Arts & Culture: Golden Potatoes and Dried Butterflies
Arts & Culture: Golden Potatoes and Dried Butterflies
Author(s): Galina StolyarovaSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Transitions Online
Keywords: Russia; St. Petersburg; historical buildings; Alexander Viktorov; City Hall; developer Igor Burdinsky; Krasnoye Znamya (Red Flag) factory; architects; UNESCO; Dominique Perrault; Historian Yelena Malysheva; governor Valentina Matviyenko; urban planning
Summary/Abstract: Conservatism and lack of a coherent urban vision are having a strange effect on St. Petersburg. While faceless office blocks proliferate, cutting-edge architecture is scorned by officials and the public alike.
Journal: Transitions Online
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 08/17
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF