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Konstantin S. Mel'nikov and the Construction of Moscow

Author : Konstantin Stepanovich Melʹnikov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Konstantin S. Mel'nikov and the Construction of Moscow written by Konstantin Stepanovich Melʹnikov and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A monograph devoted to the great Russian architect Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov, considered one of the leading interpreters of the aesthetic and social ideals of Constructivism, the Soviet avant-garde architectural movement. The volume offers a repositioning of Melnikov's works within the context of the Moscow of the Twenties and Thirties. It highlights his ideational (in the unrealised projects) and concrete (in those realised) contributions to the construction of contemporary Moscow through a selection of models, flanked by the original designs of the buildings, cartographic reconstructions of the city of Moscow and original photographs. The essays explore in detail Melnikov's biography, his professional education in the Twenties, Stuttgart's architecture school and the avant-garde (1918-1945), Melnikov and his dialogue with the city, and works from the first half of the Twenties up to 1936. The volume ends with the complete list of Melnikov's works and an up-to-date bibliography.

Architectural Drawings of the Russian Avant-garde

Author : Catherine Cooke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Architectural Drawings of the Russian Avant-garde written by Catherine Cooke and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fascism, Architecture, and the Claiming of Modern Milan, 1922 1943

Author : Lucy M. Maulsby
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 144264625X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Fascism, Architecture, and the Claiming of Modern Milan, 1922 1943 written by Lucy M. Maulsby and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascism, Architecture, and the Claiming of Modern Milan, 19221943 chronicles the dramatic architectural and urban transformation of Milan during the nearly twenty years of fascist rule. The commercial and financial centre of Italy and the birthplace of fascism, Milan played a central role in constructing fascism's national image and identity as it advanced from a revolutionary movement to an established state power. Using a wide range of archival sources, Lucy M. Maulsby analyses the public buildings, from the relatively modest party headquarters to the grandiose Palace of Justice and the Palazzo del Popolo d'Italia, through which Mussolini intended to enhance the city's image and solidify fascism's presence in Milan. Maulsby establishes the extent to which Milan's economic structure, social composition, and cultural orientation affected Il Duce's plans for the city, demonstrating the influences on urban development that were beyond the control of the fascist regime. By placing Milan's urban change in its historic context, this book expands our understanding of the relationship between fascism and the modern city.

The Avant-garde

Author : Justin Ageros
Publisher : Architectural Design
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Avant-garde written by Justin Ageros and published by Architectural Design. This book was released on 1991 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avant-Garde Modernism dominated the Russian architectural profession throughout the 1920s. Though severely limited by the disruptions of revolutions and civil war, the Avant-Garde has left behind it a body of theoretical work and a number of important completed projects that exerted a profound influence on pioneers of the Modern movement such as Walter Gropius and Hannes Meyer. Too often reduced to a single, homogenous movement, Soviet Modernism is here presented in all its considerable diversity; with over 300 rarely seen contemporary photographs, and documents by leading Modernists such as Tatlin, Melkikov and Golosov. In a new essay, Catherine Cooke examines the pre-revolutionary origins of the Avant-Garde and highlights the numerous fissures and tensions that characterized the movement during its decade of greatest influence.

Building the Revolution

Author : Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Publisher : Royal Academy Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Building the Revolution written by Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) and published by Royal Academy Books. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This text charts the trajectory of Russian avant-garde architecture during the brief but intense period of design and construction which took place between 1922 and 1935"--OCLC

Key Modern Architects

Author : Andrew Higgott
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474265065
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Key Modern Architects written by Andrew Higgott and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key Modern Architects provides an accessible and thought-provoking introduction to the work of the most significant architects of the modern era. Fifty short chapters introduce fifty key architects, from Le Corbusier to Aldo Van Eyck to Zaha Hadid, exploring their most influential buildings and developing a critique of each architect's work within a broader cultural and historical context. The selection represents the most influential architects working from 1890 to the present, those most likely to be taught on survey courses in modern architectural history, along with some lesser-known names with an equal claim to influence. Emphasis is placed on a critical and interpretative approach, allowing the student to position each architect in a cultural and intellectual context quickly and easily. Artistic, technical, social, and intellectual developments are brought to the fore – built and unbuilt projects, writings and influences. This approach brings to light the ideology behind architectural work, offering insights into each architect's working practice. - Helps students to develop a critical approach to understanding modern architectural history. - One chapter per architect – meaning chapters may be read individually as a concise resource for the study of an architect, or together as a coherent book-length history of the whole period of modern architecture. - Chapters are supported by boxed lists of each architect's most significant projects, along with suggestions for further reading as a springboard to further study and research. Combining the clarity and accessibility of a textbook with in-depth reading and a critical approach, Key Modern Architects provides an invaluable resource for both the classroom and for independent study in architectural and art history.

It's Only a Joke, Comrade!

