Andrei Meyerson designed a series of residential blocks in the northwest of Moscow, all of which left their mark in the history of Soviet architecture. The design was originally intended for a hotel during the 1980 Olympic Games, which was to be located near a public park (the spaces between the “legs” would have provided a direct link to the surrounding nature). After plans changed, however, the block was built to house workers of a nearby airplane factory. The “Centipede”—as this house is affectionately known among locals—was not the only, but certainly the most successful homage in the Russian capital to Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation. Excerpt from Nikolai Vassiliev’s article in: SOS Brutalism: A Global Survey. Catalog DAM + Wüstenrot Foundation, Zurich (Park Books) 2017

In use. Recently painted gray.