Income House of M. M. Gorbov

10 Mira St., Building A, Office 25, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197101

But the main work of Vasily Shaub was the Gorbov income house, built in 1903, and it was not Art Nouveau, but eclecticism: the building, with its modest forms and a turret on the corner, resembled the first houses of the Peter the Great era. The building fit very well into the ensemble of the octagonal Austrian Square, and in 1907 it received an honorary prize at the competition for the most beautiful facades, organized by the City Duma.

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In the 18th century, the plot at the intersection of Kamennoostrovsky Prospect and Bolshaya Ruzheynaya Street (now Mira Street) was occupied by wooden buildings. Such development remained until the beginning of the 20th century. During this period, the territory belonged at different times to merchant Login Zinoviev, honorary citizen Yakovlev, bookbinder Karl Longstrema, and later to his daughter and wife.

In 1901, the plot was acquired by hereditary honorary citizen Mikhail Mikhailovich Gorbov. Architect Vasily Vasilyevich Shaub developed a project for an income house for him. Construction and finishing works were completed in 1903.

This house became his main work, and it was not Art Nouveau but eclecticism: the building, with its modest forms and a turret on the corner, resembled the first houses of the Peter the Great era. The building fit very well into the ensemble of the octagonal Austrian Square, and in 1907 it received an honorary prize at the competition for the most beautiful facades organized by the City Duma.

From 1901 to 1906, V.V. Shaub created an ensemble of buildings on Austrian Square combining elements of Jugendstil and Baroque. According to his design, four houses were planned here, but the project for the fourth house was not realized (house No. 12 on Mira Street was built after the Great Patriotic War).

The M.M. Gorbov income house stands out for its rhythmic variety, achieved through vertical divisions and a complex contour.

The architectural and artistic expressiveness of the facades is emphasized by contrasting combinations of plaster finishes and an abundance of decorative elements. It is the decoration that gives the building pronounced features of the new style, organically woven into the Art Nouveau concept.

The main accent elements in the three-part composition of the front facades are the tower of the corner volume at the intersection of Kamennoostrovsky Prospect and Mira Street, topped with a multi-tiered dome of complex configuration with a tall spire and weather vane, as well as a faceted turret on the roof at the corner part of the house facing Austrian Square and Mira Street, with window openings crowned by an octagonal dome.

In 1907, the writer Leonid Andreyev rented an apartment in this house.

Currently, the building remains a multi-apartment residential house.

Sources:

https://www.gov.spb.ru/gov/otrasl/c_govcontrol/news/258451/

https://www.citywalls.ru/house836.html

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