One of buildings designed by Melnikov

Konstantin Stepanovitch Melnikov (Russian 'Константин Степанович Мельников'; July 22 (August 3) 1890, Moscow - November 28, 1974, Moscow) was a Russian architect and major figure member of the Constructivist avant-garde in the early 20th century. Image File history File links Moskow_melnikow_house1. ... Image File history File links Moskow_melnikow_house1. ... 22 July is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: â–¶ (help· info)) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... In art and architecture, constructivism was an artistic movement in Russia from 1914 onward, and a term often used in modern art today, which dismissed pure art in favour of art used as an instrument for social purposes, namedly, the construction of the socialist system). ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ...

Melnikov was born into a working-class family and took a degree in architecture in 1917. His early work, for instance at the AMO Auto Factory in Moscow, where he was working during the October revolution, is classical, conservative, and academic in nature. The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ...

After attending the Moscow State School in 1923 Melnikov's style changed radically. Beginning with a 1923 pavilion for the All-Russian Agriculture and Handicraft Exhibition, Melnikov embarked on a string of innovative and high-profile commissions: the sarcophagus at Lenin's Mausoleum in 1924, and the Soviet pavilion at the Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (1925). The Paris building excited international attention and was considered one of the most progressive buildings at the fair. Lenins Tomb, with wall of the Kremlin and the former Soviet parliament building behind An entrance to Lenins Mausoleum Lenins Mausoleum, also known as Lenins Tomb, situated in Red Square in Moscow, is the resting place of Vladimir Lenin. ...

Melnikov House near the Arbat Street in Moscow.

Melinkov's style is difficult to categorize. In its experimental use of materials and form, combined with its attention to functionality, it has something in common with the so-called Expressionist pre-World War I architecture of Germans Erich Mendelsohn and Bruno Taut, both of whom worked briefly in Russia at the time. It is commonly called Constructivist because of Melnikov's influence from Vladimir Tatlin, and his concern with manifesting revolutionary Soviet social values in his buildings. Image File history File links Moskow_melnikow_house2. ... Image File history File links Moskow_melnikow_house2. ... One of the oldest street of Moscow. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: â–¶ (help· info)) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... Combatants Entente Powers Central Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties > 5 million military deaths > 3 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War I, also known as the First World War and (before 1939) the Great War, the War of the Nations, War to End All Wars, was a world... Translation in progress Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a German Jewish architect, known for his expressionist buildings in the 1920s, the first in their style. ... Bruno Julius Florian Taut (May 4, 1880, Konigsberg, Germany - December 24, 1938, Istanbul), was a prolific German architect, urban planner and author active in the Weimar period. ... Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin (Владимир Евграфович Татлин) (December 28, 1885 (OS: December 16) – May 31, 1953) worked as a painter and architect. ...

The finest existing specimen of Melnikov's work is his own 1929 residence in Moscow, which is two cylindrical towers with a pattern of hexagonal windows. The architect fell out of political favor in 1937, survived the Stalinist purges, and lived in seclusion in this house until his death in 1974. This long silence was interrupted only by one pavilion for the 1967 Montreal Expo. As of 2004, Melnikov's elderly son Viktor was still living in this landmark and fighting for its preservation as a museum. The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, or simply Expo 67 was a Worlds Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1967 to coincide with the Canadian Centennial that year. ...

External link

• On preserving Moscow's heritage of revolutionary architecture