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 62 (2015)
Yulia Starostenko.
Architecture in the Service of the State: Forming the Positive Image of the Authorities in the 1930s (Moscow)
The paper describes the relations between the architectural community and government bodies in the USSR in the 1930s, when the ruling elite realized that art, including architecture, might help create a positive image of the authorities even in the circumstances of unpopular political and economic measures. This resulted in strict control being introduced not only over the everyday work of architects (founding project studios), but also over the public life of the community of architects (creating the Union of Architects).
Keywords
Debate on social settlement, perception of historical heritage, Union of Architects of the USSR, reconstruction of Moscow.
Starostenko, Yulia D.
Ph. D. in Architecture, Scientific Research Institute of the Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning, branch of the Federal State Budget Institution “Central Scientific-Research and Project Institute of the Construction Ministry of Russia”, senior research fellow.
E-mail: ystarostenko@yandex.ru
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