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Russia: Modern Architectures in History
Richard Anderson
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Description for Russia: Modern Architectures in History
Paperback. Russia: Modern Architectures in History offers a comprehensive, highly illustrated account of Russia's architectural production from the late nineteenth century to the present, explaining how architecture was both shaped by, and a material manifestation of, Russia's rapid cultural, economic and social revolutions. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 220 x 26. Weight in Grams: 822.
From one of the largest empires in world history to the dominant republic of the Soviet Union and ultimately to the Russian Federation as we know it today, this book offers a comprehensive account of Russia's architectural production from the late nineteenth century to the present, explaining how architecture was both shaped by, and a material manifestation of, Russia's rapid cultural, economic and social revolutions. This book attends to the country's complex relationship to global architectural culture, exploring Russia's role as an epicentre of architectural creativity in the 1920s with the advent of Rationalism and Constructivism, and as a key ... Read more
From one of the largest empires in world history to the dominant republic of the Soviet Union and ultimately to the Russian Federation as we know it today, this book offers a comprehensive account of Russia's architectural production from the late nineteenth century to the present, explaining how architecture was both shaped by, and a material manifestation of, Russia's rapid cultural, economic and social revolutions. This book attends to the country's complex relationship to global architectural culture, exploring Russia's role as an epicentre of architectural creativity in the 1920s with the advent of Rationalism and Constructivism, and as a key ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780235035
SKU
V9781780235035
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Richard Anderson
Richard Anderson is Lecturer in Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh. He is the editor and principal translator of Ludwig Hilberseimer's Metropolisarchitecture and Selected Essays (2012) and co-author of Architecture in Print: Design and Debate in the Soviet Union, 1919-1935 (2005).
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