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Ministry of Railways

Fomin, Ivan
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Alternative Titles
Tank Engine Building
Commissariat of Railways
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/93446
Date
1930
Description
Close view where the tower meets the main block; Fomin attempted to reconcile his classicism with modernism for most of his career. A simplified classicism emerged in the 1920s, stripped bare of decoration, porticos and cornices, and repetitive and standardized in effect, but which harnessed the potential of modern construction technology and materials. The Tank Engine Building is unusual in his work and represents his sole flirtation with Constructivist architecture. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/22/2009)
Type of Work
ministry (government office building)
Subject
architectural exteriors, Transportation, government, Twentieth century, Constructivist
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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