Moscow Pavilion

55°49′44.43″N 37°38′30.21″E / 55.8290083°N 37.6417250°E / 55.8290083; 37.6417250Coordinates: 55°49′44.43″N 37°38′30.21″E / 55.8290083°N 37.6417250°E / 55.8290083; 37.6417250

Moscow Pavilion (former 70 Pavilion) It was designed as an exhibition pavilion Soviet Union at the international exhibition Expo 67 in Montreal. The project is designed by a team of architects led by Mikhail Posokhin.

After the end of Expo 67 Pavilion of the USSR, it was decided to restore Moscow, Russia in the territory of VDNKh at the northern entrance. After the restoration of height of the roof was raised over three floors, it got a new name: "Inter-industry Exhibition Pavilion", but in publications often it is called the Montreal pavilion .

Since the 1990s, the pavilion is called Moscow Pavilion

the Pavilion is one of the best examples of Soviet Modernism. The building is built on a metal frame which is part of the internal and external structures, which play an architectural role. Directly in the entrance hall is on the high podium, which leads to the sweeping staircase. The facades of the pavilion is a continuous glass plane with the expressive pattern of aluminum frames. Inside the pavilion is divided into three floors, served as stairs and escalators, which was borrowed from the previously constructed buildings in Moscow

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Moscow Pavilion in the VDNKh website