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Soviet Architecture

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The palaces of yesterdays pomp stand as burnt-out skeletons. The ruined cities await new builders Open Letters to Workers Mayakovsky 1 1. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987.

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Reconstruction WWI, Revolution and the Civil War 2 NEP and the Goelro plan 3 Commune houses, hospitals, schools and Workers clubs 4 Accelerated by the First Five Year Plan 5 2. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987. 3. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987. 4. Susan Buck-Morss, Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000. 5. Susan Buck-Morss, Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000.

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Paper Architecture The Aerofloat by Chechulin 6. Moscow Museum of Architecture. http://www.muar.ru/ve/2003/moscow/09e.htm

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Tatlins Tower Proposed in 1920 by Vladmir Tatlin 7 Only a prototype was built, though kick-started the Constructivism movement 7. Purple Motes. http://purplemotes.net/2007/07/01/cob-12-the-art-of-bureaucracy/http://purplemotes.net/2007/07/01/cob-12-the-art-of-bureaucracy/

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Post Reconstruction Rationalism (community) Constructivism (revolutionary)

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Rationalism Form of buildings fitting their function 11 Big name artists: Ladvosky, Balikhin 12 Themes: simplicity and symmetry 13 12. Visual Arts. Rationalist Architecture Updated on September 11 th, 2005. http://www.itaucultural.org.br/aplicexternas/enciclopedia_ic/index.cfm?fuseaction=marcos_texto_ing&cd_ver bete=4260 http://www.itaucultural.org.br/aplicexternas/enciclopedia_ic/index.cfm?fuseaction=marcos_texto_ing&cd_ver bete=4260 13. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987. 14. Visual Arts. Rationalist Architecture Updated on September 11 th, 2005. http://www.itaucultural.org.br/aplicexternas/enciclopedia_ic/index.cfm?fuseaction=marcos_texto_ing&cd_ver bete=4260 http://www.itaucultural.org.br/aplicexternas/enciclopedia_ic/index.cfm?fuseaction=marcos_texto_ing&cd_ver bete=4260

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Parabola (1936) a plan for Moscow co-designed by Ladovsky 15 The funnel-like entrance of this subway station reflects its function as a channel for people 15. Anisimov, Aleksandr Viktorovich. Architectural Guide to Moscow. Uitgeverij, 1993.

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Constructivism Essentially, the construction of the paper architectural ideas Leaders: Vesnin brothers and Melnikov 16 16. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987.

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Commissariat of Heavy Industry, First Version, Perspective by Night, 1934 (Vesnin Brothers) 17 17. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987.

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Post-Constructivism/Early Stalinism Dismissal of avant-garde style, reversion back to neo- classicism (historiccolumns, arches) 18 Leaders: Ivan Fomin and Ilya Golosov. 19 18. Museum of Learning. Post Constructivism. Accessed December 20, 2010. http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/postconstructivism http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/postconstructivism 19. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987.

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Maslennikov Kitchen Factory 20 Palace of the Soviets (Boris Iofan) 21 20. Grounds for Appeal. http://groundsforappeal.ihookitup.com/some-things-from-soviet-days-are-worth- saving-the-maslennikov-kitchen-factory-is-classic-constructivist-architecture/http://groundsforappeal.ihookitup.com/some-things-from-soviet-days-are-worth- saving-the-maslennikov-kitchen-factory-is-classic-constructivist-architecture/ 21. Kopp, Anatole. Town and Revolution: Soviet Architecture and City Planning 1917-1935. New York: George Braziller, 1970.

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Stalinist Gothic Expression of Stalins power 22 Seven sisters 23 Themes: glass spires and wedding cake tiers 24 22. New York Architecture. Stalinist Architecture. Accessed December 20, 2010 http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htmhttp://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm 23. New York Architecture. Stalinist Architecture. Accessed December 20, 2010 http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htmhttp://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm 24. New York Architecture. Stalinist Architecture. Accessed December 20, 2010 http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htmhttp://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm

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Moscow State University (1953) 25 25. New York Architecture. Stalinist Architecture. Accessed December 20, 2010 http://www.nyc- architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htmhttp://www.nyc- architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm

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Works Cited Anisimov, Aleksandr Viktorovich. Architectural Guide to Moscow. Uitgeverij, 1993. Grounds for Appeal. http://groundsforappeal.ihookitup.com/some-things-from-soviet-days-are-worth-saving-the- maslennikov-kitchen-factory-is-classic-constructivist-architecture/http://groundsforappeal.ihookitup.com/some-things-from-soviet-days-are-worth-saving-the- maslennikov-kitchen-factory-is-classic-constructivist-architecture/ Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987. Kopp, Anatole. Town and Revolution: Soviet Architecture and City Planning 1917-1935. New York: George Braziller, 1970. Museum of Learning. Post Constructivism. Accessed December 20, 2010. http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/postconstructivism http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/postconstructivism New York Architecture. Stalinist Architecture. Accessed December 20, 2010 http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm Purple Motes. http://purplemotes.net/2007/07/01/cob-12-the-art-of-bureaucracy/http://purplemotes.net/2007/07/01/cob-12-the-art-of-bureaucracy/ Susan Buck-Morss, Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000. Visual Arts. Rationalist Architecture Updated on September 11 th, 2005. http://www.itaucultural.org.br/aplicexternas/enciclopedia_ic/index.cfm?fuseaction=marc os_texto_ing&cd_verbete=4260 http://www.itaucultural.org.br/aplicexternas/enciclopedia_ic/index.cfm?fuseaction=marc os_texto_ing&cd_verbete=4260