The space is located on the elevated ground floor of a building within the ensemble of tenement houses commissioned by M.V. Pustoshkina and built in 1910, designed by renowned Moscow architect I.A. Ivanov-Shits.
These tenement buildings were fully reconstructed in the 2000s, preserving the historical facades andinterior decorative elements.
This ensemble of buildings is surrounded by notable architectural landmarks:
Nearby is the estate of duke P.A. Vyazemsky, a writer and friend of A.S. Pushkin, where, in 1826, the poet read the play “Boris Godunov”;
across the way, between Voznesensky and Bryusov lanes, stands the Anglican Church of St. Andrew, built in 1884 in the Victorian Gothic style designed by R.N. Freeman.