Moscow, Russian Academy of Sciences. 'golden brains'

The building of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (unofficial name — "Golden Brains"— a complex of structures located in the Southwest of the city of Moscow, at the address Leninsky Prospekt, 32A, and serving as the seat of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Construction, which began in 1973, dragged on until 1990. Complex, meeting the latest global trends and technologies of the time, innovative and therefore expensive project was difficult to implement in the conditions of the embargo imposed on the USSR and the lack of foreign currency financing. The second stage of the complex was put into operation in 1997. The golden wedding of the building causes a lot of speculation. The complex spatial structure was popularly nicknamed "golden brains". Inside the structure there are systems that ensure the operation of the building. Mirrored glasses with a micron inner gold coating refract and reflect light even in cloudy weather and create the effect of radiance. In the low-rise part of the complex there is a concert hall with a capacity of 1.5 thousand seats, a winter garden and a courtyard with a glass gallery leading to the elevator hall of the high-rise part. Administrative offices are located in high—rise buildings, and on the upper floor there is an observation deck and a restaurant. The absence of nearby high-rise buildings makes the complex the only architectural dominant of the southwestern part of Moscow and one of the accents of the Vorobyovy Gory.