{"product_id":"architecture-of-life-by-alla-vronskaya-9781517912277","title":"Architecture of Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplores how Soviet architects reimagined the built environment through the principles of the human sciences\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1920s and 1930s, proponents of Soviet architecture looked to various principles within the human sciences in their efforts to formulate a methodological and theoretical basis for their modernist project. \u003cem\u003eArchitecture of Life\u003c\/em\u003e delves into the foundations of this transdisciplinary and transnational endeavour, analysing many facets of their radical approach and situating it within the context of other modernist movements that were developing concurrently across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExamining the theories advanced by El Lissitzky, Moisei Ginzburg, and Nikolay Ladovsky, as well as those of their lesser-known colleagues, this illuminating study demonstrates how Soviet architects of the interwar period sought to mitigate Fordist production methods with other, ostensibly more human-oriented approaches that drew on the biological and psychological sciences. Envisioning the built environment as innately connected to social evolution, their methods incorporated aspects of psychoanalysis, personality theory, and studies in spatial perception, all of which were integrated into an ideology that grounded functional design firmly within the attributes of the individual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive overview of the ideals that permeated its expanded project, \u003cem\u003eArchitecture of Life\u003c\/em\u003e explicates the underlying impulses that motivated Soviet modernism, highlighting the deep interconnections among the ways in which it viewed all aspects of life, both natural and manufactured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470056997100,"sku":"9781517912277","price":74.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781517912277-architecture-of-life.jpg?v=1775209964","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/architecture-of-life-by-alla-vronskaya-9781517912277","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}