The proposed demolition of a rusting Soviet radio tower in Moscow has ignited a passionate, international conservation campaign. Why? The slender, steel frame of the Shabolovka Tower rises above ...

Aleksander Rodchenko, Shukhov Tower (1929) Despite severe corrosion, with almost 70% of one its six sections “thoroughly corroded” according to the government, Vladimir Shukhov’s 1922 radio ...

The Shukhov Tower was more powerful than any radio station in Paris, Berlin or even New York City. In the 1920s, radio receivers were expensive — at least for Soviet society — and therefore rare.

Moscow's Cultural Heritage Department has stepped in to save Vladimir Shukhov's historic 1922 Shabolovka Radio Tower, with a conservation order protecting its materials, architectural composition ...

Top Architects Unite To Save Russia’s Eiffel Tower. A landmark 1920s radio tower by famed Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov is threatened with demolition.