazed curtain-wall facades create an effect of lightness and transparency, while ensuring high levels of natural illumination throughout the interiors. The carefully planned column grid, in turn, minimises shadow zones and offers significant design flexibility. The 9-metre column spacing and 6.5-metre ceiling heights in the lobby – 3.75 metres on office floors enable diverse planning solutions across typical floors ranging from 1,920 to 2,030 m².

The ground floor features panoramic glazing and, through open visual connections, unifies entrance groups, commercial premises, cafes and service zones, forming an open level of interaction with the city.

The placement of above-ground parking within the complex posed a distinct challenge for the architects, as the site could not be utilised in full within its boundaries. With the metro running in immediate proximity to the object, the design team had to observe a substantial protection zone from the site boundaries. Consequently, the podium acquired cantilevered solutions, overhanging ground level by more than 10 metres in places, yet remaining within the site limits. This solution demanded a complex system of diagonal transfer beams in the podium, yet allowed the architects to avoid massive supports at the entrance and create an open, "floating" lobby space.

The podium terrace will also accommodate engineering blocks, positioned at maximum distance from viewing points so as not to compromise the silhouette's integrity.

The business centre also provides a spacious five-level underground car park for 258 vehicles, supplementing the 123-space heated above-ground parking in the podium.

The project dedicates considerable attention to vertical transport performance. The building features 22 lifts, with banks split into three service zones by height, ensuring connectivity across all levels. The specification includes modern equipment with varying load capacities and speeds ranging from 1.6 to 6 m/s. These solutions achieve a compact lift core and maximise efficiency across office and parking floors.