Title & Author:

Soviet modernism 1955-1991 : unknown history / [edited by] Katharina Ritter [and others].

Publication:

Zurich : Park Books ; [Woodbridge] : [ACC Distribution, distributor], ©2012.

Description:

358 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-298) and index.
Unknown histories : introduction / Katharina Ritter, Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair, Alexandra Wachter -- The Soviet Union and its nations / Andreas Kappeler -- The Baltic. On the Baltic. Baltic modernisms / Mark Kalm ; The architectresses / Maija Rudovska, Iliana Veinberga ; Inventing a Soviet ritual : funeral homes in Lithuania / Marija Drėmaitė, Vaidas Petrulis -- Eastern Europe. The lack of tradition as tradition / Anatolie Gordeev ; On Ukraine. 'Scientifically justified artistic consciousness' : artists and architects in late-Soviet Ukraine : a case study / Oleksiy Radynski ; On Belarus. Architecture of the BSSR : texture of the standardised / Dimitrij Zadorin -- Caucasus. On Armenia. An architecture of paradoxical shifts / Ruben Arevshatyan ; On Azerbaijan. 'Baku modernism' / Rasim Aliyev ; On Georgia. 'Everybody's favourite' / Rusudan Mirzikashvill -- Central Asia. On Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Ghost of a garden city / Yuliya Sorokina ; A short-lived revival / Gamal Bokonbaev ; On Uzbekistan. Building the 'living East' / Boris Chukhovich ; On Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. On the empire's periphery / Rustam Mukimov ; Homo liber : Abdullah Akhmedov in Ashgabat / Ruslan Muradov -- 'The Soviet Union is an enormous construction site' / Elke Beyer -- Serial housing construction in the Soviet Union : an architectural-historical approach / Philipp Meuser -- Creative Salto Mortale : interview with Felix Novikov / by Vladimir Belogolovsky.

Summary:

Exhibiting a vast amount of previously unpublished material, this is a unique documentation of modern Soviet architecture, presenting findings of comprehensive research on the topic.

ISBN:

9783906027142 (pbk.)
3906027147 (pbk.)

Subject:

Modern movement (Architecture) Soviet Union.
Architecture Soviet Union.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) URSS.
Architecture URSS.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture.
Architecture, Modern.
Modern movement (Architecture)
Architektur
Soviet Union.
Sowjetunion
Architettura Unione Sovietica 1955-1991 Esposizioni Vienna 2012

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
Interviews.

Added entries:

Ritter, Katharina.
Architektur Zentrum Wien.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282417
Call No.: BIB 219921
Status: Available