As one may recall, 1980 Olympic Games took place in Moscow. Couple of years before this event, The State Sport Committee of the USSR had decided that it would be more appropriate for domestic kayakers and canoists to compete using the locally produced equipment rather than imported western  stuff. To give you and idea of the state of then existing soviet-made boats: they were far behind their western competitors. In order to implement this decision, it was required to build a modern plant. Yurmala (a seaside resort near Riga) where a production facility of above-mentioned “quality” boats had been already in operation was selected as a construction site. A new modern facility was destined to be erected in place of the old one.

Alas, Moscow authorities were reviewing the feasibility project for so long, that we have received approval for detailed design only by April 1979. That was too late to build the plant by the time of the Olympics. The idea was buried, and the drawings sent to a trash basket. That is really regrettable since this project might have become my top architectural achievement....