Born in the Moscow suburb of Petvosko-Razumovskii, Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov (1890-1974) was a Russian architect, painter, professor and a leader of the avant-garde movement. His architectural work, compressed into a single decade (1923-1933), placed him on the front end of 1920's avant-garde architecture.
Constructivism is a theory of knowledge that argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from interaction between their experiences and their ideas. It has influenced a number of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, education, the history of science, and architecture. Constructivist architecture was an architectural form that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920's and early 30's., combining advanced technology and engineering with an avowedly Communist social purpose. The movement produced many pioneering projects and finished buildings before falling out of favor around 1932, leaving marked effects on later developments in architecture.
Album of photographs and postcards highlighting the architectural works of Konstantin Melnikov in Moscow and St. Petersburg compiled by a visitor who attended the Moscow International Conference of Psychotechnics in 1931. Includes views of the Rusakov Workers' Club, the Kauchuk Factory Cluban apartment house for Foreign Affairs emlpoyees, Soviet Square, Pashkov House, St. Petersburg's Kunstkamera and the hydroelectric station and dam of the Volkhov River. Postcards show historic scenes of the 1917 Russian Revolution and the Kremlin. Map shows extensive travels through Russia, Germany, Belgium, Holland, France, Sweden and England.
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