Singer House
Singer House - Russia Tour The Singer House is one of the eye-catching buildings in Saint Petersburg. The Building, also known as the Dom Knigi , is one of the few libraries and bookstores in the world that works 24 hours a day. This building is located near the Griboedov Canal and opposite the Kazan Cathedral on Nevsky Prospect and was designed by Pavel Syuzor in 1902. The building was initially intended for a Russian branch of the Singer Factory for the sale of sewing machines. The company wanted to build the tallest skyscraper in the city, same as the Singer Building in New York, but according to legal constraints, they could not create it more than seven floors or 23.5 meters’ height. However, after the construction, Syuzor installed a metal and glass room with a glass sphere (2.8 meters in diameter) on the building to make it higher. The building’s decoration was made in bronze which at that time was new to ...