Novo-Ryazanskaya Street Garage

Coordinates: 55°46′20″N 37°39′57″E / 55.77222°N 37.66583°E / 55.77222; 37.66583
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55°46′20″N 37°39′57″E / 55.77222°N 37.66583°E / 55.77222; 37.66583

Truck garage in Novoryazanskaya Street
Western tip of the horseshoe, 2007 photograph
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General information
Architectural styleAvant-garde
Town or city27 Novoryazanskaya Street, Moscow
55°46′20″N 37°39′57″E / 55.77222°N 37.66583°E / 55.77222; 37.66583
CountryRussia
Construction started1926
Completed1929
ClientCity of Moscow
Technical details
Structural systemMasonry, steel roof structure
Design and construction
Architect(s)Konstantin Melnikov
Structural engineerVladimir Shukhov
The Horseshoe Garage by Melnikov and Shukhov, 2008

Novoryazanskaya Street Garage, also spelled Novo-Ryazanskaya Street Garage, and known as "Horseshoe garage", was designed by Konstantin Melnikov and Vladimir Shukhov (structural engineering) in 1926 and completed in 1929 at 27, Novoryazanskaya Street in Krasnoselsky District, Moscow, Russia, near Kazansky Rail Terminal. This garage is still used as such, and houses Moscow's Fourth Bus Park.

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(in English)

(in German)

  • Rainer Graefe und andere, «Vladimir G. Suchov 1853—1939. Die Kunst der sparsamen Konstruktion.», 192 S., Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, 1990, ISBN 3-421-02984-9.

(in Dutch)

(in Russian)

  • Мельников К.С.: "Архитектура моей жизни. Творческая концепция. Творческая практика." — М.: Искусство, 311 стр., 1985
  • Хан-Магомедов С.О.: "Константин Мельников" — М., изд. "Архитектура-С", cерия: "Мастера архитектуры", 296 стр., 2006, ISBN 5-9647-0095-0
  • Шухова Е.М.: «Владимир Григорьевич Шухов. Первый инженер России.», 368 стр., Изд. МГТУ, Москва, 2003, ISBN 5-7038-2295-5.