Shabolovka Radio Tower (Moscow, Russia)

Physical Description:

height: 150 m

Date Depicted:

1922
1900 AD - 1949 AD

Notes:

The first major structure erected after the revolution. The tower is constructed from a series of six stacked hyperboloids. Still in use as a radio and television transmitter, the tower is a prominent feature of the Moscow skyline.

Associated Names:

Shukhov, Vladimir Grigoryevich, 1853-1939 [Architect]

Topics:

Architecture -- Russia -- 20th century -- (YVRC)

Culture:

Russian
Soviet Russian

Accession Number:

4374-001

Genre:

telecommunications towers (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Creator:

Pare, Richard, 1948-

Source Title:

The Lost Vanguard: Russian Modernist Architecture 1922-1932

Source Created:

New York, NY
The Monacelli Press
2007

Source Note:

Personal book

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

Job 4374

OID:

10508490

PID:

digcoll:1800246