House Khreshchatyk 25

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Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 40 ″  N , 30 ° 31 ′ 22 ″  E

House Khreschtschatyk 25
House with a star
House Khreshchatyk 25
Architectural ensemble Khreshchatyk 25
in 2013
Basic data
Place: Kiev , UkraineUkraineUkraine 
Construction time : 1953-1954
Architectural style : Socialist classicism
Architects : Anatoly Dobrowolskyi , Olexander Malynowskyj , Petro Petruschenko
Use / legal
Usage : House , cinema
Technical specifications
Height to the top: 85 m
Height to the roof: 73 m
Floors : 14th
Usable area : 12,572 m²
Building material : Brick
address
Address: вул. Хрещатик 25, Shevchenko Raion

The house Khreschtschatyk 25 ( Ukrainian Будинок за адресою Хрещатик, 25 / Budynok sa adressoiu Khreschtschatyk 25 ), also called the house with the star , is an 85 m high brick house in the Ukrainian capital Kiev .

The residential building was the tallest building in Ukraine between 1954 and 1979 and the tallest building in the city from 1954 to 1981 and is considered one of the most important buildings in downtown Kiev.

Location and architecture

View from Khreshchatyk 25 into Bohdan Khmelnitsky Street; on the right the central department store "ZUM"
The building at night

The building is located at Khreshchatyk opposite of the coastal Bohdan Khmelnitsky Street ( Вул. Богдана Хмельницького ) and in the style of Constructivism built Central Department Store "TO" ( ЦУМ ) in the city center. Buildings like the Seven Sisters in Moscow are a model for the house built by German prisoners of war between 1953 and 1954 under Socialist Classicism .

The complex consists of a central, 14-storey building crowned by a tower and a star on the top and flanked by two 9-storey wings. The ensemble also includes two 11-storey residential buildings which are located in front of the main building on the right and left and thus form a beautiful and harmonious architectural ensemble on the Khreschatyk. The architects of the house with 113 rooms and 12,572 m² of living space, all from the Ukraine, were Anatolij Dobrowolskyj , Oleksandr Malynowskyj and Petro Petruschenko .

use

Most of the building is used as a residential building. The apartments in the house are among the most expensive in Ukraine. Until recently, the “Friendship” cinema ( Дружба ), which opened on February 16, 1956, was on the ground floor of the building .

Web links

Commons : House Khreshchatyk 25  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c building on skyscraperpage.com , accessed February 18, 2014
  2. ↑ a b House with a star on zametkin.kiev.ua , accessed on February 18, 2014
  3. ^ Günter Schäfer: "Kiev, tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr", 3rd edition 2011; Trescher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , page 45
  4. ↑ Top 10 Most Expensive Homes in Ukraine , accessed February 18, 2014 (Russian)
  5. ↑ Druzba Cinema (Kiev) , accessed on February 18, 2014
  6. ↑ "House with a Star" on zametkiev.livejournal.com , accessed on February 18, 2014 (Russian)