I was delighted to be a discussant for a virtual event organized by the Russian Nobility Association for Jean-Louis Cohen’s new book Building a new New World: Amerikanizm in Russian Architecture (CCA / Yale UP, 2020) along with Yuri Avvakumov and Pippo Ciorra. Want to know the difference between Amerikanizm and Amerikanizatsii? You can watch and listen to the whole event here.
Iakov G. Chernikhov. “Giant skyscraper city,” plate in 101 Architectural Fantasies. Leningrad: Mezhdurarodnaia kniga, 1933. Plate 10. CCA, W12242.