Architecture from Biblionne

[Moskva], Otdel tekhnicheskoy propagandy, 1940-1941. Limited to 250 (No. 9) and 500 (No. 11-12 and 4) copies. Rare 'not for sale' specialists book. On the order of Joseph Stalin, the one of the most famous temples of Moscow, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, was destroyed in December 1931. The demolition was supposed to make way for a colossal Palace of the Soviets.… Read more about this item

Moskva, Gosudarstvennoe tekhnicheckoe izdatel'stvo, 1922. Limited to 5 000 copies. The original essay by prominent architect Grigori Barkhin (1880-1969). He started from classics buildings in Irkutsk and Moscow, but well-known by his avant-garde works in 1920s, mostly for his Izvestia Headquarters project (1926), a modern office building for the official newspaper of the Soviet government. During the Great War and the Civil… Read more about this item

First edition. Early Russian edition about Garden City movement (Urban Planning Concept) – the ideal residential community and the balanced mix of residence areas, industry and agriculture, in which self-contained districts are surrounded by green spaces. The concept was devised by the English town planner Ebenezer Howard in 1898. Garden City was a possible solution to overpopulation and a response to… Read more about this item

Early Russian edition about the Garden City movement. The first and only edition of the book. This Urban Planning Concept was devised by the English town planner Ebenezer Howard in 1898. It was a response to the need for improvement in the quality of urban life, which had changed since the Industrial Revolution. Serfdom survived in Russia longer than in… Read more about this item

One of 5 000 copies printed. Melnikov's projects. The book is devoted to the worker's club architecture and design. Many of these examples were designed by a constructivist architecture Konstantin Mel'nikov during his 'golden season'. There are illustrations with the following projects (sketches, plans and building photos): Rusakov Worker's Club, Porcelain Factory Club in Likino-Dulyovo, the Central Club of Railway Workers… Read more about this item

One of 4.000 copies printed. Lithographed edition. Little known about the author of the book Nadezhda Dostoinova. She was daughter of Iakov Dostoinov who finished Moscow Theological Academy and directed People's House of countess Panina in Saint Petersburg. After revolution N. Dostoinova lived in Vologda and worked in Vologda Public Library. We couldn't trace any copy in OCLC. Please be advised that… Read more about this item