Building a new New World: Amerikanizm in Russian Architecture by Jean-Louis Cohen

Canadian Centre for Architecture

Tracing the many journeys of Russian writers, politicians, and planners through the American territory, foregrounding the constant streams of cultural and technological transfer from the U.S.A. to Russia, and revealing the parallel fascination among Russian and American intellectuals with the ongoing pursuit of land occupation and development within their respective borders, this study of Amerikanizm in the architecture and urban design of Russia makes a timely contribution to our understanding of modern architecture and its broader geopolitics.

Published by Yale University Press (EN)
Éditions de la Villette (FR)

Awarded at Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2020