The exhibition includes the facade of a largely forgotten garage in Moscow by the celebrated Konstantin Melnikov. (Richard Pare)
Le Corbusier, inspired by the ferment of Russian architecture, came from abroad to design the landmark Moscow headquarters for Centrosoyuz. (Richard Pare)
Ivan Zholtovski’s 1926 power station in Moscow neatly encapsulates the aesthetic battles among Soviet architects as they struggled to shape an architectural language for a revolutionary society, says Nicolai Ouroussoff. (Richard Pare)
Lenin's Mausoleum, designed by Aleksei Shchusev, is part of "Lost Vanguard," an exhibition of photographs at the Museum of Modern Art which celebrates the ferment of Russian architecture from 1922-32. (Richard Pare)
See New York Times review of the Lost Vanguard exhibition at MOMA:
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