Visuomeniniai XX a. modernizmo statiniai Lietuvoje: vertės problemos

ENLithuanian architecture over Soviet years. A comparison drawn between international documents setting forth contemporary heritage preservation practices and the documents, which define heritage field in the Republic of Lithuania is used to identify a set of broader assessment criteria for architectural heritage properties. The paper discusses several cases when public modernist-period buildings with valuable characteristics either failed to be listed on the national register or have been listed by exception to regulated procedure. The paper arrives at a conclusion that it is essential correctly define the valuable characteristics of these structures within the system of listing of heritage properties in order to preserve them for the future development of all-inclusive understanding of architecture, urban history, public education and heritage.