Pictures of the restored, or rather disfigured "House of Konstantinov", located at the intersection of three lanes: Sverchkov, Arkhangelsky and Armenian, appeared on the network. The high reliefs depicting female figures that once adorned it are now spoiled beyond recognition. This is the case when the building "before" looks better than "after".
A netizen posted on his Facebook page several photos showing how poorly the restoration of a 19th century apartment building was carried out.
This "House of Konstantinov", built by the architect August Weber by order of the merchant Xenophon Toporov, once had three floors. The furnished rooms of the profitable place were rented out, and the basement was occupied by warehouses. After the revolution, the building housed various institutions. Konstantinov's House was reconstructed twice - in the 1930s, adding two floors, and in 1970.
Before restoration:
Traces of the last restoration carried out quite recently are hard to miss. High reliefs depicting female figures were especially hit. Over time, some of them lost their details and required careful restoration.
Promotional video:
The result is difficult to describe in words. This is how high reliefs look now.
The author of the pictures is perplexed: really nobody sees this hack? Who is responsible for her? He sent a letter to the Department of Architecture and is now awaiting a response.
Netizens who discussed this restoration are sure: it's all about permissiveness and the complete absence of punishment for what they did. They even cited the recent theft of a painting from the Tretyakov Gallery as an example. As it turned out, the canvases are not under alarm, it is elementary to steal them.
Unfortunately, this is far from the first and, most likely, not the last case of a monstrous restoration. In 2011, in St. Petersburg, residents and guests of the city were simply speechless when they saw what the sculptures on the central tower of the Admiralty building had become.
The cartoon characters with swollen, swollen and swollen faces and ugly noses looked little like real people.
But this is happening everywhere.
The Spanish woman restored the wooden images of the saints, and now they resemble the heroes of Disneyland:
A Khabarovsk businessman is restoring old houses so that the city does not look like a panel ghetto:
Against this background, people who respect the architectural heritage of the past cannot but rejoice, who painstakingly, bit by bit, restore the appearance of ancient buildings, and then return them to the city.