Modern view of the Derzhprom building, Kharkiv, Ukraine


Derzhprom (Gosprom) is the first high-rise reinforced concrete skeleton construction in the Soviet Union. The building was designed by architects S. Serafimov, S. Kravtsov, M. Felgert. Huge, even by modern standards, a multi-storey frame structure made of concrete was built in only a short time: from 1925 to 1928, comprising 4,500 window openings that require 17 hectares of glass. The various administrative agencies are located in a building Gosprom.


Size: 2592px × 3872px
Location: Freedom Square, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Eastern Europe
Photo credit: © Oleksandr Rupeta / Alamy / Afripics
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