The amphitheater spaces (or were they for political assemblies?) look pretty cool to me - they remind me of the Senate Building with the little floating pods in Star Wars.
From a purely architectural standpoint I think this would have been amazing if it was built. So monolithic! And yes, very reminiscent of Star Wars. lol
Ah! Where are all these pictures coming from?!? I hadn't realised there were different designs. All these years I've only ever seen the same two drawings, which were the first two in the thread. I have to admit that cutout confused me. I had always thought this would have been 100 floors, impossible with that massive amphitheatre in the middle of it.
And what was Iofan's first concept? Is that a modernist dome I see on the left? The entire complex would have surrounded a...lighthouse(?) topped with Lenin's statue?
Pretty monumental overall. Too bad it was never completed...
I love this building not only for its great height, but also because it's looks vaguely sinister and the epitome of what paranoid Westerners thought the USSR was really like during that time. Turns out it was... To me I'd still love to see it built one day, although I know that isn't going to happen for several reasons ie, the fall of communism, the rebuilding of the church on that site, budget realities, but still... one can dream right?
lol, i love it. its vile... but really — impressive at the same time. looks like something from North Korea, but more extreme coz its one top of a skysscraper :O
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