Soviet Modernism
Building(s) of the month

We publish three manifesto projects each month: these are developments from three architectural periods — constructivism, post-war modernism, and post-modernism. Some are unrealized, some are partially realized, and some are unrealized. These three projects are concepts of transformation of the utopian and fantastic into the realistic.

A standard block of brick flats for four households with duplex apartments and a complete set of modern conveniences, from the Gerard system, type C. Kemerovo. Architect J. van Loghem // The 1920s

Kuzbass Autonomous Industrial Colony

A social experiment conducted in 1921-1927 in the territory of present-day Kemerovo

The First West-Siberian Agricultural, Forest, Trade and Industry Exhibition. The Pavilion of Siberian Studies. Omsk. Architect Leonid Chernyshev // 1911

First West-Siberian Agricultural and Industry Exhibition

A site for implementing the boldest architectural fantasies

A street perspective. Architectural graphics. Omsk. A.V. Linetsky // The 1920s

Khudprom College Omsk

The industrial arts college founded under Narkompros

The qualifying design project of collective dwelling for the miners of Anzhero-Sudzhensk | Nikolay Kuzmin, 1928

Collective housing for miners in Anzhero-Sudzhensk

A qualifying project of collective housing for miners in Anzhero-Sudzhensk, Nikolay Kuzmin, 1928

General plan of the research complex of the Siberian branch of VASHNIL in Krasnoobsk | A. S. Panfil, Yu. P. Platonov, A. P. Karpov, E. P. Sudarikov, G. A. Tyulenin, GiproNII, Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1970

Siberian branch of VASHNIL in the town of Krasnoobsk

The science complex of the Siberian branch of the All-Union Academy of Agriculture in the town of Krasnoobsk | Architects Panfil, Platonov, Karpov, Sudarikov, Tyulenin, GiproNII, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, VNIPIET design organization, 1970