 As for 2019, Dom Narkomfin is under careful restoration to become once again a dwelling complex.The goal is to restore the building as close to its original state as possible; construction is supposed to end in 2020.Narkomfin has been the subject of Victor Buchli's study of Soviet material culture, "Archaeology of Socialism" (Berg, 2000), which traces the building's history from early Utopianism to the harshness of the Stalinist era, up to its current ruined state.