Architecture in Moscow

Discover 12 places to experience unusual architecture in Moscow.

Golden Brains

The 'Golden Brains'

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

Komsomolskaya station.

Moscow Metro Stations

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

House with Animals.

House With Animals

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

View of the studio.

Melnikov House

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

Views of the Sokol Settlement in Moscow.

Sokol

An early-20th-century "dacha" village of quaint cottages curiously located in a modern part of Moscow.

It contains museums, a market, and a number of exhibits celebrating Russian art.

Izmailovo Kremlin

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Monument to the Conquerors of Space.

Monument to the Conquerors of Space

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Broken section of the bell.

Tsar Bell

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

Hotel Ukraina

The tallest hotel in Europe.

Romanov Boyar Residence

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

Moscow State University

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Red Gates Skyscraper

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.