MODERN
east
ARCHI
TECTURE
Research project
on studying Modernist Architecture in Eastern Europe
on studying Modernist Architecture in Eastern Europe
Photo:
Marina Reizberg
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Marina Reizberg
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
2019—2021
ABOUT
US
After the first World War, a prolonged struggle began between architects who favored the more traditional styles of neo-classicism and the Beaux-Arts architecture style, and the modernists, led by Le Corbusier and Robert Mallet-Stevens in France, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Germany, and Konstantin Melnikov in the new Soviet Union, who wanted only pure forms and the elimination of any decoration.
Louis Sullivan popularized the axiom Form follows function to emphasize the importance of utilitarian simplicity in modern architecture.
Art Deco architects such as Auguste Perret and Henri Sauvage often made a compromise between the two, combining modernist forms and stylized decoration.
Louis Sullivan popularized the axiom Form follows function to emphasize the importance of utilitarian simplicity in modern architecture.
Art Deco architects such as Auguste Perret and Henri Sauvage often made a compromise between the two, combining modernist forms and stylized decoration.
PLACES
>30
Research experts
>90
Cities in Eastern Europe
>1200
Interviews and materials
Belarus
Estonia
Latvia Lithuania Russia Ukraine
Estonia
Latvia Lithuania Russia Ukraine
/15
/21
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/12
/15
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Hotel Cosmos
Dnipro
1977
Photo:
Sasha Pleshco
Dnipro
1977
Photo:
Sasha Pleshco
DNIPRO, UKRAINE
Expocenter of Ukraine Kyiv
1975
Photo:
Marjan Blan
1975
Photo:
Marjan Blan
KYIV, UKRAINE
Typical Panelka
Ukraine
1972
Photo:
Sasha Pleshco
Ukraine
1972
Photo:
Sasha Pleshco
UKRAINE
Frank Lloyd Wright resolutely refused to associate himself with any architectural movements. And not all of us liked it.
“Fallingwater is a remarkable structure of concrete slabs suspended over a waterfall, perfectly uniting architecture and nature” — Marcus Favroe
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Team X and the 1953 International Congress of Modern Architecture
“Fallingwater is a remarkable structure of concrete slabs suspended over a waterfall, perfectly uniting architecture and nature” — Marcus Favroe
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MEET
THE TEAM
STEVE
“Fallingwater is a remarkable structure of concrete slabs suspended over a waterfall, perfectly uniting architecture and nature” — Marcus Favroe
JESS
Housing designer in the Johnathan Hay Centre that provided a "culturally specific living" for laborers and migrants from the countryside.
NATALIE
Centre that provided a "culturally specific living" for laborers and migrants from the countryside for laborers and migrants from the countryside.
Louis Sullivan
Housing designer in the Johnathan Hay Centre that provided a "culturally specific living" for laborers and migrants from the countryside.
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Form follows function
to emphasize the importance of utilitarian simplicity in modern architecture.
to emphasize the importance of utilitarian simplicity in modern architecture.
Housing designer in the Johnathan Hay Centre that provided a "culturally specific living" for laborers and migrants from the countryside.
Urban planning in LA. Housing designer in the Johnathan Hay Centre that provided a "culturally specific living" for laborers and migrants from the countryside.
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Director of urban planning
in LA. Housing designer in the Johnathan Hay Centre that provided a "culturally specific living" for laborers.
in LA. Housing designer in the Johnathan Hay Centre that provided a "culturally specific living" for laborers.
Fallingwater is a remarkable structure of concrete slabs suspended over a waterfall, perfectly uniting architecture and nature.
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VIDEO
PHOTO
GALLERY
The Beaux-Arts architecture style, and the modernists, led by Le Corbusier and Robert Mallet-Stevens in France, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Germany, and Konstantin Melnikov in the new Soviet Union, who wanted only pure forms and the elimination of any decoration.
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HOW IT
WORKS
Important Indian modernist architects include BV Doshi, Charles Correa, Raj Rewal.
In India, modernist architecture was promoted by the postcolonial state under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Several works or collections of modern architecture have been designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. In addition to the early experiments associated with Art Nouveau.
Private organizations such as Docomomo International, the World Monuments Fund.
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He designed many notable office buildings and cultural centers. office buildings, as well as the Yoyogi National Gymnasium for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
ACHIEVEMENTS
01.Performance
Gropius became an important theorist of modernism, writing The Idea and Construction
in 1923.
in 1923.
02.Reliability
He was an advocate of standardization in architecture, and the mass construction
of rationally designed apartment blocks for factory workers.
of rationally designed apartment blocks for factory workers.
03.Resistance
In 1928 he was commissioned by the Siemens company to build apartment for workers in the suburbs of Berlin.
04.Durability
While Gropius was active at the Bauhaus, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe led the modernist architect movement.
05.Wellness
He became the vice president of the German Werkbund, and became the head of the Bauhaus from 1930 to 1932.
06.Respectful
Inspired by the De Stijl movement in the Netherlands, he built clusters of concrete summer houses and proposed a project for
a glass office tower.
a glass office tower.
Modern architecture emerged at the end of the 19th century from revolutions in technology, engineering, and building materials, and from a desire to break away from historical styles.
Farrel Gulierm
Architecture emerged at the end of the 19th century from revolutions in , engineering and building materials, and from a desire to break away from historical style.
Samuel Willson
The Beaux-Arts architecture style, and the modernists, led by Le Corbusier and Robert Mallet-Stevens in France, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Germany.
Sarah Lewin
Fallingwater is a remarkable structure of concrete slabs suspended over a waterfall, perfectly uniting architecture and nature.
Alex Larkins
FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS
Why is it so expensive?
To illustrate his ideas, in the 1920s he built a series of houses and villas in and around Paris. They were all built according to a common system, based upon the use of reinforced concrete, and of reinforced concrete pylons in the interior which supported the structure, allowing glass curtain walls on the facade and open floor plans, independent
of the structure.
of the structure.
How to become a member?
Our managers are always ready to answer your questions. You can call us at the weekends and at night. Also you can visit our office for personal consultation.
What’s the deadline?
Our company works according to the principle of individual approach to every client. This method lets us to get success in problems of all levels.
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