Everything about Kotelnicheskaya Embankment totally explained
Kotelnicheskaya Embankment is a street on the northern bank of
Moskva River in central
Tagansky District of
Moscow,
Russia. It spans from the mouth of
Yauza River (west) to the point one block west from
Bolshoy 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 in
1952, designed by
Dmitry Chechylin (then Chief Architect of Moscow) and
Andrei Rostkovsky. Main tower has 32 levels (including
mechanical floors) and is 176
meters tall.
The building also incorporates a 9-storey apartment block facing Moskva River, designed by the same architects in
1938 and completed in
1940. Originally build in stern early stalinist style, with wet stucco wall finishes, it was re-finished in
terra 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 of
World War II, the side wing was converted to multi-family
kommunalka 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 isn't 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):
Image:Kotelnicheskaya_Tower_00.jpg|View from west
Image:Kotelnicheskaya_Tower_01.jpg|View from Zamoskvorechye, Textile Institute in the foreground
Image:Kotelnicheskaya_Tower_02.jpg|Riverfont facade, 1940, with 1950s finishes
Image:Wiki_bolshoy_krasnokholmsky_1.jpg|View from Novospassky Bridge (east)
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