An exhibition about the White Tower has opened in Yekaterinburg. The fate of this icon of constructivism now depends on auction. 

The exhibition is timed to coincide with the 95th anniversary of the tower, which is considered one of the icons of constructivism and a recognizable symbol of the city. organized Arch-group "Accomplices" and the project "Antifragility". 

The exhibition will take place inside the tower. Among the exhibits — a concrete sculpture by Georgy Kolychev, embroidery by Sasha Braulov, lamps, porcelain, T-shirts, and candlesticks. Almost all of the pieces are one-of-a-kind and have never been exhibited before. 

The anniversary exhibition opened at a time when the monument's future fate remains uncertain. Since 2012, the tower's preservation has been the responsibility of the "Accomplices," and the Sverdlovsk branch of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments (VOOPIK) has demanded that the monument be transferred to them for free use. However, the agreement with them terminated, government conveyed The tower will be sold to the state housing development institute "Dom.rf" and will be put up for auction. 

The White Tower was built between 1929 and 1931, designed by architect Moisei Reisher, to supply water to the Uralmash socialist city—an industrial district that developed around the Ural Heavy Machinery Plant. Over time, the engineering structure lost its original function, but it became part of Yekaterinburg's architectural identity and one of the most famous monuments of the Soviet avant-garde. 

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