Hotel «Cosmos»
The Cosmos Hotel Moscow is located in the north-east Moscow on one of the city's major streets - prospect Mira, in green district, just 20 minutes drive to the centre. It is next to the All-Russia Exhibition Centre (V.V.C.), close to Ostankino Telecom Tower, Count Sheremetyev's Palace, the "Olimpijsky" Sports Complex and the "Sokolniki" Exhibition Complex.
History
Construction of the Cosmos Hotel Complex was intended for catering to the XXII Moscow Olympics in 1980. The architectural project of a building overlooking the VDNKh fairgrounds (now the V.V.C., All-Russia Exhibition Centre) and Space Explorers Monument was carried out by a team of Soviet and French architects based on the French project that had been approved by the executive committee of Moscow City.
While planning premises layout constructors had to follow Soviet building codes strictly, which not only strongly differed from the western ones, but were much more rigid. The property was built by Sefri Co., France.
