Ю.М. Лужков о Шуховской башне
Мэр Москвы Ю.М. Лужков предложил объявить Шуховскую башню объектом бедствия! «Lord Foster fires up campaign to save rusting Russian radio tower» – guardian.co.uk www.guardian.co.uk www.shukhov.org Architect brands structure as a work of ‘dazzling genius’ and inspiration that must be saved. From a distance it looks a bit like an upturned wastepaper basket, soaring over the concrete skyline of southern Moscow. The Russian capital’s unique Soviet-era radio station was built in 1922 to spread the message of revolutionary communism around the world, but it is badly neglected and suffering from corrosion. Now British architect Lord Foster has backed a campaign to save the 150-metre-high steel tower designed by the engineering genius Vladimir Shukhov. In an open letter, Lord Foster describes the tower as “a structure of dazzling brilliance and great historical importance”. Calling the structure Shukhov’s masterpiece, Foster says it is the “first major landmark of the Soviet period”. Made up of a delicate lattice structure, the tower has five interlocking “hyperboloids”, each smaller in size, giving the impression of an inverted telescope. The revolutionary design is an inspiration for several of Foster’s own landmark projects including the Gherkin, or Swiss Re building, in the City of London. Lenin commissioned the tower to adorn his new Soviet Union during a period of romantic optimism. It was built between 1919-1922. Nearly 90 years on, it is badly neglected and suffering from …
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