Architect Moisei Ginzburg: Constructivist Pioneer
Born in Minsk in 1892 to a Jewish architect’s family, Moisei Ginzburg became the chief theoretician of Soviet Constructivism. His 1929 Naromfin Building- a “social condenser” intended to embody socialist principles in architectural form- stands as one of the most influential works of modernist housing worldwide, acknowledged by Le Corbusier as an inspiration of his Unité d’ Habitation. As founder of the OSA Group and author of Style and Epoch (1924), Ginzburg defined the Constructivist manifesto while navigating the rising tides of Soviet antisemitism.
07/20/1994 00:00:00; APARTMENT BUILDING, PEOPLE’S COMMISSARIAT OF FINANCE (NARKOMFIN)
VIEW TOWARD U. S. EMBASSY COMPOUND
07/20/1994 00:00:00; APARTMENT BUILDING, PEOPLE’S COMMISSARIAT OF FINANCE (NARKOMFIN)
07/20/1994 00:00:00; APARTMENT BUILDING, PEOPLE’S COMMISSARIAT OF FINANCE (NARKOMFIN)
07/20/1994 00:00:00; APARTMENT BUILDING, PEOPLE’S COMMISSARIAT OF FINANCE (NARKOMFIN)
CENTER: ANDREI GOZAK WITH MARKHI STUDENT
10/15/2019 00:00:00; NARKOMFIN APARTMENT BUILDING, NORTH & WEST (BACK) FACADES
10/15/2019 00:00:00; NARKOMFIN APARTMENT BUILDING, WITH PASSAGEWAY TO SERVICE BUILDIN
ALEKSEI GINZBURG (GRANDSON OF ARCHITECT MOSEI GINZBURG) & WILLIAM BRUMFIELD
10/15/2019 00:00:00; NARKOMFIN APARTMENT BUILDING, SERVICE BUILDING, BACK FACADE
08/19/2018 00:00:00; APARTMENT BUILDING OF PEOPLE’S COMMISSARIAT OF FINANCE (NARKOMFI
UNDER RECONSTRUCTION
05/17/1990 13_m-190-15_cor
05/17/1990 00:00:00; APARTMENT BUILDING, PEOPLE’S COMMISSARIAT OF FINANCE (NARKOMFIN)
03/09/1984 00:00:00; APARTMENT BUILDING, PEOPLE’S COMMISSARIAT OF FINANCE (NARKOMFIN)
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Sources: Wikipedia (translated via Yandex); Berkovich, Gary. Reclaiming a History: Jewish Architects in Imperial Russia and the USSR. Grunberg Verlag, 2021.