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GlavUpDK has completed a comprehensive restoration of the façades and the roof at the mansion of I. Mazurin at 5 Kursovoy Lane. The building is a regional cultural heritage site managed by the Company

and traces its history to the late 19th century. In 1886, architect and artist Ivan Mazurin bought the plot in the southeast of Zemlyanoy Gorod from collegiate assessor P. Ushakov for 5,100 silver rubles.

The new owner petitioned the Mayor's Office to permit the construction of three buildings on the property. The main house: a two-story brick mansion on a semi-basement, built in the style close to the French Renaissance, appeared shortly after. Its high tented roof with a spire over the northeastern corner and a round tower in the southeast emphasized the building's asymmetrical shape and expressive outline.

Its façades and decorations were dominated by motifs typical for the 16th – early 17th century and the late Classicist age chateaus of the Loire Valley: rusticated, keystoned platbands, an inter-floor cornice with pronounced triglyphs, profiled windowsill cornices, windowsill panels, fancy attics, etc.

After the Revolution, the former mansion was used to house various institutions; in 1975, it was handed over to UpDK under the MFA of the USSR (now GlavUpDK under the MFA of Russia).

In the course of the works done by the Company's Major Projects Department and a specialized contractor, the building's façades and the roof were restored.

That involved clearing the plaster walls of later layers, restoring the historical rusticated finish on the tower, and reinstating the roof spire with its layer of rhombus-shaped ornamental metal plates. Changes also covered drawn and molded decor: chips and cracks were filled, the brickwork on the façades strengthened.

The roof tiling was replaced in its entirety, the beams under the roof were repaired, and a safe roof operation system was installed.

Restoration workers also repaired the basement with the comprehensive waterproofing of walls, interior finishes, and partially replaced engineering networks.

The architectural lighting system installed under the repurposing project serves to emphasize the shapes and architectural forms of the façade and the roof as they are viewed from Prechistenskaya Embankment.

The mansion's grounds were landscaped, with the gate and the metal fence on the Prechistenskaya Embankment side replaced, a section of the brick wall and the flagpole foundation replaced.

"The works we've done improved the mansion's appearance significantly and revealed a new image of its façades and roof as seen from Prechistenskaya Embankment and the Moskva River, including at night," said Dmitry Drachev from the GlavUpDK Major Projects Department.