Housing of the 1950-1970s: The balance between quantity and quality Authors Konstantin Lidin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7022-6871 Mark Meerovich https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3530-7558 Downloads pdf (Русский) DOI: https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.66.1733 Keywords: architecture, urban planning, post-Stalinist reforms, theory of information flows Abstract Two decades after the end of World War II are characterized by profound changes in the general direction of the development of architecture. The use of industrial methods in construction made it possible to quickly restore the destroyed housing stock. At the same time, similar processes took place both in the countries of the socialist bloc and in Western Europe and the United States. Based on the theory of information flows, the article shows the patterns of development of the architectural process. The priority of high quality construction leads to a reduction in the number of buildings and, as a consequence, to an increase in social tension. The period from the late 1940s to the late 1960s is considered as a period of an optimal balance between quantity and quality of the development. How to Cite Lidin, K., & Meerovich, M. (2021). Housing of the 1950-1970s: The balance between quantity and quality. Project Baikal, 17(66), 145–148. https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.66.1733 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Published 2021-03-13 Issue No. 66 (2020): succession Section refereed articles License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. References Baranov N. et all (1962). History of Soviet Architecture. Moscow, Stroyizdat Bylinkin N. et all. (1985) History of Soviet Architecture (1917–1954). Moscow, Stroyizdat Chmelnizki D. (2004) End of Style. On the Fiftieth anniversary of Stalin’s Architecture Death. Project Classic, N 4(13), 142–149 D’Arcy Patrick & Veroude Alexandra (2014) Housing Trends in China and India, Reserve bank of Australia Bulletin, March quarter, pp. 63–68 Drury A., Watson J. & Broomfield R. (2006) Housing Space Standards, HATC/Mayor of London, Greater London Authority, London Historical statistics of the United States, colonial times to 1970 (1975) Washington : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. T.2, Chapter N: Construction and Housing. – 42 pp. KhanMagomedov S. (2009) Mikhail Barsch, Moscow, Russian Avant guard foundation KhanMagomedov S. Khrushchev's utilitarianism: pros and cons. URL: http://www.niitiag.ru/pub/pub_cat/han_magomedov_hrushhevskij_utilitarizm_pljusy_i_minusy Life of Architect Dushkin. 19041977. Book of Memories. (2004) Moscow, AFond Publishing house Marić Dijana Milašinović (2012) Housing development in the 1950s in Serbia – tipical examples of residential blocks built in Belgrade, SPATIUM International Review No. 28, pp. 3036 Vestergaard, H (2007) A short history of housing and housing policy in Denmark since 1945. in H Kristensen (ed.), Housing in Denmark. Centre for Housing and Welfare – Realdania Research, København, pp. 10–19 Živančević Jelena (2011) Soviet in content – people’s in form: the building of farming cooperative centres and the sovietyugoslav dispute, 19481950, SPATIUM International Review No. 25, pp. 39–49