Libraries in Soviet architecture of the late 1920s-1930s
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Moscow Architectural Institute (State Academy)
Publication date: 2021-12-21
Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Częstochowskiej seria Budownictwo 2021;27(1):18-23
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The article is devoted to the design and construction of libraries in the USSR as one of the most important
types of public buildings in the late 1920s-1930s. Trends in space-planning techniques for the development
of libraries, functional content and architectural solutions are identified. The competition for the Lenin
Library in Moscow in 1928 and the influence of the architectural preferences of the time on the submitted
projects are considered.