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Typology and ideology: Moisei Ginzburg revisited

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For Ginzburg and the architects of his generation, it seemed that architecture as form in history ought to mirror the dialectics of social development. Continue reading →

Moisei Ginzburg, competition entry for the Palace of the Soviets (1931)

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Ginzburg’s Palace of the Soviets was without a doubt one of his most futuristic proposals to date, almost resembling a landed spaceship turned toward the Kremlin. Continue reading →

Moisei Ginzburg, Gosstrakh apartment complex in Moscow (1926)

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Photos and floor plans of Ginzburg’s famous housing mass (zhil’massiv) in Moscow. Continue reading →

Moisei Ginzburg, “New Methods of Architectural Thought”/Моисей Гинзбург, «Новые методы архитектурного мышления» (1926)

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[From Modern Architecture, 1926 (no. 1, pgs. 1-4)] [Pg. 1] One decade separates us from the architectural “affluence” of the pre-Revolutionary era, when in Petersburg, Moscow, and other great centers the best Russian architects lightheartedly cultivated every possible “style.” Is a … Continue reading →

Moisei Ginzburg’s “The international front of modern architecture”

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The installation of socialist construction, of a new society with different industrial and everyday relations, a society which is gathering momentum amidst our conditions — that is our trump card, the value of which is infinitely large. Continue reading →

Moisei Ginzburg’s “Results and Prospects” (1927)

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I can’t seem to find the original Russian anywhere on my hard-drive.  If anyone has access to it, I would really appreciate if they would forward it to me. [Originally published as «Итоги и перспективы».  Современная архитектура, 1927.  № 4/5.  с. … Continue reading →

Mikhail Okhitovich, Moisei Ginzburg, and Disurbanism

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According to legend, the Soviet sociologist Mikhail Okhitovich wandered into the VKhUTEIN (ВХУТЕИН) studios one day in the summer of 1929.  He left after a short while, having only been noticed by a few students and instructors.  Okhitovich returned the … Continue reading →

Color illustration from Modern Architecture (1929) of a disurbanized dwelling

Ginzburg’s reply to Le Corbusier on deurbanization

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You say that he thought of saving the peasant by introducing industry into the village, but did not think at all of saving the city dweller. But you are wrong, my dear Le Corbusier. Continue reading →