Melnikov House
Konstantin Melnikov · Moscow, Russia · 1929
Konstantin Melnikov designed his own house as two intersecting cylindrical volumes whose perforated brick walls and hexagonal windows create one of the most singular domestic buildings of the Russian avant-garde. The unusual geometry allowed a compact urban site to contain living, family and studio spaces while producing dramatic light conditions inside. Built in 1927–29, the house combines experimental structure with a highly personal spatial program and became a key manifesto of Constructivist-era architecture without resembling the period’s more functional collective buildings.