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	Art & Architecture of Russia
		The tradition of icon painting was inherited by the Russians from Byzantium, where it began as an offshoot of the mosaic and fresco tradition of early Byzantine churches.
		The centers of medieval church architecture followed the shifting dominance of old Russia's cities--from Kiev to Novgorod and Pskov, and, from the end of the 15th century, Moscow.
		The few remaining examples of traditional wooden architecture, such as those on display in the outdoor architectural museum in Kostroma, are now among Russia's most treasured architectural monuments.
	www.geographia.com /russia/rusart01.htm (1464 words)

	Architecture - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures.
		Architecture is a multi-disciplinary field, including within its fold mathematics, science, art, technology, social sciences, politics, history, philosophy, and so on.
		Architecture first evolved out of the dynamics between needs (shelter, security, worship, etc.) and means (available building materials and attendant skills).
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/a/r/c/Architecture.html (2088 words)

	New York Architecture Images- Stalinist Architecture
		'Stalinist Architecture' is the term typically applied to the years between 1933 (the date of the final competition to design the Palace of the Soviets) and 1955 (The Academy of Architecture was abolished).
		According to the book "Architecture of the Stalin Era," by Alexei Tarkhanov and Sergei Kavtaradze, the architects settled on a terrace-like or tiered construction, often referred to as a "wedding-cake" style, to give each building a sense of "upward surge" toward a central tower.
		In terms of Moscow addresses, the seven Stalinist skyscrapers were considered the height of unattainable luxury, with solid construction, relatively luxurious materials, high ceilings, classical details and prime locations.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /SCC/SCC030a.htm (5844 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Architecture
		Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, "a master builder", from αρχι- "chief, leader" and τεκτων, "builder, carpenter") is the art and science of designing buildings and structures.
		In every usage, an architecture may be seen as a subjective mapping from a human perspective (that of the user in the case of abstract or physical artifacts) to the elements or component of some kind of structure or system, which preserves the relationships among the elements or components.
		In many ancient civilisations such as the Egyptians' and Mesopotamians' architecture and urbanism reflected the constant engagement with the divine and the supernatural, while in other ancient cultures such as Iran architecture and urban planning was used to exemplify the power of the state.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Architecture (1877 words)

	Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Architecture is also the art of designing the human built environment.
		Prehistoric and primitive Architecture constitute this early stage.
		Generally, this is what the public perceives as architecture.
	architecture.iqnaut.net (2024 words)

	New York Architecture Images- Municipal Building and Stalinist Architecture
		Also included is a note on the modelling of 18th century Russian churches on the Giralda Tower and their subsequent influence on Stalin's choice of the municipal building as the model for his Stalinist building schemes.
		The architectural shape of the Wrigley Building is patterned after the Seville Cathedral’s Giralda Tower in Spain.
		Stalinist architecture was based almost exclusively on the Giralda Tower, via traditional Russian church design and the Municipal building in New York.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /ARCH/ARCH-notes-municipal.htm (1904 words)

	Russia current events - HERITAGE AT RISK: Preservation of The Architecture of XX Century and World Heritage
		Judging the importance of the Russian architectural Avant-garde in the international context, and bearing in mind the well-established creative interrelations between Russia and other countries, it is evident that this is not only Russia`s heritage, but at least part of it belongs to the world community.
		Such important buildings as Le Corbusier`s ‘Centrosojus’ or the ‘Narkomfin’ house in Moscow, the ensemble of Stachki street in St. Petersburg or Alvar Aalto`s Library in Vyborg are considered to be in the group of the most important witnesses of the 20th Century Modern Movement located in Russia.
		Global fame is also connected with the monuments of the Stalinist architecture of the mid 1930s-1950s including famous Moscow metro stations and high-rise structures.
	www.eventrussia.com /event/heritageatrisk.html (504 words)

	New York Architecture Images- THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING
		Between 1907 and 1908 the city sponsored an architectural competition for a large office building to consolidate various agencies.
		The fourth, and final, competition for a design for the Municipal Building was commissioned by the Commissioner of Bridges, whose agency had acquired part of the designated land for a new terminal for trolleys that ran across the Brooklyn Bridge.
		The firm of McKim, Mead and White was internationally renown and was then the largest architectural firm in the world with a staff of more than 100.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /SCC/SCC030.htm (1176 words)

	Top20Architecture.com - Online Directory for Architecture Education.
		An architecture directory by the team who created Archeire, with the bonuses of planning news, architectural competition announcements, some European city guides and forums.
		Architectural encyclopedia includes a style guide, biographies of famous architects, featured firms, news, articles, glossary, and quizzes.
		This architecture and design web portal provides forums for public communication on world architecture, sustainable design, 3D design and 3D computer graphics.
	www.top20architecture.com (2594 words)

	plime.com : search results : architecture
		Stalinist architecture (also referred to as Stalin's Empire style or Socialist Classicism) is a term given to architecture of the Soviet Union between 1933, when Boris Iofan's draft for Palace of Soviets was officially approved, and 1955, when Nikita Khruschev condemned "excesses" of the past decades and disbanded the Soviet Academy of Architecture.
		Photos of, well, New York architecture, that look to be from a good while ago (I'm no good at judging time).
		The debate on ‘art and freedom of expression’ triggered by protests against M. Hussain’s paintings of Hindu gods and goddesses, is skewed on three counts.
	www.plime.com /q/architecture (470 words)

	Beijing Architecture
		At least architecturally speaking, since a number of new designs are unlike anything ever seen in China, or anywhere else for that matter.
		Suddenly the focus of many of the world's great architects, Beijing in the run up to the Olympics, is like a blank canvas.
		Koolhaas, who previously proclaimed the skyscraper to be dead, certainly intends to give life to a decidedly atypical high rise.
	www.gluckman.com /BeijingArchitecture.html (1132 words)

	New York Architecture Images- SEARCH- seaport and civic center
		030A Stalinist Architecture inspired by the Municipal Building
		The residential section of the city gives way to commerce creating the northern section of what was then the singular business district of the city, the Battery to City Hall.
		The Municipal Building mimics City Hall but it was built on a 20th Century scale.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /SCC/SCC.htm (500 words)

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