The Melnikov House, Moscow (1927 - 1929): Konstantin Melnikov (Historical Buildings, No 4)
Publisher: Academy Press
Published: September 12, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 81
ISBN-13: 9781854904133
Subjects: Residential buildings, domestic buildings; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Architecture Of Specific Structures; Architecture; Russia; Domestic; Architecture / General; General
First sentence: The Melnikov House at 10 Krivoarbatsky Lane, located near the centre of Moscow in a residential area, is an extraordinarily iconic building.
Description: The Melnikov House is a detailed account of the unusual cylindrical house built by Konstantin Melnikov for himself and his family in Moscow from 1927 to 1929. The house is explored in two essays and in photographs and drawings ranging from Melnikov's original plans to photographs taken during construction and detailed renovation drawings. In his analytical essay Juhani Pallasmaa investigates the genealogy of the Melnikov House, looking at precedent and discussing the use of the cylindrical form.

Andrei Gozak's essay contains important new information about the original use of colour in the house and gives an account of the plight of the Melnikov House since 1929.