Golovkin's dacha

Golovkin's dacha (Russian: Дача Головкина, also known as the Elephant House, Russian: Дом со слонами) is an unorthodox residential mansion ("dacha") designed and constructed by Konstantin Golovkin,^[1]^[2] a merchant, entrepreneur and self-taught artist, in Samara, Russia during the period 1908–1909. The building is marked by modernist influences, linked to the Vienna Secession style, and even premonitions of Art Deco. It is inscribed in the Russian Cultural Heritage list^[3] as object number 6310041002.

References

^ The Guardian. Samara: the disappearing wooden city on the Volga
^ Bibliography list on the history of Golovkin's dacha from Samara Youth Library (in Russian)
^ "Official Cultural Heritage listing for Golovkin's dacha (in Russian)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-07.

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[1] The Guardian. Samara: the disappearing wooden city on the Volga

[2] Bibliography list on the history of Golovkin's dacha from Samara Youth Library (in Russian)

[3] "Official Cultural Heritage listing for Golovkin's dacha (in Russian)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-07.

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