Lithuanian architects assess the Soviet era

Leidinys prieinamas!

The legends of Lithuanian architecture who shaped modern Vilnius – Algimantas Nasvytis, Vytautas Edmundas Čekanauskas, Vytautas Brėdikis, and Gediminas Baravykas – speak in this book in their authentic voices about how they planned, designed, and built in Lithuania during the Soviet period. They were interviewed in 1992 by Jonas V. Mačiuika, an American Lithuanian who was then a Berkeley student and is now a professor at Baruch College in New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. The four interviews are accompanied by introductory articles from architectural historians Prof. John V. Mačiuika and Prof. Marija Drėmaitė, offering different ways of reading and reflecting on the controversial legacy of the Soviet era and seeking a personal relationship with one's living environment.