Samoilov K.I. The Almaty architecture from 2005 to 2015: between a Modernism and a Retrospectivism

The Album of typical examples. — Almaty, 2016. — 118 p.Almaty architecture of the past decade (2005-2015) originally reflected the process of self-determination of the Kazakh architecture in general. The aggressive Polystylizm of the century turn crystallized two trends: the Rationalism with large forms, on the basis of Deconstructivist compositions and the Mannerism with small shapes on the basis of classical-style compositions. Rare examples demonstrate the synthesis of trends: the classical solution with Orders completed asymmetric break forms or dissonance among the chaos of blocks supplemented by strict classical colonnade. Examples of the natural Utilitarianism (ordinary mass buildings) and the conceptual Primitivism or Minimalism (exclusive buildings) completed this strange Architectural picture. Gone the Contextualism, which take into account compositional and stylistic features of the surrounding buildings. Each new object is conceptually opposed to figurative context.
To illustrate this interesting phenomenon allocated 186 typical examples of buildings. Examples are distributed in chronological order of the construct completion. Images sources listed in the special part of the Album. Architects and companies listed on the basis of aggregate data from different sources (for some objects from various sources indicate different authors). About some buildings listed authors in the available sources has not yet been found. This Album generated for information purposes of the Educational course "The Modern architecture (21st century)".