Wender·Vista
Radisson Collection Hotel Moscow
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileRussia
on the Moskva embankment, west of the Kremlin

Radisson Collection Hotel Moscow

— — one of the Seven Sisters, still keeping watch.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The hotel inhabits one of Moscow's Seven Sisters, the ring of Stalinist skyscrapers raised in the early 1950s, on the Moskva River across from the Russian White House. Opened in 1957 as the Hotel Ukraina, restored in 2010 as the Radisson Collection. From the upper floors the city reads as a long flat plain broken by the other six towers. The spire is visible from most of the river loop.

from the studio
Radisson Collection Hotel Moscow
— bring it home

Radisson Collection Hotel Moscow, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
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— about Radisson Collection Hotel Moscow

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

The Radisson Collection Hotel Moscow occupies the former Hotel Ukraina at Kutuzovsky Prospekt 2/1, on the Moskva River embankment in the Dorogomilovo district. The tower reaches 206 metres including the crowning spire, with 34 floors of guest rooms and grand reception halls below. It was completed in 1957 to a design by Arkady Mordvinov and Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky, one of the seven Stalinist high-rises commissioned in the post-war years. A 2010 restoration by Rezidor returned the interiors close to their original specification.

— the stone

The building is a clad masonry tower in the late-Soviet monumental style: limestone and granite over a steel frame, with carved cornices and Soviet emblems still visible on the lower facades. The crown is a stepped pyramidal spire topped with a five-pointed star, lit from within at night. Interior halls keep their original mosaic ceilings, and the lobby holds a 1957 diorama of Moscow as it was at the building's opening. The whole work was listed as a regional architectural monument by the city in 1989.

— the year

The Seven Sisters were ordered by Stalin in 1947 to mark Moscow's 800th anniversary and to give the city a recognisable skyline in the model of Manhattan. Construction stretched from 1947 to 1957; Hotel Ukraina was the last completed. After 1991 the building stayed in operation as a state hotel before closing for restoration in 2007 and reopening as the Radisson Collection in 2010. The other six sisters still stand at points around the city centre and remain visible from the upper floors.

— where
Russia · Dorogomilovo, Moscow
— position
55.7521° N · 37.5654° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
4 km E
Moscow Kremlin
fortified citadel
1 km E
Russian White House
government building
2 km E
Arbat District
historic quarter
3 km W
Moscow City
modern skyscraper cluster
N
Radisson Collection Hotel Moscow
Moscow Kremlin
Russian White House
Arbat District
Moscow City
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Radisson Collection Hotel Moscow — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Completed in 1957 as the Hotel Ukraina, it is one of Moscow's seven Stalinist high-rises commissioned for the city's 800th anniversary. It reopened as the Radisson Collection in 2010 after a full restoration.

The building reaches 206 metres including the crowning spire, across 34 floors. At opening it was briefly the tallest hotel in the world. The other six Seven Sisters are visible from the upper floors.

Arkady Mordvinov and Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky led the design, completed in the late-Soviet monumental style. The structure is a steel frame clad in limestone and granite, with carved Soviet emblems on the lower facades.

At Kutuzovsky Prospekt 2/1 in the Dorogomilovo district, on the Moskva River embankment west of the Kremlin. The Russian White House stands directly across the river from the tower.

Seven Stalin-era skyscrapers raised between 1947 and 1957 to give Moscow a recognisable skyline. The set includes Moscow State University, the Foreign Ministry, two further hotels, and two apartment towers.

Large parts are. The reception halls keep their mosaic ceilings, the lobby holds the original 1957 diorama of Moscow at the building's opening, and the 2010 restoration worked to the original specifications.

— about the piece in your home

Many of our customers send the Radisson tile to family or friends connected to the city. The spire is recognised from across the river loop. A Small or Medium carries well to a desk or shelf.

The mineral palette and vertical line suit jewel-tone maximalist, mid-century modern, and old-world traditional rooms. The stained-glass treatment lets the architecture hold the eye.

Yes. Old-world traditional rooms favour single resonant pieces of architectural art. A Medium glossy tile sits well above a writing desk, a leather chair, or a console in a study.

A single Large hangs cleanly above a standard console. Above a full sofa we recommend a 4-tile Mural; above a long sectional, a 9-tile Mural carries the wall.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and built for vertical installation in steam and splash environments, including showers and backsplashes.

A soft microfibre cloth with water is enough. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath a thin finish, so the piece will not fade or scratch with normal handling.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in our studio's stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language and hand-finished in Knoxville. There is no licensing or third-party art involved.

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