Word: shchuko
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...British-born New Jersey architect, Hector 0. Hamilton, and two Soviet architects, B. M. Iofan and I. V. Zholtovsky (TIME, March 1, 1932). Further decisions eliminated Architect Hamilton who dejectedly blamed his British birth, threatened a suit. Last week the accepted plans of Architects Iofan, Goldfreich and Shchuko were fi- nally released and the world had an opportunity to examine the newest Soviet colossus...
...with his design for the Palace of Soviets Dictator Stalin later scrapped Mr. Hamilton's plan. It did not call for "the tallest building in the world," which is what Comrade Stalin wants. Pointing proudly last week to the new design, by Comrades Shchuko and Yofan, Stalin told Duranty that work on the Palace of Soviets will start next spring, that it will tower 1,312 ft. from pavement to the top of a Statue of Lenin which will be nearly three times as big as the Statue of Liberty.f...
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