Nodar Kancheli
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Nodar Kancheli is a Russia
n architect
who designed a number of facilities including the Transvaal Park
water park
in Yasenevo
and Basmanny Market
. These two structures collapsed, killing a total of at least 89 people.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
who designed a number of facilities including the Transvaal Park
Transvaal Park
Transvaal Park was a popular waterpark in Yasenevo, a south district of Moscow, Russia. With several large, heated pools, including a wave pool and twisting "river" for tubing, it became one of the most popular attractions in the Moscow area and a symbol of the country's bloom of private enterprise...
water park
Water park
A waterpark is an amusement park that features waterplay areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds , lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and barefooting environments...
in Yasenevo
Yasenevo
Yasenevo is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was designed by N. Shumakov, G. Mun, and N. Shurygina and opened on 17 January 1990. Yasenevo has round, greenish marble columns and walls faced with yellowish metallic tile and pink marble...
and Basmanny Market
Basmanny market roof collapse
Basmanny market's roof had collapsed of February 23, 2006 in Moscow. 66 citizens of Azerbaijan, Russia, Georgia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan were killed. The architect of the market was Nodar Kancheli.-References:*...
. These two structures collapsed, killing a total of at least 89 people.