The Russian avant-garde architect Konstantin Melnikov (1890-1974) designed his characteristic house in the center of Moscow in the late 1920s. A house of two cylindrical towers with a honeycomb lattice, the Krivoarbatsky Lane residence is the finest remaining example of Melnikov's work. In this lecture, Jean-Louis Cohen, Melnikov scholar and professor of architectural history at New York University and the Sorbonne in Paris, talks about the career of Melnikov and discusses in detail the architecture and the meaning of his house.

This video is part of the "Architects in the Picture: Iconic Houses" lecture series, held at the Van Schijndel House in Utrecht and organized by the Iconic Houses Network. www.iconichouses.org