Postconstructivism
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16 sectionsContents
- Khan-Magomedov's viewpoint
- Background
- Birth of a style
- Style defined
- Recognition
- Demise
- Criticism of Khan-Magomedov's viewpoint
- Role of state
- Art Deco factor
- Present day
- Public awareness and preservation
- Safety hazards
- Reconstruction
- Revival
- See also
- Footnotes
thumb|300px|right|Moscow, Park Kultury-Radialnaya|Park Kultury, Entrance pavilion, by G.T.Krutikov, V.S.Popov, 1935, demolished 1949. Note the slim, square columns without capitals.
Postconstructivism was a transitional architectural style that existed in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, typical of early Stalinist architecture before World War II. The term postconstructivism was coined by Selim Khan-Magomedov, a historian of architecture, to describe the product of avant-garde artists' migration to Stalinist neoclassicism. Khan-Magomedov identified postconstructivism with 1932–1936, but the long construction time and vast size of the country extended the period to 1941.