Basin House

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BASIN HOUSE (5 Ostrovsky Square), architectural monument of the Neo-Byzantine style, apartment house of N.P. Basin (built by his plans in 1878-79). The house facades with windows of varied patterns and featuring so-called “polotentsa” (towels) carved, headers and corbels (“stolbiki-kubyshki”) were made, according to some researchers, based on drawings of architects I.P. Ropet and N.N. Nikonov. Its picturesque silhouette, rich decoration make Basin House stand out among the neighbouring buildings. At the same time, the house presents a text-book example of disregarding the setting of the Alexandrinsky Theatre, created in the epoch of Neoclassicism.

References: Пунин А. Л. Архитектурные памятники Петербурга: Вторая половина XIX в. Л., 1981; Лисовский В. Г. "Национальный стиль" в архитектуре России. М., 2000.

Y. M. Piryutko. Basin Nikolay Petrovich
Nikonov Nikolay Nikitich
Piryutko Yury Minaevich
Ropet Ivan Pavlovich (real name Petrov Ivan Nikolaevich)
Ostrovsky Square/Saint Petersburg, city, house 5
Пунин А. Л. Архитектурные памятники Петербурга: Вторая половина XIX в. Л., 1981
Лисовский В. Г. "Национальный стиль" в архитектуре России. М., 2000