Башня Владимира Шухова в Москве

14 марта 2010 года - 90 лет с начала строительства гиперболоидной сетчатой Шуховской башни на Шаболовке в Москве - шедевра мировой архитектуры и символа российского приоритета в технологиях строительства сетчатых несущих оболочек XXI века. Шуховская башня никогда не реставрировалась и нуждается в СРОЧНОЙ защите от КОРРОЗИИ и международной экспертизе! «Lord Foster fires up campaign to save rusting Russian radio tower» - guardian.co.uk Architect brands structure as a work of &genius&and inspiration that must be saved. From a distance it looks a bit like an upturned wastepaper basket, soaring over the concrete skyline of southern Moscow. The Russian capital&unique Soviet-era radio station was built in 1922 to spread the message of revolutionary communism around the world, but it is badly neglected and suffering from corrosion. Now British architect Lord Foster has backed a campaign to save the 150-metre-high steel tower designed by the engineering genius Vladimir Shukhov. In an open letter, Lord Foster describes the tower as "a structure of dazzling brilliance and great historical importance". Calling the structure Shukhov&masterpiece, Foster says it is the "first major landmark of the Soviet period". Made up of a delicate lattice structure, the tower has five interlocking "hyperboloids", each smaller in size, giving the impression of an inverted telescope. The revolutionary design is an inspiration for several of Foster&own landmark projects including the Gherkin, or Swiss...