The RF House together with the Ministry of Finance are working on a mechanism to attract investors when working with cultural heritage objects for their restoration and adaptation for modern use. For lending to cultural heritage objects, which are not included in the pilot ones, today the rate reaches 17%, becoming a barrier for investors. It is planned that the rate will not exceed 10%.

Today, after extensive restoration, the sculptures of lions returned to their pedestals on the staircase of the Yelagin Palace in St. Petersburg.

Cast in 1822, the lions, designed by architect Carl Rossi, are probably the city's first pair of sculpted lions.

Omsk deputies want to demolish cultural heritage objects that are in an emergency condition.

At a meeting of the Committee on Economic Development, a proposal was supported that would allow regional and city authorities to deprive emergency houses of the status of a cultural heritage object on their own. If the initiative is supported by the Legislative Assembly of Omsk, the corresponding document will be submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation for consideration.

On May 31, the Voronezh House of Architects will host the forum “Architecture VRN 2025”. The general theme of the forum is “City Center” with topical issues and various aspects of formation, development and renewal of centers of modern cities.

The weather vane of the “Lower Grid Towers” of the Pskovo-Pechersk Monastery was restored and covered with gold leaf. The forepost is made in the technique of hot forging with replenishment of losses and new anticorrosion coating. White gold, “red” chervlen gold and lemon-colored gold were used to restore the historical finish of the forepost.

The restoration of the tower and the forepost was carried out by ACM Group.

The exhibition “Brick Russian Empire” runs in Pothern and the casemate of the Gosudarev Bastion in the Peter and Paul Fortress until June 17.

Bricks from more than forty provinces of the Russian Empire, molds for their manufacture, stamps matrices and documents of brick factories - extensive and informative.

In Konstantinovka, one of the architectural monuments of the Rostov region, the building of the Cossack Military Craft School, which belonged to the Konstantinovka Technological College, was almost completely dismantled.

The Cossack school was built in 1895 as an institution for training craftsmen for Cossack military units. Workshops for sewing uniforms and equipment were organized in the school. The local authorities did not care to give the building the status of a cultural heritage object, which allowed the dismantling of the unique brick three-storey building with a decorated facade and interior elements in spring.

Betancourt Bridge has been open in St. Petersburg for several years. Who was this man?

Augustin Jose Pedro del Carmen Domingo de Candelaria de Betancourt y Molina - Spanish, then Russian statesman, scientist, lieutenant general of the Russian service, organizer of construction and transport in the Russian Empire. He was born on February 1, 1758 in Spain, in the city of Puerto de la Cruz on the island of Tenerife, in a family founded by the French. In Russian, Augustin Augustinovich Betancourt.

June 20 in St. Petersburg House of Architects will be held V Betancourt readings on the theme "Interaction of foundations and structures. Norms and practice of design", touching upon joint calculations of foundations and structures, uniting specialists in the field of geotechnics and ground structures.

The Union of Architects and the Institute “Georeconstruction” invite.

This is how the “Holy Gate Tower” in the Pskov-Pechersk Monastery looks now, after restoration under the project of “ACM Group”.

An unexpected result was obtained during the cleaning of the entrance group at the cultural heritage of regional significance at 9 Leningradsky Prospekt in Vyborg. Under numerous layers of Soviet-era paintwork, the author's ornaments that once adorned the front of the five-storey profitable house, built by order of Alfa JSC in 1907 according to the project of architect A. Shulman in the Northern Art Nouveau style, were revealed.

In Krasny Yar village, Samara region, restoration work was completed on the cultural heritage site of regional significance “House of merchant Zakharov”. In the course of works, the facade of the building was cleaned from late paint and cement, and the historical brickwork was restored to make up for losses.

In the city of Buzuluk, Orenburg region, in the building of a former water intake station dating back to 1904, the restaurant “Berega” opened - an example of careful work with a cultural heritage object.

In addition to the restoration of the building itself, the cobblestone sidewalk was recreated, as well as window and door fills. A local context was added to the restaurant's interiors - one of the walls is decorated with copies of artifacts from the Buzuluk Water Supply Society. The new additions to the building were made without any attempt to make it “historic” - an honest loft with a folded roof and open structures.

ACM Group specialists start the restoration project of the Khart Tower Complex in the mountainous Ingushetia.

According to history, one of the Kkhart combat towers was blown up during the Rosen expedition in 1832. Just above the complex is the half-destroyed ancestral sanctuary of Dyalite, which was one of the main spiritual centers of Ingushetia.

There are plans to recreate the Triumphal Arch in Nizhny Novgorod. Presumably, the Triumphal Arch historically represented a structure on a brick foundation, which was based on a power frame made of metal with planking painted in light color.

The main volumes of the corner towers had board cladding with imitation rustication. Copper was used to cover the roofs of the towers. Next to the arch it is planned to build an exhibition space made of a metal frame in dark colors, which will house a cafe, a fund storage and a souvenir shop.

Russian wood carving is quite widely represented in the Russian Ethnographic Museum in St. Petersburg. Gables, platbands, sandwiches and other architectural elements collected in the museum make you think about symbolism and fairy-tale characters.

An unexpected discovery was made during conservation work at Vyborg Cathedral. The remains of two stone vaults were discovered under a layer of earth in the process of strengthening the foundations. Presumably in this place there was a side entrance to the choir.

The Cathedral began to be built in 1413, in 1554 it became the Cathedral. It was destroyed during the Great Patriotic War. Conservation work is now being carried out on the cathedral, which will allow the remaining part of the building to be preserved.

Restoration work continues at the Palace of Pioneers, a cultural heritage site of regional significance in Tver. At present, anti-avoidance measures are being taken to strengthen the foundations, floors and brickwork.

The building was originally built as a factory-kitchen, but it was never used for its intended purpose. In the 1930s it housed residential premises, the Union of Oilmen and Chauffeurs, a sawmill and a tour desk. In 1939 the building was rebuilt according to the project of architect I. Leonidov and handed over to the Palace of Pioneers of Kalinin. During the occupation the building was partially burned down, but in 1947 it was restored.

The restoration of the Lower Grids Tower of the Pskovo-Pechersk Monastery under the project of ACM Group is reaching its final stage.

Built during the Livonian War in 1558-1565 , during the time of hegumen Cornelius, by order of Ivan the Terrible, the tower is a combat, culvert and gate tower. It has three tiers with loopholes. After the fire in 1688 the tower lost its military value and continued to deteriorate.

The architectural monument was restored to its historical appearance. Today the restoration of the vault of the passage arch and two gates is being completed.

The second season of archaeological excavations has begun at the Pui Tower Complex in mountainous Ingushetia, which is being restored under an ACM Group project.

Last year, the Heritage team made several unique finds at the complex, including group burials, a ritual burial of a foal, an Islamic burial of a child, and some 500 historical artifacts.

The selection of participants for the summer restoration school "Heritage Craftsmen", which will be held June 16-29 in the museum-reserve "Divnogorie", has begun.

Directions:

- theory and practice of field conservation

- archaeological monitoring

- archaeological emergency conservation

Today was held the acceptance of restoration works on the object of cultural heritage of federal significance “Tower of the Holy Gates”, which is the main entrance to the Pskovo-Pechersk Monastery.

The specialists of ACM Group told the distinguished commission about the findings made during the inspection of the tower and design solutions, and the commission approved the completed works and accepted the object.