Ivan Leonidov: Artist, dreamer, poet
Since he first emerged on the architectural scene in the twenties, the name of Ivan Leonidov has acquired legendary status. Continue reading
Since he first emerged on the architectural scene in the twenties, the name of Ivan Leonidov has acquired legendary status. Continue reading
“Leonidov’s Lenin Institute of Librarianship is exceptionally interesting methodologically, and deserves thorough consideration.” Moisei Ginzburg, 1927 Continue reading
Leonidov’s late work, inspired by Campanella’s famous utopia. Continue reading
Utopian sketches and plans by Soviet avant-garde architect Ivan Leonidov. Continue reading
“The foundations of the competition of the Narkomtiazhprom building must lie not in splendor, or in the florid trumpery of details and forms, but in simplicity, severity, harmonious dynamism, and pithiness of content.” Leonidov, 1934 Continue reading
Blueprint abstractions (all blueprints are anticipatory abstractions) of modernist building projects by Soviet architects Ivan Leonidov, Leonid Vesnin, Aleksandr Vesnin, and Nikolai Krasil’nikov. Continue reading
A brief memorial and a collection of Cohen’s writings. Continue reading
Georgii Krutikov’s “City of Aerial Paths of Communication” settled for nothing less than the domestication of the planet. Continue reading
These works speak for themselves, refuting the lie that the October Revolution inevitably led to Stalinism. Continue reading
Architects of OSA, who publish the very well-edited periodical SA, set themselves the task to achieve a communist architecture based on a functional, elementary construction. Continue reading