The Narkomfin Building is a block of flats at 25, Novinsky Boulevard, in the Central district of Moscow, Russia. Conceived as a "transitional type of experimental house", it is a renowned example of Constructivist architecture and avant-garde housing design.
Building after restoration.
West view (the '70s)
Building after restoration.
View from west
Constructivist architecture
Constructivist architecture was a constructivist style of modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. Abstract and austere, the movement aimed to reflect modern industrial society and urban space, while rejecting decorative stylization in favor of the industrial assemblage of materials. Designs combined advanced technology and engineering with an avowedly communist social purpose. Although it was divided into several competing factions, the movement produced many pioneering projects and finished buildings, before falling out of favor around 1932. It has left marked effects on later developments in architecture.
Tatlin's Tower, The Monument to the Third International, 1919 (Vladimir Tatlin)
Shukhov Tower, Moscow, 1922. Currently under threat of demolition, but with an international campaign to save it.
The print shop of Ogonyok magazine designed by El Lissitzky
Zuev Workers' Club, 1927