Nodar Kancheli

Nodar Kancheli (21 April 1938 – 26 June 2015) was a Russian architect. He is known for being the designer of two buildings that collapsed, causing fatalities.[1] The buildings, located in Moscow, were Transvaal Park water park in Yasenevo and Basmanny Market.[2] The collapse of these structures caused the deaths of at least 89 people.[3]

Kancheli also co-designed the Druzhba Sanatorium with Igor Vasilevsky.[4][5]

References
  1. Llunji, Mentor (25 August 2022). Towards A New Engineering - second edition: Reflections of a practitioner. MSPROJECT. p. 62. ISBN 978-9940-665-02-9.
  2. "Ушел из жизни Нодар Вахтангович Канчели". Союз московских архитекторов (in Russian). 28 June 2015.
  3. Russia: Migrant Traders Main Victims Of Moscow Market Collapse 23 February 2006
  4. "Druzhba Sanatorium - a huge stool that rests on three legs". mobrut. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  5. The studio: a field guide to the future of architecture. Barcelona: dpr-barcelona. 2016. p. 43. ISBN 9788494487378.


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