Red Gate Building

The Red Gate Building is one of seven Stalinist skyscrapers, designed by Alexey Dushkin.[1] Its name comes from the Red Gate square.

Red Gate Building
Высотное здание на площади Красных Ворот
General information
Architectural styleStalinist
LocationMoscow, Russia
Coordinates55°46′10″N 37°38′45″E
Completed1953
Height
Roof133 m (436 ft)
Technical details
Floor count24
Design and construction
ArchitectAlexey Dushkin

Features

The main tower has 24 levels and is 133 metres (436 ft) tall. The building also incorporates two 11-story apartment blocks, designed by the same architect. Both the right and the left wing contain around 300 flats.

History

The skyscraper was laid down in 1947 and completed in 1953. The construction of the tower was complicated by its location near the Moscow Metro tunnels and the Krasnye Vorota station. Dushkin built a second entrance to the station into the ground floor of the tower, which opened on 31 July 1954.

After being the headquarter of the Ministry of Construction of Heavy Industry the administrative part of the skyscraper also hosted the Ministry of Transport Construction. The building is also known as Lermontov Tower from Mikhail Lermontov and the Lermontovskaya Square, the name assigned to the Red Gate square between 1962 and 1986.

Notes
  1. Frommer's Moscow Day by Day, Hillary Gilbert; John Wiley & Sons, 2008
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.