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New Website

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Natalia

SNEAK PEEK: The Constructivist Project is in the process of being redesigned – the new website is planned to be launched in early 2017. For details how to help / contribute, please write to theconstructivistproject@gmail.com

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Map Presentation at Strelka

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Natalia

On September 14 the discussion Saving Constructivism: Theory and Practice including the presentation of the Constructivist Moscow Map was held at the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow. Photographs from the event can be found here. Photos … Continue reading →

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Constructivist Moscow Map

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Natalia

Constructivist Moscow Map, the third in Blue Crow Media‘s series of architecture guides is now available to pre-order. This two-sided, dual language, folding map features over fifty leading examples of Constructivist architecture in Moscow, from Melnikov House and Shukhov Tower … Continue reading →

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Silkscreen Prints – FOR SALE

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Natalia

The Constructivist Project Poster/Prints is a body of work that documents, transforms and brings attention to avant-garde architecture. The 27 x 35 inch silk screened posters feature a photographic image of architecture, originally captured on black and white film, with … Continue reading →

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AUGUST 13

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Natalia

AUGUST 13, 2014 It’s been one year since that infamous night when the Melnikov House was abruptly seized by the Shchusev State Museum of Architecture (MUAR), entangling it in a new round of scandals and heated discussions for many months … Continue reading →

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Письмо Президенту РФ В.В. Путину

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Natalia

Уважаемый Президент Владимир Путин! 25 февраля 2014 года Государственный Комитет Российской Федерации по Телевидению и Радиовещанию согласился с демонтажем знаменитой Радиобашни на Шаболовке в Москве, спроектированной инженером Владимиром Шуховым и построенной в 1922 году. Не было продемонстрировано никаких убедительных доказательств … Continue reading →

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A Letter to Putin

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Natalia

An open letter to President Vladimir Putin concerning the fate of the Shukhov Radio Tower on Shabolovka St. Moscow. March 13 2014 Respected President Vladimir Putin, On February 25, 2014, the Russian State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting agreed … Continue reading →

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Narkomfin is being renovated – a clarification

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Natalia

A week ago an article came out in Метро газета, “Дом Наркомфина ремонтируют” Below is a translation of it: Narkomfin is being renovated The international association of architects Docomomo is sounding the alarm – Narkomfin is being destroyed from the … Continue reading →

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Peeking inside Narkomfin

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Natalia

People have long come from all over the world to see the run-down building on the Garden Ring. To its right is the skulking shopping center Novinsky Bulvar; behind it is part of the U.S. Embassy and one of Stalin’s … Continue reading →

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SAVE House, STOP Work

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Natalia

FACT: We all LOVE it! Then WHY is the iconic MELNIKOV HOUSE crumbling before us? TWO reasons: #1 – Complex ownership issue is preventing a) the allocation of funding, b) the organization of restoration work, and c) the conceptualization of … Continue reading →

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