Stalin's Architect - Power and Survival in Moscow
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| Verlag | Thames & Hudson |
| Auflage | 2022 |
| Seiten | 320 |
| Format | 18,0 x 3,7 x 24,6 cm |
| Gewicht | 914 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9780500343555 |
| Bestell-Nr | 50034355EA |
The first biography to trace the remarkable life and career of Ukrainian-born Boris Iofan, beautifully illustrated with many of Iofan's previously unseen sketchbooks and photographs from private collections.
This is a history of architecture, politics and power. Boris Iofan (1891-1976) made his mark as Stalin's architect, both in the grand projects he achieved, such as the House on the Embankment, a megastructure of 505 homes for the Soviet elite, and through his unbuilt designs, in particular the Palace of the Soviets, a baroque Stalinist dream whose iconic image was reproduced throughout the Soviet Union. Iofan's life and designs offer a unique perspective into the politics of twentieth-century architecture and the history of the Soviet Union.
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'Gorgeous pencil sketches ... a breezy and readable text accessible to a broader, non-specialist audience ... [Sudjic] deals with the cascade of names and denunciations, political shifts and relationships with agility and ease' - Edwin Heathcote, The Art Newspaper
