Konstantin S. Meln'nikov and the Construction of Moscow

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Konstantin Stepanovic Mel'nikov, in his numerous buildings and projects, demonstrated a rare freedom and genius that stands as an alternative to the sterile main stream of International Style modernism.

But he was much more than this. In his visionary views on the relation of architecture and life, in his metaphysical approach to design and building, he called architecture back to ideals that thrived in the ages of the baroque and ...
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Konstantin Stepanovic Mel'nikov, in his numerous buildings and projects, demonstrated a rare freedom and genius that stands as an alternative to the sterile main stream of International Style modernism.

But he was much more than this. In his visionary views on the relation of architecture and life, in his metaphysical approach to design and building, he called architecture back to ideals that thrived in the ages of the baroque and neo-classicism but which died out in our own century. One can only hope that this deeper vision, which animated the life and work of that pale and ascetic old man whom I met back in 1967, will find more sympathetic reception in the new millennium.

What twentieth century architect left us a more concentrated and complex legacy than Konstantin Mel'nikov?

His genius took wing at the end of the Russian civil war and was forced to earth again stretching forward to our day.

Yet in spite of many published biographies, monographs, and articles devoted to him, Mel'nikov and his architecture remain terra incognita. This is nearly everything published to date has sought to fit him neatly into the straight jacket of contending schools and factions. True, it is worth knowing how he related to the Constructivists, the Formalists, to Le Corbusier, or the International Style. But that brings us only to the starting line, who will carry the search further, and deeper?

Happily, this is precisely what Mario Fosso, Maurizio Meriggi, and their pan-European team of collaborators have accomplished. Their exciting undertaking begins and ends with the buildings as Mel'nikov conceived and, when he was fortunate, built them. With an eagle'seye they have ferreted out crucial and neglected aspects of each project, translating them lovingly into models that, together, form one of the most stunning and illuminating exhibitions of architecture of our era. In a series of subtle and sympathetic essays they offer insights that open vast new panoramas for both practicing architects and scholars.
S. Frederick Starr
(DOMUS, n. 826, May 2000)
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  • ISBN-13: 9788881185399
  • Publisher: Rizzoli
  • Publication date: 4/28/2000
  • Pages: 312
  • Product dimensions: 8.60 (w) x 11.20 (h) x 1.20 (d)

Table of Contents

K. S. Mel'nikov, Athlete of the Heart 11
K. S. Mel'nikov, Twenties Moscow Avant-Garde, and Modern Professional Architectural Education 19
Delft, Mel'nikov and Indoor Car Parks 23
The Legacy of Avant-Grade Architecture at Stuttgart 27
Avant-Garde as Allegory 35
Architect K. S. Mel'nikov: A Dialogue with the City 51
Mel'nikov's Design for the City of the Future. An Itinerary in the City of Moscow 61
The Indoor Car Park as a Commission 73
From People's House to 'School of Communism': House for Training Programs and Recreation. The Development of the Soviet Workers' Clubs 77
Konstantin Stepanovic Mel'nikov (1890-1974) 85
Architecture for an Urbanised Country-Side: Moscow between the NEP and the First Five Year Plan 97
Works from 1922 to 1929 113
The Competitions for the "New City" and for the Major Monuments 211
Works for 1929 to 1932 235
The Construction of the Capital City 267
Works from 1932 to 1936 279
Resume of Works of K. S. Mel'nikov 305
Bibliography 309
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