The Classical City online journal is jointly edited by Anton Glikin and Youry Makoussinsky and published by The Classical City Association.
The Classical City online journal is jointly edited by Anton Glikin and Youry Makoussinsky and published by The Classical City Association.
It is with the great sadness The Classical City Association reports that in the morning of June 16th Frank Mason died.
Twenty-five years after first slating modern architecture, the Prince of Wales is back on the attack ahead of an invitation to speak at the RIBA's forthcoming 175th anniversary celebrations.
It is a pity that in recognising that the architectural profession has recently moved closer to Prince Charles' views on climate change, energy use and sustainability, Jonathan Glancey repeats the pseudo-marxist and philistine modernist taunt that espousing classical architecture is inherently regressive: "rather like an aging railway enthusiast who insists that only the Great Western was any good" ("The view from Highgrove", G2, 23 Apri http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/apr/23/prince-charles-richard-rogers-riba.
This fine, black and white catalogue, originally published in 1917 in St Petersburg contains over 40 large pages carrying detailed architectural drawings of specifically ‘modern’ design. The buildings are mostly domestic homes and of wooden construction - at a period when the word ‘modern’ effectively meant ‘Art Nouveau’ in Russia. These ‘dachas’ were intended as both summer houses, but also inhabitable during the hard Russian winters.
PRINCE CHARLES has intervened in the £1billion Chelsea Barracks scheme sparking fears that it could spiral into a political and diplomatic row.
He wants the Emir of Qatar to scrap a modernist glass-and-steel development designed by Lord Rogers and has drafted a more traditional plan for the site - prompting accusations that he was bypassing the planning process.
Rising waters endanger Venice’s art and architecture, and the city’s dwindling number of residents. Among the topics covered will be the preservation of Venice’s public art; specific examples of art restoration; the paradox that “saving” the city may actually be hastening its transformation into something other than—and perhaps ultimately unrecognizable—as Venice; the efforts of the Save Venice organization; and Moses, the project of constructing 78 floodgates at the entrances to Venice’s lagoon to keep out high water.
It was with heartfelt pain that I learned of the repose of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, and on behalf of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, I express our condolences to the Holy Synod, my brother archpastors, reverend fathers, brethren, sisters and children of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The mayor of St. Petersburg has submitted an amendment to next year’s budget to cut money for the city’s first skyscraper, which was to have been financed with Gazprom, the Russian oil and gas behemoth that has itself suffered financially with the spectacular decline in energy prices.
The London Festival of Architecture presents four weeks of architectural discussion, debate and examination where Joe Public gets to meet experts in the field. The theme this year is Fresh! - visitors are encouraged to get outside and view London and its talented new architects from a fresh perspective.
Gazprom City is coming to St. Petersburg. But what will it look like? Six internationally known architects have submitted their designs. But locals are worried the city will lose its soul.
