Melnikov: solo architect in a mass society

Abstract

A study of the life and architectural works of Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov, who was a Russian architect and painter. His architectural work, compressed into a single decade, placed Melnikov on the front end of 1920s avant-garde architecture.

Contents

Training years, 1890-1917 -- Bearings in a new world, 1917-1921 -- Architect-agitator of the Red Thermidor, 1922-1925 -- International debut : Paris, 1925 -- Architecture and daily life, 1926-1928 -- Architecture for a cultural revolution, 1928-1932 -- Mass culture and megalomania, 1932-1937 -- Retrospection and introspection, 1938-1974 -- Architecture against death : the system of Melnikov's art -- Resume : buildings and projects by K.S. Melnikov, 1914-1967.