Konstantin
Stepanovich Melnikov

Failed arch. RSFSR (1972), Doctor of Architecture (1967). Graduated from MUZHVZ (1917). Member of ASNOVA (1923-30) and OCA (1925-31). Since 1921 he taught in Moscow. VKHUTEMAS - VKHUTEIN, since 1934 - at the Moscow Institute of Architecture, then - at IISS, since 1951 professor. Prominent figure architect. avant-garde, developed new forms of societies. of buildings - the USSR pavilion at an exhibition in Paris (1925), the Rusakov club (1927-29), the Kauchuk club club (1927) and the Petrel club club (1929) in Moscow, own house in Krivoarbatsky per. (1927-29) and other projects.

Born in the family of a road worker. In 1902 he graduated from a parish school and worked as a "boy" in a trading company. The heating engineer V.M. Chaplin drew attention to M.'s artistic abilities and, becoming his patron and friend, helped graduate in Moscow in 1917. school of painting, sculpture and architecture.

In 1916-1918 M. participated in the design and construction of the AMO automobile plant in Moscow, where he was caught in the February and October roars. 1917. M. worked in architectural workshops, taught. His many projects - public buildings, residential buildings, garages, monuments - are a bright page of owls. architecture of the 20s.

World fame brought M. created by him owls. pavilion at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris in 1925. Moscow’s “living monument” was its own house built in Krivoarbatsky Lane, in which everything was unusually: layout, space, designs. The round building of two vertical cylinders embedded in each other was modeled by organizing the original interior space.

As M. said, "vision must be controlled in the same way as hearing, music." M.'s innovative projects, mostly left on paper, nevertheless put him among the pioneers of modern architecture of the XX century.