Factory Moscow: The Industrial Architecture of the Capital from Brick Castles to Lofts

Set off on a journey through Moscow’s old industrial districts and discover intricate architecture and unusual destinies of factories and production—from the legendary fabrics of the “Red Rose” to the wine warehouses of “Kristall,” and the first metro factory located on the territory of today’s Artplay.

In the book you’ll learn:
• why pre-revolutionary Moscow can be considered a real megacity and why even after two centuries, the reconstruction of factories, plants, and complexes still remains attractive to investors;
• why you can find maker’s stamps on bricks of old factory buildings—and how to restore the history of a place from them;
• when iron-and-concrete began to be used in the capital—and what made this material so in demand;
• what advertising looked like in pre-revolutionary Russia—from airships to the first delivery vans with branded symbols.

The author is Valeria Gaydina, a Moscow scholar and architectural historian, a specialist in industrial architecture of the late 19th—early 20th century, a tour guide with a decade of experience, and the creator of the excursion project “Come with Me.”

An additional PDF supplement is included with the edition: you can download it from the audiobook page on the site after purchase.