Archiproba studios

Project team: Tamara Muradova, Lisa Shuvalova / Photographs: Max Avdeev. Stages: Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, Construction Administration.

The Palace of Culture is a striking example of the Brezhnev era architecture: the area of the building is about 12 thousand meters and since construction, it has never been renovated. The reconstruction lasted six months and amounted to approximately 300 million rubles.

The rectangular shape of the building is made in the style of modernist architecture: it houses a cinema and concert and lecture halls, dance halls, recreation areas, educational spaces, exhibition spaces, a chess club and a library. The main glass volume is recessed in the shape of the facade and envelops the open balcony and the structure of the horizontal suspended slats. There are mounted monumental copper panels (embossed) above the main entrances to the building. The structure of the building forms a central atrium, where the natural light enters through pyramidal skylights.

The main idea of the project is the maximum preservation of the building's authentic elements and the reconstruction of the historical appearance. Thus, all the decorative facade panels, interior stairs and floors made of Cuban marble, columns and walls made of limestone tuff and the original wavy ceiling in the large auditorium were carefully polished and preserved.

Thus, all the decorative facade panels, interior stairs, and floors made of Cuban marble, columns, and walls made of limestone tuff and the original wavy ceiling in the large auditorium were carefully polished and preserved.