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Kauchuk Factory Club () is a 1927-1929
The club, like all 1920s buildings, is under threat of demolition. As of March, 2007, preservationists succeeded to delay demolition. The building operates a night club and a restaurant, and is in adequate external condition; huge neon lettering that existed in 2003, has been removed. However, its interiors are lost to indiscriminate renovation, original windows are replaced with improperly-sized modern frames. According to Russian press, the building is operated by "Academy of Russian Art",Russian
Academy of Russian Art
/ref> established by pianist Nikolai Petrov.
russian avant-garde
The Russian avant-garde was a large, influential wave of avant-garde modern art that flourished in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, approximately from 1890 to 1930—although some have placed its beginning as early as 1850 and its e ...
public building designed by Konstantin Melnikov
Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov (Russian: Константин Степанович Мельников; – November 28, 1974) was a Russian architect and painter. His architectural work, compressed into a single decade (1923–33), placed ...
, located in Khamovniki District
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The district extends from Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge into the Lu ...
of Moscow
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, Russia
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on the edge of Devichye Pole
Devichye Pole () is a historical medical campus, built between 1887 and 1897 in Khamovniki District of Moscow, Russia, to the master plan of Konstantin Bykovski. It is located between the Garden Ring and Novodevichy Convent. Originally the medica ...
park and medical campus at 64, Plyshikha Street.
History and architecture
Kauchuk rubber factory, originally based in Riga, relocated to Khamovniki in Moscow in 1915, threatened by German offensive, and was considerably expanded afterwards. Construction of a club was part of a 1920s nationwide drive to replace religion with more appropriate entertainment. Melnikov theorized that "Club is not a stern temple of some deity. We must attain such an atmosphere, that we would not need to drag a worker in. He would run there himself, past his home and past his pub... the club, if it succeeds, will show what the new private life is all about" ().Preservation
The club, like all 1920s buildings, is under threat of demolition. As of March, 2007, preservationists succeeded to delay demolition. The building operates a night club and a restaurant, and is in adequate external condition; huge neon lettering that existed in 2003, has been removed. However, its interiors are lost to indiscriminate renovation, original windows are replaced with improperly-sized modern frames. According to Russian press, the building is operated by "Academy of Russian Art",RussianAcademy of Russian Art
/ref> established by pianist Nikolai Petrov.
References
* Khan-Magomedov, "Pioneers of Soviet Architecture: The Search for New Solutions in the 1920s and 1930s", Thames and Hudson Ltd, * Russian bio: Russian: Хан-Магомедов, С.О., "Константин Мельников", М, 2006 (Khan-Magomedov, 2006) {{coord, 55, 44, 09, N, 37, 34, 25.33, E, region:RU_type:landmark, display=titleReferences