17 Facts About Vesnin brothers

In 1922 the three Vesnin brothers reunited, embraced avant-garde concepts and developed their own vision of modern architecture that emphasized functionality of buildings and modern construction technology.

Vesnin family business was ruined by the 1905 revolution; from now on the brothers had to earn their own living and support two sisters and father .

In 1906 the Vesnin brothers created their first public architectural draft – a neoclassical competition entry for the tram terminal at Strastnaya Square.

Yet, around 1923 the Vesnin brothers emerged as leaders of a new, modernist, architecture.

Alexander Vesnin brothers contributed to all six drafts; Victor and Leonid each contributed to four drafts.

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One month before filing the Palace of Labor, Leonid Vesnin brothers presented his drafts of a housing block, marked by clever rational floorplans but otherwise fairly conventional.

Alexander Vesnin brothers rejected the concept of synthesis of the arts: for them, architectural form itself synthesized past experience in graphic art and spatial installations, and need no embellishments besides the inevitable advertising.

The Vesnin brothers easily won the contest with a Brutalist, simple design emphasizing the structural grid of reinforced concrete and wraparound glazing.

Alexander Vesnin brothers chaired his department until the dissolution of Vkhutemas in 1932; his workshop was engaged in informal rivalry with Ladovsky's United Workshop.

Later OSA leaders, including Alexander and Victor Vesnin brothers, dropped the "constructivism as art" concept and frequently voiced the opposite viewpoint, that of rejecting any stylistic content in constructivism.

Alexander Vesnin brothers "censored" the magazine, blocking any extremist, fringe theories that the liberal Ginzburg would accept.

The Vesnin brothers employed numerous student assistants and clearly preferred professional draftsmanship to sparks of genius; in fact, students who demonstrated their own creative ideas were quickly dismissed.

Experts were split over the decision: Vesnin brothers's structure was deemed inefficient and overweight; Zholtovsky's renaissance styling was deemed unacceptable.

Vesnin brothers were selected as one of thirteen teams invited to the third round of Palace of Soviets contest .

Victor Vesnin brothers was the sole constructivist architect that retained or even improved his role in Joseph Stalin's establishment after the Palace of Soviets contest sealed the stylistic outline of Stalinist architecture.

Vesnin brothers cooperated on good terms with Albert Kahn and was the only Soviet to send condolences to Kahn's widow after his death in 1942.

Vesnin brothers chaired the Soviet Academy of Architecture and was awarded the 1945 British Royal Gold Medal by the RIBA for lifetime professional achievement.