Alexander Vesnin

He was one of the exhibitors in the pioneering Constructivist exhibition 5×5=25 in 1921. He was the head, along with Moisei Ginzburg, of the Constructivist OSA Group. Among the completed buildings designed by the Vesnin brothers in the later 1920s were department stores, a club for former Tsarist political prisoners as well as the Likachev Works Palace of Culture in Moscow. Vesnin was a vocal supporter of the works of Le Corbusier, and acclaimed his Tsentrosoyuz building as 'the best building constructed in Moscow for a century'. After the return to Classicism in the Soviet Union, Vesnin had no further major projects. • Illustration — Abstract Composition.

Alexander Vesnin studied at Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is architecture, scenography and visual arts. Places of work recorded in the authority are Saint Petersburg, Moscow and Italy. Works named in the authority record are Dnipro Hydroelectric Station. Work by Alexander Vesnin is recorded in the collections of Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

• Name — Alexander Vesnin • Born — 28 May 1883 • Birthplace — Yuryevets, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 7 September 1959 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Education — Institute of Civil Engineers, Saint Petersburg • Practice — Vesnin brothers • Significant Buildings — Dnieper Hydroelectric Station ZiL Palace of Culture

• 1934 People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry Project • 1930 Oilworkers' Club, Baku • 1930-36 Likachev Palace of Culture, Moscow • 1928 House of Film Actors, Moscow • 1926 Mostorg department store, Moscow • 1924 Leningradskaya Pravda project • 1922-23 Palace of Labor project