Very rare. Original half-cloth binded portfolio containing an Introductory book on and 8 folders ("books") with loose-leaf plates representing preliminary layouts and the different stages of construction of the iconic Stalinist skyscrappers commonly known as "seven sisters" exposed by its authors. One of the exposed projects - the administrative building in Zaryadie - was never built.

An absolute must have in any Totalitarism or Architectural history collection.

Folio. (39 x 30 cm. aprox.) 

The book is complete. Table of contents:

I. Novy Etap v razvitii socialisticheskogo zodchestva [A new phase in the development of the Socialist architecture]. Paperback. 36 pages, 9 illustrations. 

II. Moskovsky Gosudarstvenniy Universitet. [Moscow State University]. 23 plates

III. Gostinitsa i zhilye korpusa na Dorogomilovskoy naberezhnoy. [Hotel and residential buildings on Dorogomilovskaya embankment]. 17 plates. 

IV. Administrativnoe zdanie na Smolenskoy ploshady. [Administrative building on Smolenskaya square]. 

V. Gostinitsa na Komsomolskoy ploshady. [Hotel on Komsomolskaya square]. 14 plates. 

VI. Administrativnoe zdanie i zhilye korpusa u Krasnykh Vorot. [Anministrative and residential buildings near Krasnye Vorota]. 13 plates. 

VII. Zhiloy dom na Ploshady Vosstaniya [Residential building on Vosstaniya square]. 11 plates.

VIII. Administrativnoe zdanie v Zaryadie. [Administrative building in Zaryadie]. 12 plates. - UNFULFILLED PROJECT

IX. Zhiloy dom na Kotelnicheskoy Naberezhnoy [Residential building on Kotelnicheskaya embarkment]. 11 plates.