Svoboda Factory Club

Svoboda Factory Club (Russian:Клуб фабрики "Свобода"), conceived as Chemists Trade Union Club (Клуб Химиков), also known as Maxim Gorky Palace of Culture (Дворец культуры имени Горького), is a listed memorial avant-garde building in Moscow, Russia, designed by Konstantin Melnikov in 1927 and completed in 1929.

Upon his return from Paris in 1925 and completion of Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage, Melnikov enjoyed a rush of commissions from trade unions, who launched a nationwide campaign to build workers' clubs in 1926.

Initial concept for Svoboda Club was a flat elliptical tube raised above ground floor pilotis.

In the age of total steel rationing, the tubular concept was immediately blocked.

Melnikov had to minimize the use of steel to the bare minimum (main span girders).