Gorelik's House Photo: House Gorelik

Gorelik's house is a monument of architecture and urban planning in the city of Donetsk. It was built for a merchant Gorelik in the early 20th century. The facade of this building built in the art Nouveau style. And the angle of the mansion decorated with a faceted tower with pointed dome. Much earlier in this tower housed the chapel.

Many experts this mansion is called the best-preserved specimen ”Hughes modernism”. This architectural style was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Typical connection freedom in design, a certain pragmatism in the construction and real comfort in the small details. This house has two very distinctive element - a balcony with fancy shapes and green tower. In those days, architects impose cultural fashion money people, and they were quite easy to convince them that doing so across Europe. So modern was very popular among the small and middle bourgeoisie. Otherwise here you can see the dynamic framing of the Windows, the restrained decor of the facades and paste veneer ceramics.

Before the revolution of 1917 there was a Bolshevik underground printing press. In the first years of Soviet power in this house was the club Todorovski. After it housed the communications center. And 1946 is regional management of local industry.

Some argue that the house's balcony, Gorelik read his poetry Vladimir Mayakovsky for an audience of five thousand people.

In 1977 the architect Mishchenko, who represented the Institute “Dombassgrazhdanproekt”, has developed a draft extension to the Western end of the mansion. The General style of the building because it was not violated. Today in this house are the regional office of “PrivatBank” and “Spessartine”.

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