I am highly interested in your thoughts about the questions below:
- Does modern architecture in Russia, CIS, and other former socialist countries differ from contemporary architecture in the West in any respect? - Is there something like a post-socialist approach to it? Or a 'Russian' approach, which might be related to socialist realism or tsarist architecture? - Do or should western architects who conduct projects in the area anticipate enough? - Can anyone recommend literature and websites in Russian or English on the topic?
don't have time to dig into answers for your questions, but http://www.tatlin.ru/ is hands down the best Russian publishing house dedicated to architecture and design. They publish material in English, or at least Russian+English ala El Croquis
Post-socialist / modern architecture in Russia and other former socialist countries?
I am highly interested in your thoughts about the questions below:
- Does modern architecture in Russia, CIS, and other former socialist countries differ from contemporary architecture in the West in any respect?
- Is there something like a post-socialist approach to it? Or a 'Russian' approach, which might be related to socialist realism or tsarist architecture?
- Do or should western architects who conduct projects in the area anticipate enough?
- Can anyone recommend literature and websites in Russian or English on the topic?
did my thesis on housing and life in post-socialist cities..
don't have time to dig into answers for your questions, but
http://www.tatlin.ru/ is hands down the best Russian publishing house dedicated to architecture and design. They publish material in English, or at least Russian+English ala El Croquis
also http://archi.ru/russia should give you tons of material to look through, such as this post with reviews of contemporary news about architecture and planning in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other locales - http://archi.ru/russia/55993/obzor-pressy-i-blogov-28-iyunya-4-iyulya
Have you read (or looked at- great photography) The Lost Vanguard: Russian Modernist Architecture 1922-1932?
Don't know if it will help in developing a thesis, but the buildings in it are amazing.
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