Lithuanian paths in modern architecture: structuralism in the creative work of Rimantas Buivydas

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Architektūra, šiuolaikinė; Architektai; Urbanistika; Contemporary architecture; Architects; Urbanism.

ENThe article deals with one of the trends in architectural modernism in Lithuania - structuralism, which established itself in Lithuania's architecture in the 1980s-90s. By invoking the creation of the renowned architect Rimantas Buivydas, the most essential features of this aesthetical phenomenon are discussed. The author gives an overview and analyzes the major creations of the architect - the holiday home Guboja in Šventoji and several interesting unimplemented objects. She concludes that the architect Buivydas was the pioneer of structuralism in Lithuania's architecture and one of the key representatives of this trend who has left a notable trace in the architecture of the late Soviet period in Lithuania. [From the publication]