Author : Jonathan Waterlow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781999343408
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book It's Only a Joke, Comrade! written by Jonathan Waterlow and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Only a Joke, Comrade! uncovers how ordinary people joked, coped, and struggled to adapt in Stalin's brave new world. It asks what it means to live under a dictatorship: How do people make sense of their lives? How do they talk about it? And whom can they trust to do so?

The Origins of Modernism in Russian Architecture

Author : William Craft Brumfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780520069299
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (692 download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Modernism in Russian Architecture written by William Craft Brumfield and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic transformation of Russian architecture from the 1880s to the 1917 revolution reflected the profound changes in Russian society as it entered the modern industrial age. William Craft Brumfield examines the extraordinary diversity of architectural styles in this period and traces the search by architects and critics for a "unifying idea" that would define a new architecture. Generously illustrated with archival materials and with the author's own superb photographs, this is the first comprehensive study by a Western scholar of a neglected period in European architectural and cultural history. Brumfield explores the diverse styles of Russian modernism in part by analyzing the contemporary theoretical debate about them: the relation between technology and style, the obligation of architecture to society, and the role of architecture as an expression of national identity. Steeped in controversy, Russian modernism at the beginning of the century foreshadowed the radical restructuring of architectural form in the Soviet Union during the two decades after the revolution. This authoritative work provides a new understanding of Russian architecture's last brief entrepreneurial episode and offers insight on our own era, when individual freedom and initiative may once again find expression in Russian architecture. The dramatic transformation of Russian architecture from the 1880s to the 1917 revolution reflected the profound changes in Russian society as it entered the modern industrial age. William Craft Brumfield examines the extraordinary diversity of architectural styles in this period and traces the search by architects and critics for a "unifying idea" that would define a new architecture. Generously illustrated with archival materials and with the author's own superb photographs, this is the first comprehensive study by a Western scholar of a neglected period in European architectural and cultural history. Brumfield explores the diverse styles of Russian modernism in part by analyzing the contemporary theoretical debate about them: the relation between technology and style, the obligation of architecture to society, and the role of architecture as an expression of national identity. Steeped in controversy, Russian modernism at the beginning of the century foreshadowed the radical restructuring of architectural form in the Soviet Union during the two decades after the revolution. This authoritative work provides a new understanding of Russian architecture's last brief entrepreneurial episode and offers insight on our own era, when individual freedom and initiative may once again find expression in Russian architecture.

Imagine Moscow

Author : Ezster Steierhoffer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781872005348
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Imagine Moscow written by Ezster Steierhoffer and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Idealistic visions of the Soviet capital that were never realised. Published at the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Imagine Moscow: Architecture, Propaganda, Revolution portrays Moscow as it was envisioned by a bold generation of architects in the 1920s and early 1930s. Through evocative imagery and a wealth of rarely seen material, this book provides a window into an idealistic fantasy of the Soviet capital that was never realised and has since been largely forgotten. Focusing on six unbuilt architectural landmarks, Imagine Moscow explores how these projects reflected changes in everyday life and society following the revolution, during one of the most fascinating periods of the twentieth century. Large-scale architectural plans, models and drawings are placed alongside propaganda posters, textiles and porcelain, contextualising the transformation of a city reborn as the new capital of the USSR and the international centre of socialism.

The Lost Vanguard

Author : Richard Pare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781580931854
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Vanguard written by Richard Pare and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book includes seventy-three structures, starting with the Shabolovka Radio Tower in Moscow and concluding with the Lenin Mausoleum. In between are buildings from all over Moscow (where the greatest concentration of modernist buildings still remains), St. Petersburg, Ivanovo, Ekaterinburg, Kiev, Kharkov, Zaporozhe, Nizhi Novgorod, Sochi, and Baku. The buildings range from grand projects such as Gasprom in Kharkov to a modest bus shelter in Sochi, a rare survivor by an unknown architect." "In an essay, architectural historian Jean-Louis Cohen surveys the history of the period, providing a context for the emergence of this startling new architecture in parallel to contemporary experiments in Europe."--BOOK JACKET.

The House of Government

Author : Yuri Slezkine
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400888174
Total Pages : 1123 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The House of Government written by Yuri Slezkine and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 1123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy's War and Peace, Grossman’s Life and Fate, and Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago, Yuri Slezkine’s gripping narrative tells the true story of the residents of an enormous Moscow apartment building where top Communist officials and their families lived before they were destroyed in Stalin’s purges. A vivid account of the personal and public lives of Bolshevik true believers, the book begins with their conversion to Communism and ends with their children’s loss of faith and the fall of the Soviet Union. Completed in 1931, the House of Government, later known as the House on the Embankment, was located across the Moscow River from the Kremlin. The largest residential building in Europe, it combined 505 furnished apartments with public spaces that included everything from a movie theater and a library to a tennis court and a shooting range. Slezkine tells the chilling story of how the building’s residents lived in their apartments and ruled the Soviet state until some eight hundred of them were evicted from the House and led, one by one, to prison or their deaths. Drawing on letters, diaries, and interviews, and featuring hundreds of rare photographs, The House of Government weaves together biography, literary criticism, architectural history, and fascinating new theories of revolutions, millennial prophecies, and reigns of terror. The result is an unforgettable human saga of a building that, like the Soviet Union itself, became a haunted house, forever disturbed by the ghosts of the disappeared.

