Undervalued Architecture

For the last five thousand years, the significance of architecture has been constantly decreasing. From the ancient cult, architecture first turned into art, then into a stepdaughter and a servant of the power. The contemporary structures express no common cultural mythology of life and the world. T...

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Main Author: Alexander Rappaport
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences 2018-09-01
Series:Проект Байкал
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Online Access:http://www.projectbaikal.com/index.php/pb/article/view/1375
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Summary:For the last five thousand years, the significance of architecture has been constantly decreasing. From the ancient cult, architecture first turned into art, then into a stepdaughter and a servant of the power. The contemporary structures express no common cultural mythology of life and the world. They have no proper effect of reference to sociology or philosophy. Hypothetically, it is possible to return to architecture its fundamental functions erased by the centuries-long verbal culture.
ISSN:2307-4485
2309-3072