- Kotelnicheskaya Embankment
Infobox Skyscraper
building_name=Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building
built=1952
use=Residential
location=Moscow ,Russia
coord|55|44|50|N|37|38|34|E|region:RU_type:landmark_scale:2000
style=LateStalinist architecture
top_floor=
roof=167meter s
floor_count=32
floor_area=
elevator_count=
architect=Dmitry Chechylin ,Andrei Rostkovsky
skyscraperpage_id=Kotelnicheskaya Embankment ( _ru. Котельническая Набережная) is a street on the northern bank of
Moskva River in centralTagansky District ofMoscow ,Russia . It spans from the mouth ofYauza River (west) to the point one block west fromBolshoy Krashokholmsky Bridge (east), where it changes name to Goncharnaya Embankment.Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building
Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building is one of seven stalinist skyscrapers laid down in September,
1947 and completed in1952 , designed byDmitry Chechylin (then Chief Architect of Moscow) andAndrei Rostkovsky . Main tower has 32 levels (includingmechanical floor s) and is 176meter s tall.The building also incorporates a 9-storey apartment block facing Moskva River, designed by the same architects in
1938 and completed in1940 . Originally build in stern early stalinist style, with wet stucco wall finishes, it was re-finished interra cotta panels in line with the main tower and acquired ornate pseudo-Gothic crowns over its 12-storey raised corners and center tower. By the end ofWorld War II , the side wing was converted to multi-familykommunalka housing, in a contrast to the planned elite status of the main tower.Main tower, of conventional steel frame structural type, has a
hexagonal cross-section with three side wings (18-storey, including two mechanical floors). While it is not exceptionally tall or massive, the "upward surge" of five stepped-up layers, from a flat 9-storey side wing to the spire, produce a visual image of a far superior structure. The structure hides behind itself a so-called "Shvivaya Gorka", a hill with historical architecture and a maze of steeply inclined streets. Chechulin was initially criticized for complete disregard of this area, but his bureaucratic influence brushed off any criticisms.Notable residents of the building include(d):
*Galina Ulanova (her apartment is preserved as a museum)
*Yuri Lyubimov , a kommunalka dweller
*Faina Ranevskaya
*Andrey Voznesensky Other notable buildings
* Church of St. Nicholas in Kotelniki by
Joseph Bove
* Mission of Republic ofTatarstan
* MDM bank headquarters http://www.mdmbank.comExternal links
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=kotelnicheskayanaberezhnaya-moscow-russia Building data at emporis.com]
* Russian: [http://retro.samnet.ru/skyscrapers/moscow_skyscrapers.htm History of Moscow Skyscrapers]
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