Nevsky Ave., 70, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191025
Civil engineer S. I. Minash designed the building in the style of "Northern" Art Nouveau. Characteristic features of "Northern" Art Nouveau include the cladding of the lower floors with talc-chlorite stone, stylized images of owls and other birds, and hexagonal windows that narrow towards the top. A glass cylinder is inset along the central axis of the facade. The western part, rectangular in shape, was set into a pointed arch portal flanked by reliefs depicting owls. The keystone was decorated with a bird's head featuring a predatory beak and stylized plumage, repeated in the decoration of the eastern hexagonal entrance, which also narrows towards the top.
The entrance to the store, spanning the entire height of the doorway, is adorned with giant owls.
