Tag Archives: architecture

Better (off) than others

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Natalia

Some Constructivist buildings are doing better than others these days… in various states of condition: from vacant and dilapidated, to newly rebuilt. ^Bread Factory No.5, 1931 (currently vacant, awaiting reconstruction) ^Dinamo Stadium, 1928-1930 (currently under reconstruction) ^Central Aerohydrodynamics Institute, 1925-1931 … Continue reading →

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Poster Progress!

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Natalia

^Telephone Station, V. Patek, 1928 ^”ZHURGAZ” Cooperative Residential Building, M. Barshch, G. Zundblat, 1934-1935 ^All-Union Electrotechnical Institute Educational Facility, L. Maylman, V. Movchan, G. Movchan, 1929-1932

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VKHUTEMAS Gallery

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Natalia

As part of the exhibit «Иван Николаев. Наука русского авангарда» (Ivan Nikolaev. Russian avant-garde science) at the VKHUTEMAS GALLERY, a presentation of Nikolaev’s book «Акведуки античного Рима» was held last week. Some photos from the event: http://vkhutemas.ru/gallery Portrait of I.S. … Continue reading →

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Progress

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Natalia

Today I paid a visit to Nikolaev’s Student Commune House to check out the progress on the reconstruction / restoration … ^Construction is still going as the weather gets messy ^View from the characteristic skinny windows ^Kitchen / hang out … Continue reading →

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Constructivism Today

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Natalia

Another great reason to be in London right now: CONSTRUCTIVISM TODAY LECTURE SERIES Lecture 1: : Wed 2 November 2011, 7.30pm He who works, eats: Samara’s Factory Canteen and other masterpieces of Russian Provincial Constructivism Lecture 2: Thu 10 November … Continue reading →

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Building the Revolution, in London

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Natalia

Wish I was in London right now, to see this: Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935 at the Royal Academy of Arts on view till January 22, 2012. This exhibition examines Russian avant-garde architecture made during a brief … Continue reading →

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Guided Tour #7

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Natalia

Last week’s tour… …at the edge of MVTU (Moscow Technical State University) Student Housing in Annengofskaya Roscha. Next guided tour from RKM Save Urban Heritage #7 “FROM AVANT-GARDE TOWARDS ART DECO” is this Sunday (Oct 23), meeting at metro Preobrazhenskaya … Continue reading →

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Guided Tours

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Natalia

CHECK IT OUT: The European project RKM Save Urban Heritage (RKM stands for Rome Kiev Moscow) has FREE guided tours to visit Constructivist and Avant-garde architecture around Moscow. A little about them from their site: The RKM_Guided Tours, organised by … Continue reading →

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Khudyakov at Nikolaev’s House

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Natalia

Years ago, Konstantin Khudyakov studied architectural industrial design at the Moscow Architecture Institute (МАрхИ) and at one point lived at Nikolaev’s Student Commune House for three years. Flash forward to the present day, the Commune House is currently serving as … Continue reading →

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COLOR!

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Natalia

In photographing Soviet avant-garde architecture, I usually shoot bw film to bring out the abstract and formal qualities. This time around, I thought I’d try a different approach… Presenting: Student Commune House, in COLOR!

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