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In 1930, Nikolai Milyutin presented his structural-engineering vision of the Marxist-stamped form of city and lifestyle with »Sozgorod.« The orientation towards Western ideas of design, but especially his demand for decentralised metropolises made him a reluctant enemy of the state, and »Sozgorod« immediately became forbidden literature. This facsimile edition, the first direct German translation of the original Russian, makes Milyutin's legacy available again.

This book collects 30 selected projects of established and up-and-coming architects and designers from France. Arranged according to subject, a plethora of design approaches for the widest variety of interiors are introduced with the help of large-scale illustrations and explanatory accompanying text. Proving yet again the diversity of the creations of French interior architects, the work gathered in this lavish tome offers inspiration and edification to design professionals and enthusiasts alike.

Russia has seen the emergence of a creative community that has long been making an international name for itself in the areas of architecture, interior decoration and design. Almost 20 years since the collapse of the USSR the anonymous planning institutes of private architecture practices and design studios are a thing of the past. Serial building forms and collectivised designer constructions, which for generations were part and parcel of what it meant to live in the Soviet Union, have given way to new styles of architecture and a wide variety of building types. The 'anything goes' attitude of the early '90s has been distilled to a new Russian identity that is capable of asserting itself in the globalisation circus of today. This volume presents 25 examples of contemporary Russian architecture and product design, all of which can more than hold their own on the international stage. The new Russia has long since adopted as its own the former Soviet Union's ambitious desire to be a leading player in the creative disciplines, but the designs and construction processes coming out of Russia now often reflect those of the country's former ideological foe.

Dass Russland architektonisch mehr zu bieten hat als gesichtslose Plattenbauten und Zuckerbäckerstil, zeigt «Capitalist Realism». Die vorliegende Auswahl von über 50 Projekten, präsentiert in großformatigen Fotos sowie ergänzenden Grundrissen und Skizzen, vermittelt einen differenzierten Eindruck postsowjetischen Bauens, vom pittoresken Wodka-Pavillon im Ostoshenka-Wäldchen bis zum futuristischen Hauptbahnhof in Samara. «Capitalist Realism» fokussiert den künstlerischen Aspekt des Bauens im heutigen Russland und hält so manch architektonische Überraschung für den Leser bereit.