The following pictures are examples of architecture built in the Soviet Constructivist style, a style founded by the Vesnin brothers (Aleksandr, Leonid, and Viktor) along with Moisei Ginzburg between 1923-1925. Officially, the Society of Modern Architects (OSA) was the main organ for all Constructivist architecture. However, I have also included pieces which clearly exemplify the Constructivist style, even if the architects involved were not technically members of OSA. Both blueprints and photographs of the eventual realizations of their plans are shown here:
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- Aleksandr Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin – The Palace of Labor (1923)
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- Aleksandr Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin – The Lenin Library (1928)
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- V. Vladimirov, N. Voronyntsev, (1929-1936)
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- V. Tsebel’ (1927)
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- V. Movchan, G. Movchan, A. Fisenko, I. Nikolaev, L. Meil’man, G. Karpam (1927)
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- V. Movchan, G. Movchan, A. Fisenko, I. Nikolaev, L. Meil’man, G. Karpam (1927)
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- V. Movchan, G. Movchan, A. Fisenko, I. Nikolaev, L. Meil’man, G. Karpam (1927)
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- V. Movchan, G. Movchan, A. Fisenko, I. Nikolaev, L. Meil’man, G. Karpam (1927)
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- Aleksandr Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin – Telegraph Building (1925)
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- S. Kozhin – Palace of Labor (1926)
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- S. Chernikhov (1927)
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- Roman Khiger (1925)
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- R. Val’denberg, S. Leontovich, D. Meierson, L. Raikin (1927)
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- Aleksandr Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin – Pravda Kiosk (1924)
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- Aleksandr Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin – The Lenin Library (1928)
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- Aleksandr Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin – The Lenin Library (1925)
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- Nikolai Krasil’nikov (1928)
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- Aleksandr Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin (1926)
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- Aleksandr Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin – The Palace of Labor (1923)
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- Aleksandr Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin – The Lenin Library (1928)
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- Aleksandr Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin – The Lenin Library (1928)
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- Aleksandr Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin – The Lenin Library (1928)
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- Aleksandr Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin – The Lenin Library (1928)
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- Panteleimon Golosov, Z. Rosenfel’d – Narkomzem Building (1928)
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- Panteleimon Golosov (1927)
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- Panteleimon Golosov – Pravda Combine (1930-1935)
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- Panteleimon Golosov – Pravda Combine (1930-1935)
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- Panteleimon Golosov – Pravda Combine (1930-1935)
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- Panteleimon Golosov (1930)
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- Panteleimon Golosov (1927)
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- P. Bliukhin, A. Zal’tsman (1929)
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- P. Bliukhin, A. Zal’tsman (1929)
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- Nikolai Krasil’nikov (1928)
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- N. Voronyntsev, V. Vladimirov, A. Suslov, L. Vesnin (consultant) (1927)
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- N. Pashkov (1926)
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- Moisei Ginzburg – Palace of the Soviets (1931)
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- Moisei Ginzburg – Narkomfin Building (1929)
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- Moisei Ginzburg, proposal for a theater (1930)
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- Mikhail Barshch, Vladimir Vladimirov (1930)
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- Mikhail Barshch, Vladimir Vladimirov (1930)
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- Mikhail Barshch, Vladimir Vladimirov (1930)
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- Mikhail Barshch, M. Siniavskii (1926)
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- Mikhail Barshch, M. Siniavskii (1926)
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- Lidiia Komarova (1929)
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- Lidiia Komarova (1929)
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- Ivan Leonidov (1928)
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- Ivan Leonidov (1928)
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- Ivan Leonidov (1928)
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- Ivan Leonidov (1928)
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- Ivan Leonidov (1928)
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- Ivan Leonidov (1927)
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- Ivan Leonidov (1927)
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- Ivan Leonidov (1927)
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- Ivan Leonidov (1927)
