“Down with the Skyscrapers of Historical Backwardness,” or the Paradoxes of the Disurbanist Revolution
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: What architectural and spatial shape should a socialist society take? This was a question of heated debate in post-revolutionary Russia, all the more so in the late 1920s and early 1930s, once the survival of the Bolshevik state seemed assured and the focus could turn to constructing its infrastructures. This essay examines one short-lived but significant episode in the
Source: Modernism/Modernity Print Plus
DOI: 10.26597/mod.0313
Author: Aglaya Glebova
Language: English
Subfield: Architecture
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4408397316