The city and the center: paradoxes, questions, problems Authors Alexander Rappaport NIITIAG Downloads pdf (Russian) DOI: https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.67.1752 Published 2021-04-27 Issue No. 67 (2021): genetics of the city Section refereed articles License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. How to Cite The city and the center: paradoxes, questions, problems. (2021). Project Baikal, 18(67), 42-44. https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.67.1752 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Keywords: city, metropolitan city, articulation of issue, utopia, password, typology of desurbanism Abstract The crisis of metropolitan cities is evident in the present-day world. The author attempts to articulate the issues necessary to comprehend the depth of this crisis in the conditions of the unprecedented development of mass media, possibilities of teleworking, military and epidemiologic perils etc. The author raises doubts about the necessity of traditional centers in Big cities. He comes to the conclusion that Architecture of contemporary centers becomes publicity for Utopia. References Sukhovo-Kobylin, A. V. (1899). Filosofiya dukkha ili sotsiologiya [Philosophy of the spirit or sociology]. http://az.lib.ru/s/suhowokobylin_a_w/text_0040.shtml