Constructivism in Yekaterinburg.

Demis-Ekb · #1 Posted **Jul 4, 2015, 9:29 AM**

Constructivism in Yekaterinburg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constr...t_architecture

White Tower - the former water tower.
An architectural monument of Constructivism. Currently abandoned.

Construction of the years 1928-1931

Demis-Ekb · #2 Posted **Jul 4, 2015, 9:32 AM**

Different houses built in the years 1920-1930, in the architectural style of Constructivism.

Demis-Ekb · #3 Posted **Jul 4, 2015, 9:40 AM**

The hotel "Iset"
1929-1936 year

Demis-Ekb · #4 Posted **Jul 4, 2015, 9:44 AM**

Home Industry

1931 - 1935 year

Photos construction. 1931 year!

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Demis-Ekb · #5 Posted **Jul 4, 2015, 9:45 AM**

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hauntedheadnc · #6 Posted **Jul 4, 2015, 9:49 AM**

Well, that's definitely not a place we see a lot of on here. I've always loved the name of the city, and I'll have you know that I built many a SimCity with the English equivalent.

Thanks for showing off these pictures!

Demis-Ekb · #7 Posted **Jul 4, 2015, 9:52 AM**

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High-rise building in the 140 meters and there was unfinished due to the Second World War. As a result, he added two to 12 floors.
Low rise building was unfinished.

Now there's just offices.

Demis-Ekb · #8 Posted **Jul 4, 2015, 9:59 AM**

The first high-rise building in Yekaterinburg. 12 floors in 1932 year!

Demis-Ekb · #9 Posted **Jul 4, 2015, 10:03 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by hauntedheadnc

Well, that's definitely not a place we see a lot of on here. I've always loved the name of the city, and I'll have you know that I built many a SimCity with the English equivalent.

Thanks for showing off these pictures!

I little understood what you said. Since unfortunately I do not know English. Google translate with the aid of an interpreter.
Unfortunately many buildings in need of repair, restoration, they are in poor condition.
Thanks for the feedback!

Encolpius · #10 Posted **Jul 4, 2015, 12:57 PM**

Fantastic thread! Thanks so much, Demis. The vintage photographs you've included really help to appreciate these buildings, especially the 'House of Industry'. They give a sense of the really heroic conditions under which they were built: breathtaking to see some of the most modern and revolutionary architecture of its time being triumphantly raised with shovels and horse-carts and bare hands! And also show how different the final product was, in many cases, from what the architects had originally projected.

According to some cursory internet research, it seems the architects of the House of Industry are Daniil Fridman and Gleb Gluschenko, and Fridman at least was associated with the ARU, or Association of Urbanist Architects, led by Nikolai Ladovsky. Hard to find any further information about them in English.

I'd love to visit Yekaterinburg some day to see these buildings in person… and maybe take up residence in the abandoned water tower.

Meanwhile, thanks again for the photos!

Demis-Ekb · #11 Posted **Jul 5, 2015, 6:48 PM**

^^Come always welcome!

I think you will be interested to see what the country has gone through 70 years of communism, 10 years of bandits and beggars of the 1990s, and now 15 years of authoritarian Putin's rigid.

Many modern buildings are built in the style of constructivism:

Apartments:

Price per square meter in such apartment costs 1200-1500 dollars.

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