Le Corbusier’s “The Atmosphere of Moscow,” along with His Letter to Ginzburg on Deurbanization

From Le Corbusier’s Precisions on the Present State of Architecture and City Planning (1930) ***** I am not trying to learn Russian, that would be a wager.  But I hear people saying krasni and krassivo.  I question.  Krasni means red, … Continue reading

Nikolai Sokolov, proposal for a resort hotel in Matsetsa (1928-1929)

Sokolov, a constructivist member of OSA, designed this hotel spa or resort for his final project in an architecture course taught by Aleksandr Vesnin. Continue reading

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

VKhUTEMAS exhibition in Berlin: Rediscovery of a Russian revolutionary art school

These works speak for themselves, refuting the lie that the October Revolution inevitably led to Stalinism. Continue reading