MOSCOW, September 29 The book “Architect No. 1” from the ZhZL series of the Molodaya Gvardiya publishing house, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Alexei Shchusev, was presented by its author, a writer and historian Alexander Vaskin at the international multimedia press center «Russia Today».
“Of course, this anniversary surpassed in scale similar events that concerned other architects. The book is called “Architect No. 1”. Indeed, this is anniversary No. 1 not only in architecture, but also in the field of art in general,” he said to the press -conference dedicated to World Architecture Day, which this year is celebrated on October 2.
In addition, to mark the architect’s anniversary, an exhibition will open at the Shchusev State Research Museum of Architecture. The exhibition project will be the first in the last 50 years; the previous monographic exhibition was held for the 100th anniversary of Shchusev.
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"Our exhibition will fully tell about the work of Alexey Viktorovich. This is a huge project on two sites of our museum. “Over 600 exhibits,” said museum director Natalya Shashkova. Also, for the holiday, a film about Shchusev was created and a children's book was prepared.
Rector of the Moscow Architectural Institute Dmitry Shvidkovsky said that Shchusev’s anniversary is a special event for him, not only professionally, but also personally. how Shvidkovsky’s grandfather and father maintained warm relations with Shchusev. The VKHUTEMAS MARCHI gallery also opened the exhibition “The Birth of a New Architecture. USSR at the Construction of the First Exhibition”, dedicated to the anniversary of Shchusev.