Июн
2
Stars repair
Filed Under Architecture | Leave a Comment
Photo: Restoration of ruby star on Vodovzvodnaya Tower of the Kremlin.
Photo: fragment with alien spider.
Фев
10
Reconstruction of the Bolshoi Theater
Filed Under Architecture | 1 Comment
Photo: nice advertising of Credit Suisse.
The Bolshoi Theatre was closed for restoration in 2005 and must be opened in 2008. But in reality completion date lost somewhere in 2011.
The extensions along the Northern Facade that were previously used as scenery storage must be removed. But not today:
Photo: View of the Grand Theater from the Petrovka street.
Only in 2008 for the reconstruction of the Bolshoi has been allocated 3.4 billion rubles of budget ($135 million).
Янв
8
Photo: Construction of the cathedral church of the Armenian Surb-Hach (Holy Cross). Trifonovskaya Street. 24
Upon completion of construction of temple complex will be the largest cultural construction of the Armenian Apostolic Church outside of Armenia. (All the buildings in the photos included in the ensemble).
The site of Novo-Nakhichevan and Russian Eparchy of Armenian Apostolic Church is collecting donations for the construction with the help of SMS (!), And even have a broadcast building online: http://www.armenianchurch.ru/translation.html
Photo: Construction of a new complex of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque.
I must say that the Cathedral Mosque (pictured in the middle, green) was built in 1904, in Soviet times did not change his appointment.
As a result, must happen:
Image from www.engtransstroy.ru
Сен
4
Moscow is a city of contrasts
Filed Under Architecture | Leave a Comment
Looks like a photoshop, but the naked truth.
Photo:view from the Gagarinsky lane on Stalin’s skyscraper the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Июн
29
Hotel «Ukraine»
Filed Under Architecture | 5 Comments
Photo: when the «Moscow-City» on the knee.
Hotel «Ukraine» was the last of Seven Sisters. Construction was conducted from 1953 to 1957. 34 floors have been erected and 73 – metre spire. The total height of 206 meters. Now hotel closed for repairs.
This is the second in height Stalin skyscraper after the main building of Moscow State University.