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# Moscow's flat houses and the irregular shape of building plots
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/ploskie-doma-v-moskve-poiavilis-iz-za-osobennostei-narezki-zemelnykh-uchastkov-pod-stroitelstvo-i-stoimosti-zemli/
- Published: 2020-05-31T09:22:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:01:21.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Architecture, Moscow

Flat-fronted houses in Moscow owe their existence to the way building plots were cut and the price of land. With an irregularly shaped plot, the landowner faced a choice: lose floor area or find an ingenious solution by means of a cunning layout. The houses on Taganskaya Street (1/2, building 2) and Presnensky Val (36 and 38, building 1) look flat when viewed from a certain angle, because one corner is cut off at a slant. Yet the flats inside differ hardly at all from ordinary ones, and there is room enough.

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_2826@31-05-2020_12-22-08.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_2827@31-05-2020_12-22-08.jpg)