Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage (Moscow) | interesting place, 1927_construction, constructivism (art), object of cultural heritage of regional importance (Russia)

 interesting place, 1927_construction, constructivism (art), object of cultural heritage of regional importance (Russia)

Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage was a public bus garage in Moscow, designed in 1926 by Konstantin Melnikov (floorplan concept and architectural design) and Vladimir Shukhov (structural engineering) was completed in 1927. It was restored in 2007–2008 and reopened in September 2008. The garage was fully restored externally in the first half of 2008, complete with 1920-s style lettering on the eastern entrance, interior work was completed by September 2008. The building was reopened to the public in September as the Garage Center of Modern Art "CCC" featuring an exhibition of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. New gallery provides 8,500 square meters of exhibition space. The Center is managed by Daria Zhukova.

On the day of inauguration of the art gallery Alexander Boroda, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, announced its plans to convert the Garage into a Jewish Museum of Tolerance that is due to open in 2011. The Museum will share space with the art gallery.


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