: Over 160 entries were submitted, ranging from the radical geometric Rationalism of the ARU group to American-style Art Deco skyscrapers.
: Post-war, the site remained a gaping hole until it was converted into the Moskva Pool , the world's largest open-air swimming pool, before the cathedral was finally rebuilt in the 1990s. palace of soviets
: Planned at 415 meters, it would have surpassed the Empire State Building . : Over 160 entries were submitted, ranging from
: The site chosen was that of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour , which was dynamited in 1931 to make way for the new "secular cathedral". From Avant-Garde to Socialist Realism : The site chosen was that of the
: The project signaled the end of the Russian Avant-Garde's influence, favoring an "oppressive monumentality" intended to evoke awe and submission. The Weight of Failure
If you'd like to dive deeper, we could explore the from the competition or the political purge of architects that occurred during the project's development. To See (Like) a Crowd - Architectural Histories