The Bust of K. Frolov in Zmeinogorsk
Behind the Chief Administrative Building of Silver Factory,
built 18c., rebuilt the first half of 19 c.
The main building materials of the first half of the 18th century were woods, i.e., pine, silver-fur and larch. Brick buildings were a rare exception e.g., the drug-store of Barnaul silver melting plant, 1748. Over industrial buildings predominated upright-frame constructions; dwelling houses and public and administrative buildings were all made of wood. The plans and the three-dimensional solution of the industrial buildings were defined by the technology of the process (the rectangular plans -- hammers, mills, furnaces were put in a row; the furnaces dictated the height of the roof; usually, there were no ceilings).
