Ivan Zholtovsky - Practice Again, 1926-1932

Practice Again, 1926-1932

When he came back from a long trip to Italy in 1923-1926, New Economic Policy (NEP) brought considerable relief to architects. Seasoned professionals were in demand again, mostly from state or semi-state companies. For a brief period, architects worked the old fashioned way, with their firms and apprentices. Some of Zholtovsky’s students operated their own projects, some joined the firm. Zholtovsky’s three better-known works of the time are:

• State Bank expansion at Neglinnaya Street (Moscow, completed 1929)
• House of Soviets (Makhachkala, 1927)
• First Electrical powerplant (MoGES-1) expansion (Moscow, 1927)