A two-day event will be held on Saturday, March 19, and Sunday, March 20, 2016, in Moscow, Russia, to celebrate the 94th anniversary of the Shukhov Tower and the official launch of a petition to save the Constructivist landmark, which faces a "looming threat of demolition." The tower is on the 2016 World Monuments Watch, as well as the World Monument Fund?s biennial list of at-risk cultural heritage sites worldwide.

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A two-day event will be held on Saturday, March 19, and Sunday, March 20, 2016, in Moscow, Russia, to celebrate the 94th anniversary of the Shukhov Tower and the official launch of a petition to save the Constructivist landmark, which faces a "looming threat of demolition." The tower is on the 2016 World Monuments Watch, as well as the World Monument Fund?s biennial list of at-risk cultural heritage sites worldwide.Built between 1919 and 1922 by Vladimir Shukhov, the tower is a landmark in the history of structural engineering, and ?is an emblem of the creative genius of an entire generation of modernist architects in the years that followed the Russian Revolution.?
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Today, the tower suffers from corrosion, which was accelerated due to inappropriate repairs in the 1970s. Moreover, it sits close to the center of Moscow, and the demand for land and its poor condition and lack of public access have led to threats of demolition.

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