Mon 28 June 2010
Lecture
St. Petersburg’s Future: Historicism, Anti-Historicism, Pseudo-Historicism or Preservation?
by Anton Glikin, in association with MAPS

Language: In English

Anton Glikin, architect, speaks about his beloved St Petersburg. THis talk will be followed by a debate between Anton Glikin and CHarles Phu concerning the future of architecture in St Petersburg.

Opponents of traditional architecture argue that time has changed, so did the building functions, which can no longer be articulated in traditional forms. But the Romans who developed these forms never attached any particular form to a particular function. Similar architectural language was used to built viaducts and palaces.

Modernist architects have succeeded in laying claim to an “inbuilt”, their own, future heritage. Star-architects are regarded as ingenious carriers of to-be-born future landmarks. But do we really share modernist ideas of the first-half of 20th century? Why should the people of St. Petersburg believe in the deadly offspring of the old Zeitgeist, instead of traditional aesthetics of their own city?

Anton Glikin, architect, artist, historian. Senior Associate at Peter Pennoyer Architects, New York, NY.

Degrees: PhD from the Department of Philosophy of St. Petersburg University (2010); MA degree in Architecture and Fine Arts from St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts (1996); Diploma in Architecture and Building Arts from The Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture in London (1995); BA degree in Interior Design from Nicholas Roerich Art College in St. Petersburg (1990).

Competition-winning projects: The Prince of Wales’s Olympic Monument, Atlanta, GA 1996 (First prize, 1995); The Millennial Monument, Atlanta (Competition prize, 2000).

Awards: The Measured Drawing Prize granted by The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects at the Royal Academy Summer Show in London (1999), as well as the Arthur Ross Award for Excellence in Classical Tradition presented by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America (2003).

Tickets: £7.00, conc. £5.00, FREE for Friends of Pushkin House. Tickets for the lecture include entry to the debate which immediately follows at 7.30pm.