Architectural Digest Reveals Design for Russian Government-Commissioned Pavilion of Treaties at the Konstantinovsky Palace near St. Petersburg.Feature Editors/Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2003 New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Designer Juan Pablo Juan Pablo is a common Spanish given name. It is the equivalent of "John Paul" in English or "Jean-Paul" in French. Some famous people with this name:
Architectural Digest Architectural Digest is a glossy American monthly magazine. Its principle subject is interior design, not -- as the name of the magazine might suggest -- architecture more generally. The magazine is published by Condé Nast Publications and was founded in 1920 [1]. , the international magazine of interior design, reveals in its May 2003 issue a first-look at design plans for the Pavilion of Treaties just outside of St. Petersburg. Designer Juan Pablo Molyneux, who has offices in New York and Paris, was commissioned by Russian president Vladimir Putin to come to Strelna, near St. Petersburg, to design and build a small but impressive pavilion a short distance from the Konstantinovsky Palace, dedicated to the signing of treaties and the reception of heads of state. The last member of the royal family to live in the palace was Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich, who was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1919. Under Stalin the complex served as what a Russian source calls "a resort." During the cold war it was renamed "Leningrad Arctic University." And finally, like much of the Soviet Union, it was abandoned, pillaged pil·lage v. pil·laged, pil·lag·ing, pil·lag·es v.tr. 1. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder. 2. To take as spoils. v.intr. and fell to ruin."The current Russian president, Vladimir Putin is a cultivated man of surprising aesthetic sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. and a student of history," Molyneux says. "He wants to restore Strelna to its former glory...symbolism, tradition and continuity are very important to the Russians, in spite, or perhaps because of communism's radical break with the past." Molyneux's approach to the project was to create a miniature villa in the Palladian style of the main palace that echoed, but didn't copy, the gracefully columned exteriors. The pavilion's inner sanctum is the Hall of Ceremonies, which is meant to resemble a small classical temple, and in the hush that attends the solemn signing of a treaty, one can watch the clouds through the skylights. The columns that support the dome of the rotunda rotunda In Classical and Neoclassical architecture, a building or room that is circular in plan and covered with a dome. The Pantheon is a Classical Roman rotunda. The Villa Rotonda at Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio, is an Italian Renaissance example. are clad in scagliola--a form of seamless tromp tromp v. tromped, tromp·ing, tromps Informal v.intr. 1. To walk heavily and noisily; tramp. 2. l'oeil marble or hard stone that was common in old St. Petersburg, a town with famous imperial stone works and byzantine taste for ostentation. The site is a pearl-shaped island near the shore, at the foot of a French-style garden. There is a mooring MOORING, mar. law. The act of arriving of a ship or vessel at a particular port, and there being anchored or otherwise fastened to the shore. 2. Policies of insurance frequently contain a provision that the ship is insured from one place to another, "and till for the presidential yacht, which can sail to the main entrance and back to sea through a deep-water canal. The structure has two symmetrical symmetrical equally on both sides. symmetrical multifocal encephalopathy inherited disease in two forms: Limousin form appears at about a month old with blindness, forelimb hypermetria, hyperesthesia, nystagmus, aggression, weight entrances at opposite sides, one for the president, the other for his foreign counterpart. The leaders have identical private suites, each with a sitting room and a library. "I also designed an intimate 'summit' dining room with a table for two," says Molyneux. "The decor strikes a balance between sumptuousness and sobriety. Putin is apparently very pleased with it, because he sent word that he would like a framed rendering." Floor plans and color renderings of the Pavilion of Treaties are available for art. The May 2003 issue of Architectural Digest arrives on newsstands April 8, 2003. Architectural Digest is the definitive design magazine, reporting on the best international design to an affluent audience of 5.4 million readers each month. The magazine regularly features the work of world-class authors and photographers that present a "first look" at the homes of leaders in the fields of entertainment, fashion, business, society, literature, and the arts. |
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