Baltic modernism : architecture and housing in Soviet Lithuania

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Baltic modernism: architecture and housing in Soviet Lithuania
Authors:
Drėmaitė, Marija
Publication Data:
Berlin : DOM Publishers, 2017.
Pages:
319 p
Series:
Grundlagen; vol. 56
Notes:
Bibliografija.
Contents:
Preface — Introduction. What was Soviet modernism? — From socialist realism to real socialism: strict economics and a new communist party programme — New territorial planning and a network of modernisation — Urbanisation and the tiered system of public cultural and consumer services — Socialist modernism and Cold War tensions — The idiosyncrasies of Soviet modernism — Soviet modernism and planning history — Baltic modernism in the Soviet period — The Sovietisation of Lithuanian architecture from 1940-1955 — Emancipation from Stalinism – the transitional period, 1955-1958 — The rise of the Lithuanian school of modernist architecture, 1959-1969 — The 1970s: modernisation within the confines of stagnation — Toward postmodernism: the final Soviet decade, 1979-1989 — Industrialisation, urbanisation and new territorial planning — Regional planning and the concept of uniform national development — New industrial cities: a showcase of socialism — Rural urbanisation — Residential housing — Cheaper, faster, more: large-panel construction in the USSR and western expertise — Mikrorayon – the central doctrine of Soviet modernist urban planning — Architecture begins in the factory: introducing mass housing and mikrorayon in Lithuania — Lazdynai – a breakthrough in Soviet residential design — Critique of mikrorayon and the pursuit of individuality over standardisation — Alternatives to mass housing construction in Lithuania — Collective welfare. In the service of Soviet society — Renewal in Soviet city centres — Educational and health facilities — Consumerist recreation: stores, cafés, and restaurants — Collective holidays — Soviet hospitality: hotels and guesthouses — Civilised leisure time: cultural halls, cinemas, museums and theatres — Inventing new Soviet rituals: wedding and funeral palaces — Epilogue — Abbreviations — Bibliography.
Subject Category:
LT
Architektūra / Architecture; Modernizmas / Modernism; Postmodernizmas / Postmodernism.
Reviews:
Recenzija leidinyje Kult_online. 2019, 60
Summary / Abstract:

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Sovietų Lietuva; Modernizmas; Postmodernizmas; Architektūra; Būstas; Teritorinis planavimas; Soviet Lithuania; Modernism; Postmodernism; Architecture; Housing; Territorial Planning.

ENThis richly illustrated monograph discusses the post-war modernist architecture in the Soviet Lithuania, which, together with other Baltic republics, has been seen as exceptional, appropriating Western cultural models much faster and with greater passion, and was labelled “the Soviet West.” Nevertheless, the matter of identifying the specific architectural traits that distinguished modernism in the Baltic region from that of other Soviet republics is not a simple exercise, and the specifics of analysing Soviet modernism clearly require a socio-political approach. In this book, research of Soviet Lithuanian architecture relies on the relationship between the official planning discourse and local social practice, and the wide range of historical actors in planning practices.

ISBN:
9783869224701
Subject:
Menotyra / Arts
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