Renovation works in Narkomfin’s penthouse: photographed on April 11, 2014.
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I have the pleasure of working, voluntarily, in the little Gallery attached to The Isokon building in London, the brainchild of Welles Coates/Harry Pritchard, completed in 1934, arguably one of the finest modernist buildings in the UK. This wonderful building has recently been restored and reopened. (Avanti architects). It houses ‘key’ workers with a few apartments purchased. It is, of course, small compared to the Narkomfin, a warm, friendly building we all adore. However, the ‘superiority’ of Ginzburg’s Narkomfin’s design and history, not least, in my view, the fact that it has survived over 80 years of Moscow winters, render it a total tragedy should it not be restored with tenderness and consideration regarding its details and the people of Moscow. Though I have never had the honour of seeing the Narkomfin, I have formed an attachment to it since I came to The Isokon. The Narkomfin MUST rise again and take its place, so well merited, in the history book and amongst local people.
With All Good Wishes
Maggie Makortoff
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