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Photographs of drawings, models and buildings designed by Melnikov, Leonidov, the Vesnin family and other architects, Paris, France and the Soviet Union (now in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine)
People:
  • Unknown (photographer)
  • V.M. Olenev (role unspecified)
  • Iosif Aizikovich Meerzon (role unspecified)
  • Igor' Ivanovich Fomin (role unspecified)
  • T.B. Rapoport (role unspecified)
  • Ia.O. Rubanchik (role unspecified)
  • Il'ia Aleksandrovich Golosov (role unspecified)
  • A.K. Barutchev (role unspecified)
  • A. Langman (role unspecified)
  • M.S. Raizman (role unspecified)
  • L. Cherikover (role unspecified)
  • Ignatii Frantsevich Milinis (role unspecified)
  • Konstantin Mel'nikov (role unspecified)
  • Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin (role unspecified)
  • Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin (role unspecified)
  • Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vesnin (role unspecified)
  • E.A. Levinson (role unspecified)
  • Sergei Savvich Serafimov (role unspecified)
  • I.A. Gil'ter (architect)
  • N. Vishnevskii (role unspecified)
  • N.V. Golubev (architect)
  • Nathan Osterman (role unspecified)
  • Ivan I. Leonidov (role unspecified)
  • Aleksandr Nikolsky (role unspecified)
  • S.M. Kravets (role unspecified)
  • Kazimir Malevich (role unspecified)
  • Evgenii Popov (role unspecified)
  • Moisei IAkovlevich Ginzburg (role unspecified)
  • Solomon Abramovich Lisagor (architect)
  • S. Vakhtangov (role unspecified)
  • M.D. Felger (role unspecified)
Title:

Photographs of drawings, models and buildings designed by Melnikov, Leonidov, the Vesnin family and other architects, Paris, France and the Soviet Union (now in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine)

Date:

1920-1965 or later

Description:

- This group of photographs shows 38 views of buildings, 31 photographs of drawings and two photographs of models for buildings in the Soviet Union by Konstantin Melnikov, Ivan Leonidov, the Vesnin family and 25 other architects (PH1989:0012:001-073). Also included are a booklet for an exhibition of works by Melnikov (PH1989:0012:024) and a photograph of an exhibition poster for the 1925 Paris Exhibition of the Decorative Arts (PH1989:0012:023). The buildings represented include government buildings, clubs, residential buildings, and various other types of buildings including an exhibition pavilion, a bus garage, mechanized canteens, a school, and a stadium. There are also photographs of three drawings related to town planning. Four of the government buildings by Leonidov are documented by photographs of competition drawings.
- The work of Konstantin Melnikov is represented by seven projects which were all constructed. Photographs of three clubs in Moscow include three photographs and one photograph of a drawing for the Rusakov Club, two photographs of the Burevestnik Factory Club, and a photograph of the Kauchuk Club (club for rubber industry workers). There are eight photographs of the Melnikov residence in Moscow, two of which show the house under construction. Documents related to exhibitions include three photographs, two photographs of drawings and a photograph of a poster for the Soviet Pavilion at the 1925 Paris Exhibition of the Decorative Arts, and a booklet for Melnikov's 1965 exhibition of architectural works, drawings and paintings in Moscow. There are two photographs of the Bakhmet'evski Bus Garage in Moscow.
- The work of Ivan Leonidov is represented by one project for stairs for a government building (executed) and photographs of drawings for four architectural competitions for government buildings (all unexecuted), and one unexecuted project for housing. Documents for the five projects for government buildings include four photographs of the stairs to the Ordzhonikidze Sanatorium for the People's Commissariat for Heavy Industry (Narkomtyazhprom) in Kislovodsk; three photographs of drawings for a government office building competition in Alma-Ata; three photographs of drawings for the Film Studio competition (Moscow); three photographs of drawings for the Tsentrosoyuz (Centrosoiuz) Building competition (Moscow); and a photograph of a drawing for the Narkomtiazhprom Building (Building of Heavy Industry) competition (Moscow). There is also a photograph of a drawing for Kliuchiki Housing in Nizhnii Tagil (unexecuted).
- The work of Aleksandr, Viktor, and Leonid Vesnin is represented by three unexecuted projects for government buildings in Moscow and one project for a club in Moscow (executed). Documents for the three projects for government buildings in Moscow include: three photographs of drawings for the Central Telegraph Office; a photograph of a drawing for the Palace of Labor; and a photograph of a drawing for the Leningrad Pravda Building. There are five photographs of the ZIL Palace of Culture (club for the Likhachev Automobile Plant workers) in Moscow.
- The work of the 25 other architects includes government buildings, clubs, residential buildings, mechanized canteens, an experimental design for a school, a stadium, and photographs of drawings for town planning. Documents for the two government buildings (executed) include: five photographs of the Department of Industry and Planning (Gosprom) buildings in Kharkov, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), and a photograph of a drawing for the First Building of Lensovet (Leningrad Union) in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). The two clubs in Moscow are documented by one photograph of the Kozhevnikov (Tanner's) Union Club (unexecuted) and one of the Zuev Club (executed). The two residential buildings are documented by one photograph of the Narkomfin (People's Commissariat for Finance) Apartment Building in Moscow (executed) and one photograph of a drawing for the Airman's Planit (unexecuted). Documents for various other projects include: five photographs of drawings for three mechanized canteens in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), including the Vasileostrovskaya Mechanized canteen, Vyborgskaya Mechanized Canteen, and Volodarskaya Mechanized Canteen (all executed); three photographs of drawings for an experimental design for a single-storey school (unexecuted); one photograph of a Dinamo Stadium [?] in Moscow; two photographs of models, one for an "architecton" (Moscow) and one for a housing project with integral collective services in Moscow (both unexecuted). There are also two photographs of site plans for industrial housing and related services for the coal mining town of Bogoslovsk (executed ?) and one for the same subject in Mashinostroiteli [?] (executed ?).

Form:
photographs
Quantity / Object type:
73 photograph(s)
Stage and Purpose:
  • competition drawings
  • design development drawings
  • schematic drawing
  • presentation drawing (proposal)
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints

Dimensions:

comps. (range): 6,8 to 24,1 x 5,3 to 24,1 cm sheets (range): 8,3 to 24,8 x 5,5 to 24,5 cm secondary support (range): 13,5 to 21 x 10,5 to 29,6 cm pamphlet: 15.70 X 10.00 x 1 cm

Reference number:

PH1989:0012:001-073

Drawing Type:
  • line drawings
  • mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)
  • renderings
Method of Projection:
  • perspective drawings
  • axonometric drawing
  • plans (drawings)
  • site plans
  • landscaping plan
  • sections (orthographic drawings)
  • elevations (drawings)
Point of View:
  • partial views
  • bird's-eye views
  • exterior views
  • interior views
  • plan views
  • worm's-eye view
Location:

Paris France

Subject:
  • architecture
  • portrait
Subject Descriptive Terms:
  • government office buildings
  • schools
  • entrances
  • stairs
  • houses
  • apartment houses
  • squares (open spaces)
  • hospital
  • models (representations)
  • concert halls
  • dining hall
  • studio (work space)
  • architectural drawings
  • visionary architecture
  • multipurpose buildings
  • clubhouses
  • stadium
  • athletic field
  • bleachers
  • industrial housing
  • administration buildings
  • cafeteria
  • art centres
  • kindergarten
  • office building
  • exhibition buildings
  • printing plant
  • theatres
  • post exchanges
  • sanatoriums
  • telegraph offices
  • cultural centre
  • garages
  • film studios
  • factory (structure)
  • exhibition catalogue
  • performing arts centre
Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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