Authors

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.