Singer House

Singer House additionally generally known as the House of Books is a working in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is situated at the convergence of Nevsky Prospekt and the Griboyedov Canal, straightforwardly inverse the Kazan Cathedral. It is perceived as a verifiable historic point, has official status as a protest of Russian social legacy and contains the central command of the VK social network. The building was outlined by planner Pavel Suzor for the Russian branch of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

The administration of the Singer Company at first planned to develop a high rise, like the Singer Building, the organization home office under development around then in New York City, however, the Saint Petersburg construction regulation did not permit structures taller than the Winter Palace. Suzor found an exquisite answer for the 23.5-meter tallness confine: the six-story Art Nouveau building is delegated with a glass tower, which thusly is beaten by a glass globe form made by Estonian craftsman Amandus Adamson.

This pinnacle makes the impression of a considerable rise, however, is sufficiently unobtrusive not to dominate either the Kazan Cathedral or the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. During the First World War, the US Embassy was quickly situated in the building. In 1919, not long after the October Revolution, the building was given to the Petrograd State Publishing House. It rapidly turned into the city's biggest bookshop, and was in this way named "The House of Books" in 1938. The bookshop stayed working amid the Siege of Leningrad until November 1942, reviving again in 1948. The building shut for recreation from 2004 to 2006, reviving as the home of a few organizations, including the House of Books and Cafe Singer.