The Institute of Information, AKA: “Kyiv Flying Saucer” in Kyiv, Ukraine.

The architect and artist Florian Yuriev initially intended the space-race inspired saucer auditorium as a venue to showcase his color-music theory in which colors are mapped to specific sounds, but in practice was used as a lecture hall and cinema of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information.

Initially they told him it couldn’t be built, but the engineers found a way. In recent years it has survived threats by encroaching development projects but in 2020 it was added to the Cultural Heritage Protection registry.

There is a great documentary out about Florian Yuriev and his struggles in the final years of his life to keep developers from destroying the Saucer building.  Really interesting and inspiring guy!

Architects: Florian Yuriev, L. Novikov
Built: 1971
Protection status: Listed in Cultural Heritage Protection registry, 2020.
 Photos taken in 2018 by Steve Cvar.

 Science technical library, 180, Antonovycha Street, Demiivka, Holosiivskyi District, Kyiv, 03093, Ukraine
 50.41103,30.52543