Writers House, building at the corner of Frunze and Rumyantsev streets in Minsk, Belarus

Writers House is a 1976 building at the corner of Frunze and Rumyantsev streets in Minsk, designed by architects Yury Grigoryev and Volha Shubina. Two three-storey wings and two two-storey connecting links with offices enclose a square inner courtyard. The walls are faced with light tufa, and the main Frunze facade is two-tiered, its upper part shaped as a curved surface resembling book pages with narrow window openings.

The building was constructed in 1976 under the direction of architects Yury Grigoryev and Volha Shubina, marking a period of cultural development. Its design reflects Soviet ideals of creating centers for artistic and literary activities in urban areas.

The building's name, "House of the Writer", comes from its original owner, the Union of Writers of the BSSR, which paid for its construction. Since 2006 it has housed the state-backed Union of Writers of Belarus, and it also contains the Chamber Drama Theatre (Natalia Bashova's Theatre Workshop) and the Belaya Rus regional organisation.

The building stands at the corner of Frunze and Rumyantsev streets, at Frunze 5, in Minsk's Partizansky District. The main entrance on Frunze Street sits in a recessed ground floor beneath a wooden ceiling canopy; a decorative fence on the Rumyantsev side lets you see into the inner courtyard. The Chamber Drama Theatre performs here, so check its programme before visiting.

The main facade's upper part is shaped like a curved book page, with narrow windows set between the "pages". A square concave panel with a forged decorative star, once bearing the inscription "дом літаратра", crowned the facade until it was removed in 2012.