New materials regarding research in the fields of architecture and urban construction are being presented. The authors also focus on the history of the creation of little-known buildings of interest, on the development of local architectural traditions, on new attributions, and introduce recently discovered archive materials. A number of papers are dedicated to the issues of architectural and urban planning development of historical towns and cities or study the formation of architectural ensembles. The edition also includes papers that are devoted to theoretical historical-architectural problems, to biographies of architects, or analyze artistic approaches and concepts.
Issue 60 (2014)
Konysheva Ye. V.
The “Large Moscow” Projects (1931–1932) of German Architects: Sources, Influences, Transformation of Experience
The paper analyzes the competition projects of “Large Moscow” by the German architects E. May and K. Meyer. Central attention is given to the origins of the European architects’ aesthetic principles and their influence on the presented plans, as well as to the comparative study of the two competition projects. The article is based on research involving documentary and graphic sources, both Russian and foreign.
Keywords
Town building, reconstruction of Moscow, competition, European architects, project, transformation of experience.
Konysheva Yevgeniya Vladimirovna
Candidate of Art History, Docent, Department of Art History and Cultural Studies, South Ural State University (National Research University).
E-mail: e_kon@mail.ru
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