All Architecture

When the Bauhaus school was created in 1919, its founding manifesto stated that architecture was the fine arts' ultimate goal ("Das Endziel aller bildnerischen Tätigkeit ist der Bau") However, initially architecture was not taught at the school itself. Instead, the founder of the Bauhaus, Walter..

This structure in Wolfsburg, Germany designed by Alvar Aalto was originally conceived as a cultural center with four different functions: a public library, an institute for adult education (Volkshochschule), a youth center and a space for community events with terraces and lounges. On the ground..

This building is the only building constructed and realised by Le Corbusier in Moscow.

Due to lack of materials and political quarrels, the construction of this building was delayed substantially. There were several modifications in the realised building in comparison to the initial plan. For..

Villa Capra "La Rotonda" is a Renaissance villa just outside Vicenza, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio. The correct name is Villa Almerico-Capra. It is also known as La Rotonda, Villa Rotunda, Villa La Rotonda, and Villa Almerico. The name "Capra" derives from the Capra brothers, who..

The Moscow building was conceived as an educational complex linked to the zoo behind it, a natural science museum and library, but only the planetarium was built. In the original scheme of Mikhail Barsch and Mikhail Sinyavsky, the ferroconcrete outer dome followed the hemispherical profile of the..

The Shukhov radio tower also known as the Shabolovka tower, is a broadcasting tower in Moscow designed by Vladimir Shukhov.

The 160-metre-high free-standing steel structure was built in the period 1920–1922, during the Russian Civil War. It is a hyperboloid structure (hyperbolic steel..

Linnahall was built as a concert and sports venue with a 5000-seat amphitheatre and a 3000-seat ice hall in Tallinn, Estonia. It is situated on the waterfront near the harbour, just beyond the walls of the Old Town. It was designed by Raine Karp and Riina Altmäe as V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture..

The most striking element of this factory is the water tower. The tower is reminiscent of the experimental designs of El Lissitzky. Large glass ribbons with prefabricated reinforced concrete frames determine the architecture, only the main hall of the factory is windowless.