Designing Cultural Facilities in the Historical Environment Authors Alexander Anisimov RAACS; IAAM; Scientific Research Institute of the Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning; All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography Downloads PDF (Russian) DOI: https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.61.1515 Published 2019-08-29 Issue No. 61 (2019): small and historic Section Articles How to Cite Designing Cultural Facilities in the Historical Environment. (2019). Project Baikal, 16(61), 132-139. https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.61.1515 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Keywords: combination; new buildings; historic environment; compositional issues; preservation; amicable decision; breach; contrast; technology; diversity Abstract The article describes different international examples of how new public buildings were inserted into a historic urban environment. It highlights social and professional challenges in the context of high complexity of modern building technologies used for theatres and museums. The article is focused on design and construction practices in big Russian cities.