BEHIND THE CURTAIN

摘要

Over the past century, Russian architectural traditions have subsumed each other like matryoshka dolls-the futuristic, Revolution-inspired ethos of Constructivism, the grim and grand monuments of Stalinism, the concrete blocks of Brutalism. Now, a quarter century after the thaw of the Cold War, foreign architects have started infiltrating the former Eastern Bloc, infusing the region with sustainable practices and dynamic designs. In April, three American architects convened at the Trespa Design Centre New York to discuss the phenomenon: Henry Myerberg, FAIA, whose firm, HMA2 Architects, designed the campus for the American University of Central Asia, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Dan Kaplan, FAIA, of FXFowle Architects, who designed the Qala Alti Hotel Spa on a mountainside in Shabran, Azerbaijan; and Lee Skolnick, FAIA, of Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership (LHSA+DP), which designed Muzeiko, a children's museum in Sofia, Bulgaria.