News
 | 02.08.2010 |
| THE LATEST VICTIM OF MOSCOW’S BUILDING POLICY - The Alexeev Mansion, 11 Bakhrushina Street |
French
hotel chain, Accor, has found themselves at the centre of the latest
demolition scandal to divide Muscovites. On 24th and 25th July,
bulldozers destroyed an the Alexeev Mansion, an early 19th century
classical ensemble on Bakhrushina Street in south Moscow, near the
Tretyakov Gallery. Part of the complex is within a conservation zone.
Tens of protestors formed a ring around the building, but workmen
broke through and completed the demolition.
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| 03.06.2010 |
| The House That Melnikov Built - Open Democracy |
Moscow’s superb legacy of Constructivist architecture has
suffered since Neo-Classicism became the official style in the 1930s.
But thanks to President Medvedev's intervention, the house of
Konstantin Melnikov, one of Russia’s most important architectural
masterpieces, looks set to become a State Museum…
The Melnikov House has no internal load-bearing walls which
means there are large, unobstructed internal spaces, allowing maximum
light and space
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| 27.05.2010 |
| Protesters fight to save 17th-century Moscow church from bulldozers |
For the third successive day dozens of protesters prevented workmen from demolishing buildings close to a 17th-century church.
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| 25.05.2010 |
| Demolition Continues at Church of the Resurrection in Kadashi |
Archnadzor and MAPS call on Moscow lovers to go down to Church of the Resurrection in Kadashi and help stop the continuing illegal demolition of historical buildings on the territory of the church.The construction of the Five Capitals apartment complex poses a danger to the foundation of the church.
Last week, builders began dismantling the Chamber of Olenevy, on Kadashevsky pereulok, which is part of the architectural ensemble that included the church, and a nearby confectionery plant from the late 19th century.
Protesters managed to stop further demolition Monday but it resumed
Tuesday.
Demolition at the site was suspended late last year following a public uproar after builders dismantled the Deacon’s House, which was given to the church at the end of the 1800s.
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| 25.05.2010 |
| Muscovites Stop Razing of Historical Site - The Moscow Times |
Dozens of Muscovites resumed a protest Monday to prevent work to raze
historical buildings on a protected plot of land where developers plan
to build an elite apartment complex.
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| 24.05.2010 |
| Medvedev: Melnikov House to become a State Museum. |
Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev has released a resolution that the Melnikov House in central
Moscow is to become a State Museum. This development is being welcomed
by conservationists who have been campaigning to safeguard the future of
the house built by Avant-garde architect Konstantin Melnikov in
1927-1929. The resolution comes over four years after the death of
Viktor Melnikov, the son of the architect, who stipulated in his will
that the house should become a state museum. The resolution was seen in
court on thursday 20th May by Yekaterina Karinskaya, granddaughter of
the architect, and executor of her father’s will. It
is hoped that it marks a change of fortune for the embattled house.
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| 20.05.2010 |
| Moscow plans to renovate 300 uninhabited buildings |
Around 300 dilapidated and uninhabited buildings in Moscow will be renovated and converted into offices and hotels. Some 30 of them are listed as architectural monuments.
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