30 articles in this issue
Elena Grigoryeva
… If till blood the cloth has been worn,I will patch with the golden patchesThat the good Lord will notice it more.Vladimir Vysotsky, The Cupolas© Ilya Shambat. Translation, (n.d.)Small towns with deep-rooted history, cozy and diverse, each with its own a... see more
Anna Grigorieva
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The Festival “Zodchestvo of Eastern Siberia” was founded at the turn of the millennium. The first Festival was held in 2001 at Irkutsk Sibexpocenter and caused a massive outcry among the architectural community in Siberia and throughout the country. Later... see more
The cycle “The Contest Between Harmony and Invention” (it. “Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione”) by an outstanding Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) consists of 12 concertos for violin, strings and bass continuo.Verbal commenting on musi... see more
Marina Tkacheva
The discussion touches upon the issues related to the change in the status of small towns and historic settlements. The results of the Federal Architectural Competition are discussed. Economic, town-planning and social solutions are proposed to increase t... see more
Andrey Bokov
The article presents a new approach to the issue of agglomerations in the contemporary world and gives specific national characteristics of agglomerations. The process of town formation in Russia is analyzed. The article points out the procedural nature o... see more
Maria Nashchokina
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Elena Bulgakova, Konstantin Lidin
The number of Russian architects in relation to the country’s total population is far below the western countries and close to China and India. Most Russian cities lack their own architectural schools or communities, which makes it currently important to ... see more
…Whether God’s retribution was spilt onto us…Vladimir Vysotsky, Hunting from Helicopters© Akbar Muhammad. Translation, 2016 Siberia and the Far East are the main source of Russian wealth. It is small towns that bear the brunt of natural disasters, fi... see more
Andrey Bolshakov
Improvement in the urban environment depends on how effectively the environmental benefits of landscapes are used in the system of urban planning and development. The natural framework of the region can support the ecological balance within the environmen... see more
Nikolai Kradin
Basing on his study of archival and literature sources, field observations and photofixation, the author explores architecture of the so-called small and historic settlements in Zabaikalye, the frontier earth fortification in Aksha, and Sretensk, which ce... see more
Basing on his field observations, photofixation and study of archival and literature sources, the author explores the process of formation of historic settlements in the Chita region (now Zabaikalsky Krai). Nerchinsk stands out among other historic towns ... see more
Anastasia Repina, Stanislav Sokolov, Anastasia Kholyavko
“A Golden Thread”, a concept for development and improvement of Nerchinsk historical center, was worked out for participation in the All-Russian competition of the best projects for a comfortable urban environment “Small Towns and Historic Settlements”. T... see more
Polina Litovkina, Roman Selivanov
The renovation project for the Young Spectators’ Theatre in Irkutsk comprises restoration of the existing historical facades, replanning of the existing indoor premises and changes in their functional use, as well as construction of new premises.
Inna Druzhinina, Anastasia Kholyavko
The article studies the evolution of underground urbanistics from a functional point of view. It touches upon the myths and legends about underground Irkutsk, as well as the underground space development as prospective development of its historical center... see more
Valentina Kazakova
The peculiarities and the opportunities of the development of a small town are presented. The idea of preservation of greenery is used in the park improvement concept. The design process consists of several stages and includes a complex analysis of the si... see more
Konstantin Lidin, Elena Grigoryeva
... In the blue sky, pierced with belltowers,Copper bell, copper bell,Will be joyful or will be sore.Russian cupolas are dressed in pure goldThat the good Lord would notice them more.Vladimir Vysotsky, The Cupolas© Ilya Shambat. Translation, (n.d.) S... see more
Andrei Bode
In the 17th century Onega fortress cities of Kargopol, Ust-Mosha and Turchasovo represented a single system of fortified points, connected historically, economically and geographically. Analysis of town planning and its relationship to the landscape allow... see more
Elena Bagina
Kostroma is almost nine centuries old. It has had an eventful history. There are a lot of architectural monuments in the city, but what was lost in the 20th century is irreparable, despite the reconstruction of several architectural masterpieces. The city... see more
Anna Gelfond, Mikhail Dutsev
One of the solutions to the problem of migration from small towns and historical settlements is to organize public spaces required by different addressees. Public spaces are interpreted as a typological unit of the architectural environment, where natural... see more
Julia Klimenko
In the history of Moscow classicism there were many unsuccessful attempts to create regular squares. In the modern historical center of Moscow there are a lot of squares, which are actually intersections or carfaxes. The article analyzes the architectural... see more
Alexander Anisimov
The article describes different international examples of how new public buildings were inserted into a historic urban environment. It highlights social and professional challenges in the context of high complexity of modern building technologies used for... see more
Marina Knyazeva, Darya Evtyukhina, Victoria Melnikova
The article is devoted to the wooden architecture of Ryazan, which is an integral part of the historical and cultural heritage not only of the region, but also of Russia as a whole. The study is based on visual inspection, literary sources, author and his... see more
Konstantin Lidin
At first glance it would seem that small towns in Europe live in the reality that has nothing to do with the Russian reality. The Western Drift brings polarization along the east-west line and concentrates population in the central regions of the continen... see more
Frank van der Hoeven
Small settlements as a category are doing fine in the Netherlands, contrary to overall sentiment. Small settlements do face specific issues, though, issues that one would expect to see in larger cities, possibly the result of the hybrid urban nature of th... see more
The processes of population concentration in large and super-large urbanized agglomerations continue throughout the world. The resulting megacities and megalopolises absorb local urban cultures of the settlements. As a result, the diversity of lifestyles ... see more
Fatma Tanis, Frank van der Hoeven
Architecture and urban design competitions played an essential role in the formation of the Turkish architecture culture in particular contributing to and application of the modern architecture in Turkey (1923-1950s). Turkish modern architecture in the mo... see more
Andrei Ivanov
Architectural and environmental peculiarities of the city of Gyumri (former Alexandropol, Leninakan) lie in the vernacular – a thick middle layer of historical “architecture without architects” built by local skilled bricklayers from the local material, b... see more
Alexander Rappaport
The local population composition in small historic towns will change. Even now, people that can work online settle down in such towns. These very people will save, revitalize and bring new blood in such towns as Kuldiga.
Leonid Salmin
The article is devoted to peculiarities of the environment of small towns in the south of Italy. It points out spatial, scale and symbolic features of such settlements as communes. Such towns provide a special archetypical micromodel of a full-featured to... see more