Architecture (page 2)

Open sources give differing answers as to when the Savvinskoye Metochion was moved. The most reliable date, corroborated by an account from one of those involved in the work, is — 4 March 1938: on that day, the former tenement building of the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery began its journey from the old building line on Gorky Street into the interior of the block. According to later reconstructions, reaching the new foundations took several days, so the familiar…

Moscow Art Nouveau emerged at the turn of the twentieth century and is distinguished by its unified approach to building design: the architect brought the layout, façade, interiors, stained glass, metalwork and furniture together within a single artistic vision. In Moscow, this principle can be clearly seen in the Ryabushinsky Mansion, the Metropol Hotel, Yaroslavsky Station and the original Moscow Art Theatre building. This article exp…