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Georgii Krutikov - The Flying City and Beyond
S. O. Khan-Magomedov
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Description for Georgii Krutikov - The Flying City and Beyond
Paperback. ES Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AMA; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 209 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
In 1927, while a student of architecture at the Moscow Vhutemas, Georgii Krutikov presented a vision for a flying city. More than just a flight of architectural fancy, Krutikov's flying city was a utopian dream, a plan to solve the seemingly intractable problems of overcrowding and resource depletion by moving humanity's living quarters to space. Inspired in equal parts by sci-fi dreams of space travel and the revolutionary idealism that still percolated in the Soviet Union at that time, Krutikov created an incredible amount of detailed information about his city: sketches, drawings, plans, and more. Krutikov's flying city has ... Read more
In 1927, while a student of architecture at the Moscow Vhutemas, Georgii Krutikov presented a vision for a flying city. More than just a flight of architectural fancy, Krutikov's flying city was a utopian dream, a plan to solve the seemingly intractable problems of overcrowding and resource depletion by moving humanity's living quarters to space. Inspired in equal parts by sci-fi dreams of space travel and the revolutionary idealism that still percolated in the Soviet Union at that time, Krutikov created an incredible amount of detailed information about his city: sketches, drawings, plans, and more. Krutikov's flying city has ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Editorial Tenov S.L.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
318g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Barcelona, Spain
ISBN
9788493923181
SKU
V9788493923181
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About S. O. Khan-Magomedov
S. O. Khan-Magomedov (1928-2011) was a leading scholar of the Russian avant-garde from the 1920s and '30s. Christina Lodder is a scholar of Russian art who is an honorary fellow at the Universities of Edinburgh and Kent.
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