At the leading European Trade
Fair for Conservation, Restoration and Old Building Renovation -
DENKMAL project of General Staff Buildings restoration was submitted
by the group of companies "INTARSIA". full story
Restoration project of the Eastern Wing of the
General Staff Building is a part of the Great Hermitage programme.
The General Staff Building should become both a site for exhibiting
works of art belonging to XIX - XXI centuries and a cultural and
public forum that sets new frameworks for the existence of Palace
Square. full story
The General Staff Building
1820-1830
Architect Carlo Rossi
Restoration project of the Eastern Wing of the
General Staff Building is a result of joint initiatives of the
State Hermitage and the Government of the Russian Federation.
The project is financed by the Government of the Russian Federation
and by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(The World Bank). full story
Meeting the authors of the project
The first stage of restoration was completed
in December of 2010.
The budget of the first stage of the project was 4.2 billion rubles.
The total area restored in the course of the first stage was 32,500
square meters.
The deadline for the completion of the second stage of restoration
is the second quarter of 2013.
The cost of the project is 6.5 billion rubles.
The total area to be reconstructed is 30,900 square meters. full story
Mikhail Piotrovsky is presenting the project
In August 2012, several mass media discussed
the glass superstructure on the roof of the General Staff building.
The State Hermitage Museum has been overwhelmed with questions
concerning its origin and future.
As part of the second stage of work, an unplanned increase in
skylights was permitted. The State Hermitage Museum discovered
this at an early stage. At present, several experiments are being
carried out and a working timetable has been drawn up for changing
the angle of the slope of the skylights. full story
Director of the Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky
The restoration of the Eastern Wing of the General
Staff Building, the monument of federal significance, receives
a wide coverage in the mass media. full story
Press conference
The General Staff Building is one of the most
famous monuments of architecture of St Petersburg (1820-1830,
architect Carlo Rossi). Until the February Revolution the building
housed higher governmental institutions of the Russian Empire.
In 1988 the Eastern Wing was donated to the State Hermitage. full story
