Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Moscow's Seven Sisters (this one wasn't built)

This is Chechulin's draft for Zaryadye skyscraper from wikipedia's article on "Seven Sisters Moscow".
The Seven Sisters (called высотки, vysotki, the summits in Russian) are seven Stalinist skyscrapers in Moscow, Russia. They were built 1947-1953 in an elaborate combination of Russian Baroque and Gothic styles, and the early twentieth century technology of American skyscrapers. Similar buildings were built in Warsaw, Chelyabinsk, Kiev and Riga.

I find these buildings very spectacular and beautiful. At the same time, I guess they're kind of fascist.

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