The proposed Palace of the Soviets, Moscow

The Palace of the Soviets was to be an administrative centre and congress hall in Moscow. This drawing represents the winning imposing, neo-classical design by Boris Iofan. Amongst the competing architects who submitted their designs were Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Joseph Urban. Construction began in 1937 and was terminated by German invasion in 1941. The steel frame was subsequently disassembled and building work never restarted. If built, it would have become the world's tallest structure of its time.