Aga Khan Award for Architecture: Restoration of Bukhara Old City

The old city of Bukhara was founded 2,500 years ago. Within its ancient city walls and gates are 500 standing monuments: they include 24 madrasas, 48 mosques, 14 caravanserais, 9 mausoleums, 4 trading domes, the Ark citadel, and many hammams, old houses,

Favori ajouté le 24-07-2012 | Tags : architecture, , histoire, ouzbekistan, patrimoine, unesco, urbanisme par sinofrancesingapour

Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935

This exhibition examines Russian avant-garde architecture made during a brief but intense period of design and construction that took place from c.1922 to 1935. Fired by the Constructivist art that emerged in Russia from c.1915, architects transformed thi

Favori ajouté le 24-07-2012 | Tags : architecture, , histoire, russie, urbanisme, urss par sinofrancesingapour