Authors

Shleyuk Svetlana G.
Architecture of steam mills of Orenburg in the 19th–20th centuries

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №1 (89) March, 2024

The article deals with the development of industrial architecture in the provincial city of Orenburg. A comparative architectural and art historical analysis of steam mills is carried out from the first buildings in 1878 to 1912. A brief description of provincial Orenburg as a large commercial and industrial center of the region is given. It is suggested that the first steam mill, built in brick style by a merchant from St. Petersburg in 1881, is a prototype that set the beginning of the visual appearance of historical industrial architecture in Orenburg. All the steam mill buildings in Orenburg that have survived to the present day are considered. The article is supplemented with archival materials related to the history of industrial facilities and their equipment. The study suggests that the industrial architecture of Orenburg at the turn of the century represented by steam mills evolved over an extremely short time, and its compositional, architectural and artistic features underwent global changes associated primarily with scientific and technological progress and the introduction of new materials and technologies. The steam mills are made in the brick style, while the decorative elements belong to historical modifications of Medieval architecture. It is hypothesized that the industrial facilities of the early 20th century with their compositional and decorative qualities set the grounds for the development of provincial Art Nouveau.

Chepurova Olga B., Shleyuk Svetlana G.
Wooden Art Nouveau of Buzuluk. Architectural analysis

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №2 (86) June, 2024

The article considers the historical context for the emergence of wooden Art Nouveau in the late 19th - early 20th century in the city of Buzuluk, Orenburg Region. Analysis of the architectural decoration on the facades of the wooden buildings reveals characteristic compositional and artistic features inherent in provincial Art Nouveau and their stylistic features as a case of peculiar interpretation of the style in the Russian provinces.

Shleyuk Svetlana G.
THE ROLE OF STRUCTURAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND ARTISTIC ELEMENTS MADE OF METAL IN THE BUILDINGS OF THE PROVINCIAL ORENBURG OF THE 19th – EARLY 20th CENTURY

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №3 (79) September, 2022

The article considers the role of metal elements in the formation of the urban environment of the provincial Orenburg in the 19th – early 20th century. Variants of use of metal elements in public, industrial and residential buildings made using various industrial and artisan processes are considered with examples of how metal frames and architectural elements were incorporated in industrial buildings and how metal art was employed for architectural decoration. Consideration is given to variants of forging artworks from metal rod, performated metal and monumental and decorative cast-iron items.