Beauty wed to expediency

Two schools designed by Natalia Milova and built in Sochi (a resort on the Black Sea) have since become architectural landmarks of the city.



School No. 1, which is pictured, is an architectural ensemble. Its main building, four storeys high, is flanked by adjoining three two-storeyed ones, housing a gym, an auditorium with a wide-screen film-projector and a swimming pool. The classrooms are equipped with the last word in modern engineering and arc panelled with plastics and wood The buildings’ light colour, vertical sunshields and canopy-shaped roofs, as well as the cosy inner courtyard with its flower beds and decorative pool, arc a tribute to the generous southern sun.

From the magazine: RABOTNITSA

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