Shukhov Tower
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Key facts
- Architectural style
- Constructivist architecture
- Location
- Moscow
- Tip
- 160 m (525 ft)
- Architect
- Vladimir Shukhov
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Encyclopedic overview
55°43′02″N 37°36′41″E / 55.71722°N 37.61139°E / 55.71722; 37.61139
The Shukhov Radio Tower (Russian: Шуховская башня), also known as the Shabolovka Tower (Шаболовская башня), is a broadcasting tower deriving from the Russian avant-garde in Moscow designed by Vladimir Shukhov. The 160-metre-high (520 ft) free-standing steel diagrid structure was built between 1920 and 1922, during the Russian Civil War.
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