CASAS POPULARES RUSAS

RUSSIAN FOLK HOUSES

Construida en madera y piedra es típica de la tradición arquitectónica rusa y no se ha interrumpido, conviviendo con otras, desde el siglo XVIII. Sus influencias estilísticas son variadas: italianas -palladianas en particular-, francesas, inglesas. El acercamiento de Rusia a Europa trajo en auge el eclecticismo de estilos a la vez que un caótico desorden.

Built of wood and stone is typical of Russian architectural tradition and has not been interrupted, living with other tendences, since the eighteenth century. Its stylistic influences are varied: Italian -particularly Palladian style-, French, English. Russia's approach to Europe brought booming eclecticism of styles as well as a chaotic mess.

Images: Tim Walker, scanned by me from CASA Vogue n. 31, April 2009