Adolf Norbertovich Zeligson was a Moscow architect and civil engineer of Polish descent. He was born in Warsaw in 1867 and worked in Lodz, St. Petersburg, and Paris in 1906. Since 1907, he settled in Moscow, where he actively implemented ideas and techniques of new art learned in France.

In the design of the mansion for the Broido couple, elements of the French Art Nouveau style are evident. The central element of the building's composition was a large two-light hall with a grand staircase, around which other rooms were located. The house had a total of three stair volumes. In the corner of the first floor, there were two oval living rooms. The appearance of the main facade corresponded to the internal layout. The central part of the facade was adorned with a window featuring an exquisite curvilinear design, which was repeated on the windows of the living room and the courtyard facade. The composition included the asymmetry characteristic of Art Nouveau. The main entrance was located to the left of the center of the facade and was marked by an oval window in the Art Nouveau style above the door opening with a semicircular finish.

The composition of this miniature French palace was completed by a high roof with a parapet.

German Efimovich Broido, a candidate of economic sciences, and his wife Angelika Gastonovna were engaged in the development of plots with mansions and apartment buildings for subsequent sale. Most of their constructions are located in the Arbat and Prechistenka districts.

On this plot, Zeligson designed not only the mansion along the red line of Denegny Lane but also a four-story apartment building in the depth of the courtyard, the facades of which were executed in a unified style with the main house. A one-story service building was also constructed along the western boundary of the property, intended for a stable and carriage house, which has not survived.

In 1911, the property was sold without interior finishing to a new owner so that he could complete it to his taste. Construction and finishing were completed in 1912 by Viktorina Yakovlevich Burdakova.

The main house, consisting of 20 rooms, housed the landlord's apartment, while the house in the depth of the courtyard was used as an income-generating property.

In the 1960s, during the conversion of the mansion into an embassy, the original layout and interior decor were almost completely lost. However, despite the changes, the building remains one of the bright examples of Art Nouveau houses in Moscow.