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Constructivist architecture was a constructivist style of modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. Abstract and austere, the movement aimed to reflect modern industrial society and urban space, while rejecting decorative stylization in favor of the industrial assemblage of materials. [ 1 ]
Constructivism is an early twentieth-century art movement founded in 1915 by Vladimir Tatlin and Alexander Rodchenko. [1] Abstract and austere, constructivist art aimed to reflect modern industrial society and urban space. [1] The movement rejected decorative stylization in favour of the industrial assemblage of materials. [1]
The Narkomfin Building is a block of flats at 25, Novinsky Boulevard, in the Central district of Moscow, Russia. Conceived as a "transitional type of experimental house", [1] it is a renowned example of Constructivist architecture and avant-garde housing design. Though a listed "Cultural Heritage Monument" on the Russian cultural heritage ...
The Social Condenser is a form with deep-rooted connections to Soviet constructivist theory within a political sphere of socialist autocracy. Pioneered by Moisei Ginzburg and the OSA Group, this architectural concept was shaped by the ideologies and actions of Vladimir Lenin as he sought to enact an agenda of collective upheaval in the decade after the October Revolution.
Functionalism (architecture) In architecture, functionalism is the principle that buildings should be designed based solely on their purpose and function. An international functionalist architecture movement emerged in the wake of World War I, as part of the wave of Modernism. Its ideas were largely inspired by a desire to build a new and ...
Tatlinʼs Tower, or the project for the Monument to the Third International (1919–20), [1] was a design for a grand monumental building by the Russian artist and architect Vladimir Tatlin, that was never built. [2] It was planned to be erected in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) after the October Revolution of 1917, as the headquarters and ...
Constructivist architecture — a style of Modernist architecture originating in the Soviet Union. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. C.
Alexander Aleksandrovich Vesnin (Russian: Александр Александрович Веснин; 28 May 1883 – 7 September 1959), together with his brothers Leonid and Viktor, was a leading light of Constructivist architecture. [1] He is best known for his meticulous perspectival drawings such as Leningrad Pravda of 1924. In addition to ...