Soviet workers’ clubs in the 1920s
The role of the club is to serve as a sort of school of culture. It must liberate men from the old oppression of church and state. Continue reading
The role of the club is to serve as a sort of school of culture. It must liberate men from the old oppression of church and state. Continue reading
“Paper architecture” — drawn but unbuilt — exercises a strange grip on the imagination. It affords a brief glimpse into lost worlds: not only the real or historical world in which architects actually lived, but the worlds they imagined themselves to be building. Continue reading
“The architecture of the French Revolution was a first rehearsal for modernist architecture, similar to how French culture around 1789 was the rehearsal for the events of 1917.” Gennadii Revzin, 1989 Continue reading
“Georgy Krutikov in 1928 envisaged a ‘Flying City Apartment Building’ moored to dirigibles when at anchor.” Continue reading
Table of Contents I. Introduction: Soviet Urbanism and the Fate of the International Avant-Garde II. A Structural Overview of the Proceeding Work: The Sociohistoric Phenomenon of the International Avant-Garde and Soviet Urbanism as Its Decisive Moment III. The Dialectic of … Continue reading
Introduction to Part Two of The Graveyard of Utopia: Soviet Urbanism and the Fate of the International Avant-Garde The Soviet architectural avant-garde was never as unified as its counterparts in the West. Almost from the moment of its emergence in … Continue reading
INTRODUCTION Comrades! The twin fires of war and revolution have devastated both our souls and our cities. The palaces of yesterday’s grandeur stand as burnt-out skeletons. The ruined cities await new builders[…] To you who accept the legacy of Russia, … Continue reading
Download Ross Wolfe’s “The Graveyard of Utopia: Soviet Urbanism and the Fate of the International Avant-Garde” Comrades! The twin fires of war and revolution have devastated both our souls and our cities. The palaces of yesterday’s grandeur stand as burnt-out skeletons. … Continue reading
INTRODUCTION Comrades! The twin fires of war and revolution have devastated both our souls and our cities. The palaces of yesterday’s grandeur stand as burnt-out skeletons. The ruined cities await new builders[…] To you who accept the legacy of Russia, … Continue reading
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