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Hotel October
The most beautiful hotel in Lugansk - "October".
One of the best works of the architect Joseph Yul'evich Karakis.
In the postwar period Karakis working on one of his best works - the hotel "October" on the 173 rooms in the center Voroshilovgrad (now - Lugansk, design - 1944-1947, 1945-1952 he was the construction. Originally called "Moscow"). The creation of the mosaic carpet "at the brick facade - is in itself a novel solution - was a means of giving the facade and elegant holiday mood; ornament it is created by all the rules of the tectonic organization. The architect was able to identify the principle of variability of the elements of decoration of buildings such as mass, acting in the national architecture, and guided them to create a work worthy of understanding that "the point of application of talent is not important." Vertical triangular pilasters of white silicate brick as lace, in contrast with the red walls give rise to a rhythm, giving the facade of plasticity and severity. Joseph Lessing was held a special laboratory work, to perpetuate the strength of the brick, as agreed by the Commission chemists. Created Karakis ornament converts plane wall carpet, designed in the artistic traditions that I observed in early childhood on the skirts. This pattern is also traced the development of ornamental traditions of Ukrainian modernism. Working on Lugano hotels, IY Karakis studied the architectural forms of the ensemble's summer residence of Empress Catherine II, Tsarina - a striking example of pseudo-Moscow - built on the first draft VI Bazhenov, and then, when the empress ordered to "tear down these dungeons, - partially rebuilt project MF Kazakov (1775-1795 Gg.). Mauritian gothic flavor Tsaritsin architecture along with the traditions of Ukrainian modern feel in dealing with the hotel "October" in Lugansk.