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Now and Then

MOSSELPROM (Moscow Agricultural Industries) Building Now (2011) and Then (mid/late 1920’s) ^Now ^Then ^Now ^Then

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Links!

I just added 4 new sites to the INFO PORTAL / LINKS page. Check them out! RKM Save Urban Heritage http://www.saveurbanheritage.eu/en/ СОВАРХ – проект советская архитектура (SOVARCH – soviet architecture project) http://sovarch.ru/ Фотографии старой Москвы (Photographs of old Moscow) http://oldmos.ru/ … Continue reading

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Better (off) than others

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!

^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

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

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

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

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

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

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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