On Monday Andrei Barkhin will give a lecture "Art Deco America" at the St. Petersburg State Museum of History. Students will learn about trends in American architecture at the beginning of the last century and will be able to compare foreign experience with Russian. At Strelka in Moscow it will be possible to discuss “Environmental Design in the USSR. Global projects of a bygone era”. And for those who do not like to sit still, the guides of "Moscow, which does not exist" offer to choose one of the walks in the historic city.
The performances of Italian restorers, representatives of one of the most interesting restoration schools in the world, continue in the building of the CNRPM on Shkolnaya Street - after all, they got their experience working with monuments of the Renaissance and Baroque. This time we will talk about "Adaptation of cultural heritage objects". From Thursday to Saturday, Italian architects will talk about examples of incorporating architectural monuments into modern life. A special subsection is devoted to the experience of the comprehensive restoration of the city of Florence.
The Week of Italy will begin at Red October on Friday, during which the exhibition “Architecture. Merging design and business”(curated by Francesco Orofino). It was first shown a year ago as part of a special program at the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale.
M. Ch.
