INION RAN Library in Moscow — Large part of it has been demolished in a fire in 2015; Torn down completely in July 2019, although the remaining parts of the building could have been preserved; To be re-built according to the original design by the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolskiy.

Comments

1. HateModernArchitectu says

   Ugly pile of shite anyway; should have been torn down earlier.

2. Qoffin says

   here’s an article about the library, if anyone’s interested:
   https://archi.ru/en/69999/inion-idealnaya-biblioteka-i-citadel-lirikov-gumanitariev

3. externality says

   > To be re-built according to the original design by the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolskiy.

   Wow, that is refreshing.

4. Ginger_Prick says

   Bet those white walls with no eaves looked reeeeal good after a few Russian winters.

5. mojavelover says

   I wonder what cooler older buildings were destroyed to make a brutalist internationalist library. I’d like to see how it looked before the nondescript concrete box.

   Old Town Warsaw did it right after WW2.

6. lamajlooc says

   So…not lost then?