Red Corbusier in red Moscow (а coloristic sketch)

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https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/87.2759

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2026-04-01

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No. 87 (2026): residential complexes

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refereed articles

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Red Corbusier in red Moscow (а coloristic sketch). (2026). Project Baikal, 23(87). https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/87.2759

Keywords:

constructivism, Le Corbusier, Centrosoyuz, Artik tuff

Abstract

The article examines the change in the color of the cladding of Le Corbusier’s Centrosoyuz building during its designing and the impact of this circumstance on the architectural practice in the Soviet avant-garde period of 1929–1935.

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