The chambers of Prince Andrei Danilovich Drutsky, distinguished by their characteristic "ear-shaped" window frames, are an example of urban development and a monument of civil architecture from the 18th century. Although they appear to be a single-story building, it is actually a two-story structure.

Interestingly, until the 1950s, the development in Bolshoy Afanasyevsky Lane remained almost untouched. In the early 18th century, the plot where the chambers now stand was purchased from the boyar Tikhon Nikitich Streshnev by Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Koltsov-Masal'sky. His son and grandson not only preserved the estate but also expanded it. In 1762, the entire plot with buildings was sold to Prince Drutsky, who owned it for only a year, but his name is associated with the chambers. The fire of 1812 spared no part of the plot; it burned and changed owners several times: from the widow of State Councilor A. G. Rakhmanova, it passed to Colonel A. P. Tyutcheva, then to State Councilor P. A. Bazilevsky and Major A. A. Kazarinova. By 1860, in addition to the main house, there were a residential wing, an economic building, and non-residential extensions.

In the mid-1920s, it housed a branch of the Supreme Council of National Economy, related to the construction of DneproGES. In the 1950s, all wooden extensions were demolished, and a three-story stone building was constructed in their place. In the 1970s, the chambers underwent restoration, with the facades and two-color painting restored, giving the building a special expressiveness. However, due to the nature of the building's use, comprehensive restoration of the interiors was not carried out.

Currently, the building houses the International Fuel and Energy Association.