Dome

General view, showing the north entry elevation, looking north, with the Trinity Tower in view at right; A large modern building inside the Moscow Kremlin. The building was built under personal insistence of Nikita Khruschev as a modern arena for Communist Party meetings. Although the architecture of the projected building contrasted sharply with the historic milieu, building work started in 1959. The building is a modern glass and concrete design and nearly half of it (17 metres) submerged underground. Externally the palace is faced with white marble and the windows are tinted and reflective. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 6/23/2009)