The house of manufacturer M.S. Kuznetsov on Prospekt Mira, located in front of the Olympic complex, underwent changes during the Soviet period when it was expanded by several floors for economic reasons. This practice was applied not only to rental houses of the 19th and early 20th centuries but also to urban cottages built with a margin of safety. During restoration work, it was possible to partially restore elements of the facades and interiors of this original building of Moscow modernism from the early 20th century.

In the 1870s, a large plot on 1st Meshchanskaya Street, near the Church of St. Metropolitan Philip, was occupied by the family of manufacturer M.S. Kuznetsov, known as the king of Dulevo faience. The plot was registered in the name of his wife N.V. Kuznetsova. In 1895 and 1897, a "Moscow castle" was built here according to the design of the leading architect of Moscow at that time, F.O. Shekhtel, one of the main masters of "Moscow castles."

The tradition of building cottages for Moscow manufacturers in the late 19th century in the style of European castles likely expressed the desire of the Moscow merchant class to occupy a leading position in Russian society and to emphasize the peculiar "aristocratism" of the clients. The study of the building showed that before the Soviet changes, it resembled an earlier and better-preserved work of this master, the estate of S.T. and Z.G. Morozov on Spiridonovka (now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Reception House). Originally, the building was a dynamic composition, smoothed by Soviet expansions and additions. Along 1st Meshchanskaya Street, the main volume stood out, to which the preserved entrance vestibule under the balcony, decorated with Gothic pointed arches reminiscent of medieval cathedrals, impressively adjoined from the south. The entrance area featured massive round columns with lush capitals reminiscent of the Corinthian order. These columns on the facade of Kuznetsov's house may remind architecture connoisseurs of the column in the design of the grand staircase in S.P. Ryabushinsky's cottage on Malaya Nikitskaya Street, now the A.M. Gorky Museum. The continuation of this open vestibule inside the building became the only preserved historical interior, a hall with a medieval arcade on similar "Romanesque" columns.

Unfortunately, the building has mostly lost the lavish decoration of its grand interiors. M.S. Kuznetsov used his new mansion to advertise his production, and at his request, F.O. Shekhtel widely used faience decorative details in the design of the grand interiors. Some elements of the decoration of M.S. Kuznetsov's house are preserved in the collections of the State Historical Museum.

A comprehensive restoration work has been carried out in the building.