The Barnaul Civil Engineering College: history of the edifice built in the manner of Soviet Classicism
In 2019, the author worked for the plan of protection zones for Barnaul Civil Engineering College, an object of cultural heritage of the Altay Region. Based on the archival materials which were revealed for the first time, the scientific and design documentation successfully passed the state historical and cultural examination and was recognized as conforming to the current legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of cultural heritage objects protection. The main building of the college was built in 1952-54 by order of the USSR Ministry of Higher and Secondary Vocational Education and under the design of V.L. Kazarinov (Altay state regional design ofice). The four-story brick building is located in the city center on the red line of Lenin Prospect and «Soyuz Respublik Street» among the other stone buildings of the Soviet period. This edifice forms the intersection of the main city highway. The center of the composition is a corner of the building with a front door and a spacious lobby. The corridor layout of the fioors of both wings is almost identical. The building was made in the manner of Soviet classicism