Felix Novikov

Author : Vladimir Belogolovsky
Publisher : Dom Pub
ISBN 13 : 9783869222899
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book Felix Novikov written by Vladimir Belogolovsky and published by Dom Pub. This book was released on 2013 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was prominent architect and publicist Felix Novikov (b. 1927) who first coined the term Soviet modernism, which refers to the third, concluding period (1955-85) of Soviet architecture. The value of Novikov’s creative path lies in the fact that it spans the years both before and after Soviet modernism. Today, the architect continues to be a prolific writer, critic, and initiator of many inspired ideas that materialize into publications, exhibitions, and conferences. He is the key surviving source for the fullest and most accurate understanding of Soviet architecture after World War II. His principal built works are the Palace of Pioneers in Moscow (1962) and the Science Center of Microelectronics (1969) and Moscow Institute of Electronics (1971) in Zelenograd. His numerous books include Formula of Architecture (1984) and Architects and Architecture (2002).

Melnikov

Author : S. Frederick Starr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780691003313
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Melnikov written by S. Frederick Starr and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the life and architectural works of Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov, who was a Russian architect and painter. His architectural work, compressed into a single decade, placed Melnikov on the front end of 1920s avant-garde architecture.

Moscow: A Guide to Soviet Modernist Architecture 1955-1991

Author : Anna Bronovitskaya
Publisher : Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
ISBN 13 : 9788090671461
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book Moscow: A Guide to Soviet Modernist Architecture 1955-1991 written by Anna Bronovitskaya and published by Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moscow: A Guide to Soviet Modernist Architecture 1955-1991 provides descriptions of almost 100 buildings from the most underrated period of Soviet architecture. This is the first guide to bring together the architecture made during the three decades between Khrushchev and Gorbachev, from the naive modernism of the "thaw" of the late 1950s through postmodernism. Buildings include the Palace of Youth, the Rossiya cinema, the Pioneer Palace, the Ostankino TV Tower, the TASS headquarters, the "golden brains" of the Academy of Sciences and less well-known structures such as the House of New Life and the Lenin Komsomol Automobile Plant Museum. The authors situate Moscow's postwar architecture within the historical and political context of the Soviet Union, while also referencing developments in international architecture of the period.

Behind Architectural Filters

Author : Miguel Guitart
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000582337
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Behind Architectural Filters written by Miguel Guitart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-25 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind Architectural Filters: Phenomena of Interference explores the active role of architectural filters in generating physically and sensory charged spatial experiences. The book addresses how the material and the psychological strategies of permeable physical boundaries determine our perceptual experiences of the spaces we occupy. This book explores architectural filters as connecting mechanisms capable of conjuring unique atmospheres that integrate the participation of several agents. The text analyzes ten case studies, grouped under five generative parameters: origin, density, thickness, function, and message. Each study investigates the main aspects of the filters’ internal genesis and the character of the spaces informed by them. The cases illustrate a broad geographic, cultural, and historical scope, and connect past tradition with contemporary design. This methodology considers a historical and philosophical standpoint addressing vernacular, constructive, sustainable, and sensory considerations. Written for students and scholars of architectural history, theory, art, design, and philosophy, Behind Architectural Filters: Phenomena of Interference offers an unprecedented perspective on the production of spatial atmospheres, bridging past and present while connecting thought and practice in a highly visual study. Chapter 3 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Town and Revolution

Author : Anatole Kopp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Town and Revolution written by Anatole Kopp and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Architecture of Failure

Author : Douglas Murphy
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780990227
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Architecture of Failure written by Douglas Murphy and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against those who considerarchitecture to be a wholly optimistic activity, this book shows how the history of modern architecture is inextricably tied to ideas of failure and ruin. By means of an original reading of the earliest origins of modernism, the Architecture of Failure exposes the ways in which failure has been suppressed, ignored and denied in the way we design our cities. It examines the 19th century fantasy architecture of the iron and glass exhibition palaces, strange, unprecedented, dream-like structures, almost all now lost, existing only as melancholy archive fragments; it traces the cultural legacy of these buildings through the heroics of the early 20th century, post-war radicals and recent developments, discussing related themes in art, literature, politics and philosophy. Critiquing the capitalist symbolism of the self-styled contemporary avant-garde, the book outlines a new history of contemporary architecture, and attempts to recover a radical approach to understanding what we build. Douglas Murphy blogs at http://www.youyouidiot.blogspot.com/