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As part of a major renovation program, 18 residential buildings in the Soviet neoclassical style were renovated across the capital. The buildings are adorned with elegant flowerpots, which can be seen on the facades in various designs, from bas-reliefs to three-dimensional figures. Specialists Moscow City Services Complex During the work, we managed to preserve the aesthetics and historical appearance of these buildings. To preserve their original beauty, the capital's Capital Repairs Fund developed individual projects and selected modern domestic materials.
Porticos with flowerpots
In 2023, a seven-story residential building (building 65) on Leningradsky Prospekt was renovated as part of a major renovation. It was built in 1935 according to a custom design. The five lower floors of the building's street-facing façade are covered with rusticated plaster and separated from the upper portion by a drawn, profiled cornice. At the sixth floor level, elegant porticoes are located, decorated with vases, fluted pilasters, a cartouche with a star, and rosettes. The main façade is adorned with projections, a balustrade, and pilasters, while a crowning cornice with dentils runs along the perimeter of the street-façades.
Work began with clearing the façade surfaces, after which specialists repaired the plaster layer using lime-cement mortar and plaster mesh, restored the brickwork, and treated wet areas with antiseptic and strengthening compounds. Decorative elements were carefully restored and painted white. The façades were returned to their historical shades of "light brown pumpkin" and "natural beige rice."
Additionally, the team renovated the balconies, restoring the railing balusters, balcony slabs, and flooring. They also repaired the basement and installed new outdoor drainage pipes. The specialists also replaced the entrance doors and installed new windows in the common areas. In addition to the façade work, the building's basement was renovated and utility lines were replaced.
Flowerpots on mezzanines
In 2024, a multi-apartment residential building with elegant flowerpots on Izmailovsky Proyezd (Building 4) was renovated. It was built in 1950 according to a custom design. The building, with two symmetrically located arched passageways, is U-shaped. The facades, adorned with decorative elements, are plastered. The three lower floors are separated from the upper part by a belt, and the upper part is decorated with a crowning cornice.
The building's central axis is accented by a decorative portico-style entrance portal and a crowning cornice with dentils. The main façade also features a parapet with a balustrade. The entrance areas are highlighted by profiled portals, and the driveways are topped by gabled superstructures with pediments, projecting pilasters, and planters—these are located on the mezzanines.
The craftsmen cleaned and washed the building's walls, and treated any wet spots with antifungal compounds. All architectural elements—the roof balustrades, architraves, pilasters with capitals, and dentils under the crowning cornice—were meticulously restored. The building was then painted in accordance with its historical color scheme: the main façade, balustrades, and cornices were returned to a creamy beige, while the architraves were repainted to a creamy white.
Specialists also replaced the ebb and flow, repaired the slopes, renovated the building's basement, renewed the balconies' slabs, and installed new screens. Modern energy-efficient doors were installed in the entryways. A new external drainage system was installed on the façade. As part of the utility system upgrade, the cold water supply and central heating mains were replaced.
Bas-relief flowerpots
In 2025, building 9 on Mironovskaya Street, built in 1955, was renovated. This is depicted on the main façade in a stucco molding in the form of a coat of arms. The lower part of the building's façade is decorated with rustication, while the upper part features bas-reliefs, columns with capitals, and a crowning cornice with dentils. The façade's original appearance is given by three equally spaced avant-corps shaped as porticoes with rustication (at the level of the first through seventh floors) and two pilasters with vases (at the level of the fifth through seventh floors), culminating in four half-columns (at the level of the eighth through tenth floors). The vases on the façade are represented as bas-reliefs, and stucco molding in the form of stars also features.
The facades were cleaned and washed. Where necessary, the brickwork was repaired. The courtyard walls and the upper portion of the main façade, lined with ceramic tiles, were treated with a water-repellent coating to protect the surfaces from the harsh elements. The lower portion of the rusticated façade was plastered and painted a light brown ash, restoring the building to its original appearance.
Particular attention was paid to the restoration of the historic Soviet-style stucco. Specialists restored the wreaths, bowls, ears of grain, and stars. Additionally, the entrance areas were renovated, the doors were replaced, and new downspouts were installed on the façade.
The sheathing on the pitched roof was replaced, and work was carried out in the attic spaces to stabilize the temperature and humidity conditions. All wooden structures were treated with fire-retardant compounds. As part of the modernization of the utility systems, the crew upgraded the drainage lines.
Earlier, Sergei Sobyanin announced that more than 15,000 buildings had already been renovated under the capital repairs program. This has improved living conditions. about five million Muscovites.
The Moscow City Services Complex noted that the regional program for capital repairs of the housing stock is in line with the goals and objectives of the national project. Infrastructure for LifeMore information about Russia's national projects and the capital's contribution can be found atspecial page.
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