Completed works on Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue ceiling was a good excuse to talk to Sergey Estrin about functional possibilities and ideological character of ceiling as interior culmination element.
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Architect Sergey Estrin, author of Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue reconstruction, has told jewish.ru about his project as well as about current and past problem spots in Moscow architecture.
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This book is about Russian architects of post-soviet area. "Yet, it is not a grim space. Quite the opposite. Daniel Libeskind Jewish Museum in Berlin has created a design where walls were trimmed with cuts.
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The reconstruction of the Synagogue on Bolshaya Bronnaya is one of the good exceptions. The look of the old building was maintained, yet the architects have demonstrated great skills in completing the look.
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There aren’t that many canonical requirements for Synagogues – mizrakh towards East, where Jerusalem is, bima (not obligatory), gallery or other premises for women.
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