The Melnikov House.Icon of the Avant-Garde, Family Home, Architecture Museum

The Melnikov House, a building designed by architect Konstantin Melnikov in Moscow for himself and his family (1927-1929), is an icon of the architectural avant-garde. The house was originally built as an experimental cylindrical house to test Konstantin Melnikov's very own concept for the mass construction of housing.The original layout, elegant spatial arrangement and ingenious engineering techniques have made this masterpiece world famous.