The monument to Vladimir Shukhov was installed at the end of Sretensky Boulevard in Moscow (facing Turgenevskaya Square) and opened on December 2, 2008. Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (1853 – 1939) – an outstanding Russian and Soviet engineer, architect, inventor and scientist, who entered the history of world architecture as an innovator, who was the first to use ...
Just found out about these #marvels: the #Shukhov towers, designed and built by #Vladimir_Grigoryevich_Shukhov (Russian: #Влади́мир_Григо́рьевич_Шу́хов #Шу́хов). https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Shukhov_Tower#Gallery
These things are basically #wireframe designs realised in #steel struts, hundreds of metres tall. Intended (and briefly used) as #electricity #transmission #pylons.
Beautiful and functional!
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