The building of the Izvestia newspaper is famous for its style of constructivism, located on Tverskaya Street at Pushkinskaya Square, 3 in the Tverskoy district of Moscow. From 1927 to 2011, the building housed the editorial office of the Izvestia newspaper. An object of cultural heritage of regional significance.
The building was designed in 1925-1927 according to a project drawn up by architect Grigory Barkhin with the participation of architect Ivan Zvezdin and engineer Arthur Loleit. It was erected on Strastnaya Square, next to the Strastnoy Monastery, on the site of an 18th-century house that previously belonged to Marya Ivanovna Rimskaya-Korsakova. Barkhin lived on the opposite side of the square in the tenement house of the engineer Nirnsee, which helped ensure constant construction supervision. The building was completed by the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution. On October 30, 1927, newspaper employees occupied the offices.
The building consists of two facilities connected by a staircase block. The site allocated for construction was not large. However, it was required to place the entire Izvestia team in one building, so the initial project involved the construction of a 12-story tower above the stair block. It had to be abandoned in 1926 when constructing buildings above seven floors was prohibited within the Garden Ring.
The drawing of the facade of the building is formed by a frame, emphasized by architectural elements: vertical and horizontal ceilings create a clear grid with square window openings of the printing house occupying the lower levels. The brick walls are plastered with imitation concrete, new to the 1920s. On the top floor are editorial offices with large round window portholes. Asymmetrically located balconies and a square clock at the end of the building add dynamics to the facade. Finishing work was conducted by Italian masters who previously worked on the Museum of Fine Arts building, using technologies tested on the museum building, for example, adding granite chips to the plaster.
Nearest metro: Tverskaya, Pushkinskaya, Chekhovskaya.
See also Architecture of Moscow, Palaces and most historic buildings of Moscow.
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