Border theories /

By using photography and historical documentation, Elian Somers investigates in 'Border theories' the relationship between architecture, politics and history in three Russian cities. During the 20th century, Birobidzhan, Kaliningrad and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk were designed, built and redevelope...

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Main Author:	Somers, Elian
Corporate Author:	Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam
Other Authors:	Gent, Hester van, Winking, Kerstin
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Amsterdam] : Fw:Books, [2013]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Cities and towns > Soviet Union > Pictorial works > Exhibitions. Borderlands > Russia (Federation) > Pictorial works > Exhibitions. Architecture and state > Soviet Union > Exhibitions. Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Exhibitions. Birobidzhan (Russia) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Exhibitions. I︠U︡zhno-Sakhalinsk (Russia) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Exhibitions. Somers, Elian > Exhibitions.

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Summary:	By using photography and historical documentation, Elian Somers investigates in 'Border theories' the relationship between architecture, politics and history in three Russian cities. During the 20th century, Birobidzhan, Kaliningrad and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk were designed, built and redeveloped under the Soviet regime, with the utopian vision of a socialist city as the guiding principle for each. By examining the evolution of these cities, Somers reveals how visions of urban planners, nourished by political convictions, can control but never fully overwrite a city and its history.
Item Description:	Catalog of an exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam, February 16-April 7, 2013.
Physical Description:	111, viii pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 35 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9789490119195 9490119199