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- Ivan Leonidov (1927)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Palace of Culture (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Palace of Culture (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Palace of Culture (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Palace of Culture (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Palace of Culture (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Palace of Culture (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Palace of Culture (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Palace of Culture (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Palace of Culture (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Palace of Culture (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Narkomtiazhprom Project (1934)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Narkomtiazhprom Project (1934)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Narkomtiazhprom Project (1934)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Narkomtiazhprom Project (1934)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Magnitogorsk Proposal (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Magnitogorsk Proposal (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Magnitogorsk Proposal (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Magnitogorsk Proposal (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Magnitogorsk Proposal (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Magnitogorsk Proposal (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Magnitogorsk Proposal (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Magnitogorsk Proposal (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Magnitogorsk Proposal (1930)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Lenin Institute (1927) (digitally fabricated)
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- Ivan Leonidov – House of Industry (1929)
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- Ivan Leonidov – House of Industry (1929)
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- Ivan Leonidov – House of Industry (1929)
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- Ivan Leonidov – House of Industry (1929)
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- Ivan Leonidov – House of Industry (1929)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Club of the New Social Type (1928)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Club of the New Social Type (1928)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Club of the New Social Type (1928)
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- Ivan Leonidov – Club of the New Social Type (1928)
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- Il’ia Golosov, B. Mittel’man (1927)
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- Il’ia Golosov, B. Mittel’man (1927)
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- Il’ia Golosov (1925)
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- Il’ia Golosov (1928)
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- Il’ia Golosov (1928)
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- Il’ia Golosov (1926)
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- Il’ia Golosov – Elektrobank Building (1926)
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- Il’ia Golosov (1926)
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- Ia. Kornfel’d, P. Bliukhin, A. Zal’tsman (1931)
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- I. Sobelov (1926)
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- I. Sobelov (1926)
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- I. Nikolaev, A. Fisenko (1927-1929)
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- I. Nikolaev, A. Fisenko (1927-1929)
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- I. Nikolaev, A. Fisenko (1927-1929)
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- I. Nikolaev, A. Fisenko (1927-1929)
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- Ivan Leonidov (1926)
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- Il’ia Golosov (1928)
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- Il’ia Golosov (1927)
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- Il’ia Golosov (1926)
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- Il’ia Golosov (1925)
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- Moisei Ginzburg (1924)
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- G. Barkhin, M. Barkhin (1932)
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- G. Barkhin (1927)
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- F. Belostotskaia & Z. Rosenfel’d (1931)
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- F. Belostotskaia & Z. Rosenfel’d (1928)
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- F. Belostotskaia & Z. Rosenfel’d (1928)
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- F. Belostotskaia & Z. Rosenfel’d (1927)
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- E. Grenburg, A. Shchusev (1927)
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- D. Fridman (1927)
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- D. Fridman (1927)
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- B. Velikovskii (1930)
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- B. Valikovskii (1927)
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- B. Valikovskii (1927)
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- B. Valikovskii (1927)
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- B. Korshumov, 1927
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- Aleksandr Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin – ARCOS Building (1925)
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- Aleksandr Vesnin, Leonid Vesnin, Viktor Vesnin – Narkomtiazhprom Project (1934)
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- Aleksandr Shchusev (1926)
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- Aleksandr Shchusev (1926)
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- Aleksandr Shchusev (1925)
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- A. Iuganov, )1929-1932)
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- A. Iuganov (1929-1932)
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- A. Iuganov (1926)
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- A. Burov (1925)
It’s astonishing how many great and progressive works are among Soviet constructivism.
Thanks for the pics, I think I’d probably never know of these if I didn’t see them here.
I posted this on Facebook.
Thank you for the show of solidarity.
congrats for the great posts here!
and i wanted to ask, do you maybe have any info on ivan nikolaev student dormitory?
thanks
Thank you! And I just might have some info on that. Let me go back through some of the issues that I digitized and I’ll get back to you.
looking forward to it! thanks!