MOSCOW | Palace of Soviets | 1,624' Pinnacle / 1,362' Roof | 100 FLOORS | NEVER BUILT

[koval95]

Only soviets could invent some shit like that

[thepowerofthestar]

It looks reasonable but the statue, it is bearable by the dome???

[Duffstuff129]

This would have been bad-ass no doubt, but Soviet build quality was absolutely terrible, so it would not surprise me if they build the first ten stories, with some accidentally having 6 foot floors, and other with 20 feet, and upon realizing that the foundation they built was no where near strong enough or deep enough, they would have to top out there.

I'm sure Stalin considered how crap everything the Soviets made was before committing to this which led to its death.

[Gamma-Hamster]

Originally Posted by Duffstuff129

This would have been bad-ass no doubt, but Soviet build quality was absolutely terrible, so it would not surprise me if they build the first ten stories, with some accidentally having 6 foot floors, and other with 20 feet, and upon realizing that the foundation they built was no where near strong enough or deep enough, they would have to top out there.

I'm sure Stalin considered how crap everything the Soviets made was before committing to this which led to its death.

Poor brainwashed american.

[JManc]

how would have this been structurally feasible? there would be virtually nothing supporting the structure above the dome. if it were built, would have lenin's statute have remained in present day/ post communist russia or would it have been replaced by a shirtless putin on a horse?

[Dr Nevergold]

Originally Posted by Lecom

This is the epitome of Stalinist architecture. And yes, it's a mix of Neo-Classicism and Art Deco.

It would be a fantastic historic monument that would be timeless had it ever been built. Too bad it wasn't.

Originally Posted by JMancuso

how would have this been structurally feasible? there would be virtually nothing supporting the structure above the dome. if it were built, would have lenin's statute have remained in present day/ post communist russia or would it have been replaced by a shirtless putin on a horse?

Considering how many buildings still have the communist sickle and hammer logo I think it would still be Lenin on top, but that would be the fun history part. Seeing Lenin's statue as something he wouldn't of approved of is the fun part.

The Soviets actually built a lot of magnificent structures and industrialized Russia quite quickly, so I'm sure the building would have been architecturally sound for centuries to come.

Kind of like the anti-North Korea of communist quality.

[aceflamingo23]

I could imagine this being built in n. korea!

[Lecom]

Originally Posted by JMancuso

how would have this been structurally feasible? there would be virtually nothing supporting the structure above the dome. if it were built, would have lenin's statute have remained in present day/ post communist russia or would it have been replaced by a shirtless putin on a horse?

They did cart away many of the smaller Soviet monuments; however, the significant ones are actually getting restored to their former glory, such as the famous Worker/Peasant statue:


http://www.cla.purdue.edu/fll/russia...ant_statue.jpg

As a rule, the Russians have enough common sense to get rid of the reduntant idol worship cult/placing the same statue on every public square of every city, but they also have enough common sense to not erase the obvious markers of history that made up almost all of the country's 20th century existence.

[plinko]

Anybody really interested in the buildings of this era should check out this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Architecture-S.../dp/0847814734

Exceptional sketches and photos in the book.

[JManc]

Originally Posted by Lecom

They did cart away many of the smaller Soviet monuments; however, the significant ones are actually getting restored to their former glory, such as the famous Worker/Peasant statue:

http://www.cla.purdue.edu/fll/russia...ant_statue.jpg

As a rule, the Russians have enough common sense to get rid of the reduntant idol worship cult/placing the same statue on every public square of every city, but they also have enough common sense to not erase the obvious markers of history that made up almost all of the country's 20th century existence.

i've noticed that about russia; they've embraced the post soviet way of doing things but they held on to their history as well. i don't think the soviet era was entirely bad as they managed to go from a subsistence agriculture based economy to putting a man in space in a span of 50 years.

[Duffstuff129]

Originally Posted by JMancuso

managed to go from a subsistence agriculture based economy to putting a man in space in a span of 50 years.

At the cost of millions of lives and the terrorizing of every citizen in the country. But their history is pretty cool to study at least.

[TonyAnderson]

I still hope this gets built.

[GFW]

No way it would now,Any communist related structures in Russia seems to be a no-no now.

[mthq]

Originally Posted by TonyAnderson

I still hope this gets built.

lol

[Onieros]

I've always favored Le Corbusier's neo-modernist design for the Palace of the Soviets. The interior was extremely modernist, and looked like something out of THX-1138. Le Corbusier argued that the modernist sentiments of the Soviet revolution were being betrayed by the classicist designs that were approved by Stalin; instead, he interpreted the revolutionary intent in neo-modernist architectural terms, rather than resolving to eclectism/neo-classical designs for the Soviet's "building of buildings".

Many thanks to those who offered up such great images and imaginings on this project.

I'm surprised that neither of the Kims from NK engaged in a 'hubris' project like this, although the supertall hotel in Pyongyang could be considered in a similar light to the proposed Palace of the Soviets.

[KlausD2]

Source: https://architectuul.com/architectur...of-the-soviets










Palace of Soviets (Mechanix Illustrated, Sept. 1939) by kitchener.lord, auf Flickr