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Constructivism · radio tower
Shukhov Tower
A 160 m hyperboloid steel lace that broadcast Soviet radio for 80 years — engineering disguised as filigree.
Why this matters
- Six stacked hyperboloid sections, each a single-curvature ruled surface
- Designed for 350 m height; cut to 160 m due to steel shortage
- Inspired by Shukhov's earlier water tower for the 1896 Nizhny Novgorod exhibition
- Now under restoration after years of neglect
Reference prompt
tall steel-lattice hyperboloid radio tower against pale sky, Shukhov Tower Moscow
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Drawings · Pro
Floor plans, sections and elevations for this building will appear here.
Coming with archpin v0.3 — a 200-building drawings pack curated from published monographs.
Coming with archpin v0.3 — a 200-building drawings pack curated from published monographs.
Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shukhov_Tower ↗Photo: Maxim Fedorov / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA)