Alexander
Gerbertovich Rappaport

born in 1941 • artist

Biography and information

Aleksandr Gerbertovich Rappaport (October 23, 1941, Vologda) - Russian architect, architectural theorist, architectural critic, art historian. Doctor of Arts, member of the Union of Architects of Russia (since 1968), the International Committee of Architectural Critics (International Committee of Architectural critics, CICA) (since 1985), the Association of Art Critics (since 2002), the Union of Designers of Russia (since 2003).

Content [hide]
1 Biography
2 Books and Articles by A. G. Rappaport
3 Research A. G. Rappaport as a manuscript
4 Reviews A. G. Rappaport
5 Translations by A. G. Rappaport
6 Public speaking
7 Interview
8 Notes
9 References
Biography [edit | edit code]
The son of film director Herbert Rappaport and film artist L.P. Shieldknecht. In 1959-1965 studied at the Leningrad Institute of Civil Engineering (LISI); in 1964 - the drawing class of V.I. Shukhaev (Tbilisi); in 1967-1970 - In graduate school NIITAGa. Until 1977, he participated in the Moscow Methodological Circle under the direction of GP Shchedrovitsky [1]. In 1976 he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of architecture on the topic "Formation of theoretical concepts in modern architectural design." In 2002 - his doctoral thesis for the degree of Doctor of Art History on the theme "To the understanding of the architectural form" [2].

He worked as an architect in LenNIIP urban planning (1965-1969); Head the Laboratory of Sociological Research of the Moscow Research and Design Institute of Cultural, Leisure, Sports and Health Care Objects (MIIPOKOZ) (1972-1977); Head Sector of the Institute of Culture MK RSFSR (1977), Moscow; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (1978–1984); Head the department NIITAG (1984-1991); Journalist for the BBC World Service (1991-2001), London. Currently, he is a leading researcher at the Department of Theory of Architecture at NIITAG. In 2012-2014 he taught at the Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Graduate School of Business, Arts and Technology RISEBA (Riga).

Author of thousands of publications on architecture, architectural and town planning methodology and design, theory of architecture and design, fine arts, animated films and photography in different countries (Russia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Georgia, Ukraine, Estonia, Poland, Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, United States). As Rappaport himself admits, every day he writes at least two texts, so a thousand or more publications are made in a year [3].

Since 2004 he has been living in Mazirbe (Latvia).

He maintains a philosophical and methodological blog "Tower and Labyrinth" [4] and a page on the social network Facebook.

Books and articles by A. G. Rappaport [edit | edit code]
What is good"? // Construction worker. - Leningrad. - 1968. - №43 (17117). - p.10-11.
Classification of levels of problems in the theory of urban planning / / Overview of architectural and sociological research TSNTI civil engineering and architecture. - M., 1970 (Series: Urban Planning. - Vol. 2).
Urban planning utopias of the 20th century: Western architects in search of solutions to social problems // Construction and Architecture of Leningrad. - 1970. - №10.
The subject of the theory of composition in architecture // Architectural composition: Modern problems / Ed. Ikonnikov A.V. - M .: stroiizdat, 1970. - p.38-40.
The main historical stages of the use and study of the drawing // Proceedings of the XIII International Congress on the History of Science (Moscow, August 18-24, 1971). Section XI: History of technology. - M .: Science, 1971. - P.34—37.
On the methods and criteria of analysis in architecture (to the problem of the theory of design) // Architecture of the USSR. - 1971. - №10.
Project forecasting as a problem of design theory // Problems of forecasting and complex design of the subject environment: Theses of reports to the seminar. - M .: VNIITE, 1971.
Et al. with B. Sazonov. Problems of the Future and Design Transformation // Technical Aesthetics Bulletin. - 1972. - №1.
Problems of analysis of graphic design tools // Methodology for the study of project activities. Abstracts of communications of the All-Union Scientific Conference "Design Automation as a Complex Problem of Improving Project Business in the Country." - Sat.2. - M., 1973. - P.87-96.
Et al. with E.Izvarin. Christopher Alexander and his critics (design theory in the West yesterday and today) // Construction and Architecture of Leningrad. - 1973. - №2. Or: ElIzvarine et AGRappaport. Christopher Alexander et sesiques: La théorie de la conception en Occident // La revue “Architecture et Methodologie”. Traduit du Russe par MMPorada, chercheur au CERA, Laboratoire Informatique. - Mars 1977. - №10.
Problems of form in modern design // Technical Aesthetics Bulletin. - 1974. - №8.
Designing without prototypes // Development and implementation of automated systems in design (Theory and methodology). - M .: Stroyizdat, TsNIPIASS, 1975. - S.299—392. Or: La conception sans prototype // Conception assisté en URSS: Théorie et pratique. Notes méthodologiques en architecture et en urbanisme. - Vol.8. - Paris: CERA ENSBA, 1979 (Département informatique et méthodologie du Center d'etudes et de recherches architecturales). - 164c. - ISBN 2-902545-15-0. - ISBN 978-2-902545-15-5
From the definitions of design to his theory // Problems of the theory of the design of the objective environment. - M .: VNIITE, 1974 (Proceedings of VNIITE. Series "Technical Aesthetics. - Issue 8). Or: Izd.2, Rev. - M .: VNIITE, 1975.
Principles of the organization of permanent design // Automation of building design / Under total. ed. A.A.Gusakova. - M .: TsNIPIASS, 1975 (Proceedings of the Institute / Central Research and Design and Experimental Institute of Automated Systems in Construction. - Issue 8).
The problem of space in the design of system objects // Integrated artistic design and issues of a systematic approach to design: Materials of the All-Union conference "Artistic design of complex objects in engineering and instrument-making" (1976). - M., 1977.
Et al. with Y. Bocharov. The urban planning treatises of Le Corbusier and the problems of modern design // Le Corbusier. Three forms of settlement. Athens Charter. - M .: stroiizdat, 1976. - p.127-135.
Problems of design techniques for prototypes and in system design without prototypes // Methods of artistic design / Ed. editor Yu.B.Soloviev. - M., 1978.
Theory of Architecture and Design Theory // Architecture. Collection of the Union of Architects of the USSR. - 2 (21). - M .: stroiizdat, 1978. - p.34—38.
Spectators and heroes of the “architectural theater” // Architecture of the USSR. - 1979. - №10.
Urban environment and drama of architectural composition // Problems of the theory and history of architecture. - Collection of Scientific Papers №5: Architectural Activities and the Formation of the Environment / Ed. A.V. Ryabushin. - M .: TsNII urban planning, 1979. - P.34-44.
Theater space and city space in Europe of the XVI — XVII centuries // Theatrical space: Materials of the scientific conference of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin (1978). - M .: Soviet artist, 1979. - C.202-214.
Et al. with K. Kondratieva. Color in art and design education // Industrial art: intercollegiate thematic collection of works. - Issue 1. - M .: Publishing house MARHI, 1980. - P.76-84.
Style as a program // Problems of formalization of means of artistic expression: style, corporate identity, styling, fashion / Ed. ed. SO Khan-Magomedov. M .: VNIITE, 1980 (Materials of conferences, seminars, meetings). - Pp.57–58.
To the question of the poetic of the subject-spatial environment (theses) // Bulletin "Technical Aesthetics". - 1981. - №1.
Categories and concepts of design and artistic thinking // Development of a terminological design apparatus: teaching materials / Ed. ed. G.L. Demosthenov. - M .: VNIITE, 1982.
Style and environment // Decorative Art of the USSR. - 1983. - №5.
The environmental approach and design ideology // Psychology and Architecture: Conference Abstracts. - Part 1 / Ed. T.Niit, M.Heidmets, J.Kruusvall. - Tallinn, 1983. - P.96-98.
Understanding Tatlin's Counter Reliefs // Wiener Slawistischer almanach. - 1982. - Band 9. - S.349-353.
Interdisciplinary space // Soviet art history'82 / 2. - M .: Soviet artist, 1984. - S.274-296.
Experiment. What does he give? (on the works of F. Infante) // Moscow artist. - 1983. - № 35 (1047).
Reflections of reflections (about F. Infante's photos) // Soviet photo. - 1983. - №12.
“Environmental Approach” and its artistic perspective (Introduction) // General Problems of Art: Overview Information. Issue 3: Art problems of formation of the subject-spatial environment. - M .: Publishing house GBL, 1984.
Gesture and space in the art of animation // The problem of synthesis in artistic culture / Otv. ed. B.V. Rauschenbach - M .: Nauka, 1985. - P.67-75.
Emotions and the professional consciousness of the architect // Architecture and the emotional world of a person / G. Z. Zabelshansky, G. M. Minervin, A. G. Rappaport, G. Y. Somov. - M .: stroiizdat, 1985 (Central Research Institute of Theory and History of Architecture). - 208с. - C.3-54.
Place of poetics in the development of architectural and theoretical knowledge // Problems of shaping in architecture: Collection of Scientific Works / Ed. Yu.S.Lebedeva. M .: TsNIIP urban planning, 1985. - p.70-77.
Is it utopia? On the history of “environmental vision” // Decorative Art of the USSR. - 1986. - № 4.
Architectural criticism on the verge of change // Architecture Year: Collection (for the VIII Congress of the Union of Architects of the USSR). M .: stroiizdat, 1987. - p. 182-184.
Does architecture have a future? // Architecture of the USSR. - 1987. - №3.
The legacy of architectural thought // Architecture of the USSR. - 1987. - №5.
Photography and automatism // Soviet photo. - 1987. - №6.
Time and subject. Photos A.Slyusareva // Soviet photo. - 1987. - №7.
Architecture and photography // Architecture of the USSR. - 1988. - №4.
Depth of field // Soviet photo. - 1988. - №6. - p.23-24.
Concepts of architectural space. Center for Scientific and Technical Information (CSTI) of the State Architecture Committee. Survey information. Series 1. "Theory and history of architecture." - Issue 1. - M., 1988.
Three conversations about architecture (Essay: Poetry of space, Surface and mass, Reflection and echo). Publ. in: Architecture and construction of Moscow. - 1988. - № 4,7,11.
Fantasies instead of utopia // Architecture (annex to the "Construction newspaper"). - 1988. - № 22 (686). Or: Fantasia contro utopia, Metametropolis catalog esposizione // Le citta del Mondo et il futuro delle metropoli. Partecipazioni internazionali, Catalogo della XVII Triennale di Milano. Milano: Electa editrice, 1988.
El Lissitzky and the idea of pangeometry // Russia, France: problems of culture of the first decades of the 20th century: Sat. articles / Total. ed. I.Ye. Danilova. M .: GMII. A.S. Pushkin, 1988. [According to the materials of the "Vipper readings" of 1981 in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin, held in the days of the exhibition "Moscow-Paris"]. Or: El Lissitzky and his idea of “Pangeometry” [Revised text of the report] // Soviet art study. - Issue 25. - M .: Soviet artist, 1989. - P.113-130.
To the understanding of the poetic and cultural-historical meaning of the installation / / Montage: Literature. Art. Theater. Cinema / Ed. ed. B.V. Rauschenbach. - M .: Science, 1988. - C.14-23.
Gravitation des kunstlerischen Willens // Ivan Chuikov: Katalog. Exhibitions. 12 Feb. - 2 Apr. Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster; Juni / Juli Köln; 8 Okt. - 19 Nov. Kunstverein, Bielefeld, 1989. Or: Gravity of artistic will (Reflections on the work of I.S. Chuykov)
Historical time in photography // World of photography / Comp. V.Stigneev and A.Lipkov. - M .: Planet, 1989. - P.35—39.
Sprache und Architektur des “Post-Totalitarismus” // Papierarchitektur: neue Projekte aus der Sowjetunion; 4. März 1989 - 14. Mai 1989, Deutsches Architekturmuseum. Herausgegeben von Heinrich Klotz mit einem Beitrag von Alexander G. Rappaport. Frankfurt am Main, Deutsches Architekturmuseum, 1989. - ISBN 3-927789-06-2 - ISBN 3-927789-06-2
From images to principles (in Y. Avvakumov) // Models of Agitarch. Catalog of the exhibition "AGITARCH models". Linssen Gallery / Galerie Linssen, Cologne / Köln, 1989.
To the question of the meaning and perspectives of the development of architecture / Methodological problems of modern architecture: Coll. scientific tr. / Comp. A.G.Rappaport. - M .: NIITAG, 1989. - P.6—39.
Utopian in design, yesterday and today // Futurodesign — 89: First All-Union Conference on Project Forecasting Issues / GKNT USSR, All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Techn. aesthetics. - M., 1990. - p.73-80.
To the aesthetics of totalitarian environments // Urban environment: Collection of materials of the All-Union Scientific Conference of the VNIITAG and the Union of Architects of the USSR “Modern Problems of Urban Environment Formation” (Suzdal, 1989). Reports of the conference participants. - Part 1 / Comp. Sat A.A. Vysokovsky and G.Z. Kaganov. - M .: VNIITAG, 1989. - P.78-85. Or: To the aesthetics of totalitarian environments // Decorative Art of the USSR. - 1989. - №11.
Environment and architecture // Urban environment: problems of existence / Ed. A.A. Vysokovsky and G.Z. Kaganova. - M .: VNIITAG, 1990. - P.157-178.
Infantilism and schematism in the architecture of Melnikov // Creativity. - 1990. - №11.
Et al. with G.Yu.Somov. Form in architecture: Problems of theory and methodology. - M .: Stroyizdat, 1990 (Goskom for Architecture and Urban Planning under the USSR State Planning Committee, All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Theory of Architecture and Urban Planning). —344s.: Ill. - ISBN 5-274-00925-5 Section written by A. Rappaport: 1: Methodological problems of the study of architectural forms. 1-3 (Problematization, Category, Concept); 4-6 (Concepts, Analysis and synthesis, Fate).
"Ropes" Ilya Kabakov. The experience of interpreting the conceptual assemblage // Soviet art history. - Вып.26. - M .: Soviet artist, 1990. - P.33-61. Or: The Ropes of Ilya Kabakov: An Experiment in a Conceptual Installation // Tekstura: Russian essays on visual culture / Ed. and translated by Alla Efimova and Lev Manovich. University of Chicago Press, 1993. - ISBN 0226951235, 9780226951232
Mosaic of another's consciousness (about the creative work of I. Chuikov) // Art. - 1990. - №1. Or: The mosaic of strangers consiousness: notes of Ivan Chuikov's oeuvre.
Graphic experiments of Sergei Reznikov // Art of drawing. - M .: Soviet artist, 1990. - P.302-310.
Mythological substrate of the Soviet artistic imagination // Art of Cinema. - 1990. - № 6. - P.92-94.
Architecture and Hermeneutics (Introduction) // Iconography of Architecture: Collection of Scientific Works / Ed. A.L. Batalov. - M .: VNII theory of architecture and urban planning, 1990. - P.5-15.
On the intellectual sovereignty of architecture // Architecture and Culture: Collection of materials of the All-Union Scientific Conference. Comp. Sat I.A. Azizyan, G.S. Lebedeva, E.L. Belyaev. - H.I. - M .: VNIITAG, 1990. - C.43—48.
To the program of logical research of architectural criticism // History and methodology of architectural criticism / Comp. and scientific ed. A. Rappaport. - M .: VNIITIAG, 1991. - P.4—31.
Design boundaries (Invitation to discussion) // Methodology issues. - 1991. - №1.
Utopia and Avant-Garde: Portrait by Malevich and Filonov // Questions of Philosophy. - 1991. - №11.
On the painting of Yuri Zlotnikov // Creativity. - 1991. - №11.
Concepts and reality // Soviet art history. - Issue 27. - M .: Soviet artist, 1991. - P. 41-57. Or: Concepts and Reality // Tacoma Art Museum, Institute for Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.), Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 16 - March 31, 1991 ). Tacoma Art Museum, The MIT Press, 1990. - ISBN 0-262-68065-3, 9780262680653
Historical and eternal in architecture // Problems of the history of architecture: Abstracts of reports of the All-Union Scientific Conference in Suzdal. - Part 1. - M .: VNIITIAG, 1991. - P.11-14.
From error to terror // International Architecture and construction. - London, 1993. - Vol.1. - Issue 2. - P.107-110.
Inner cosmism in the works of Francisco Infante // Magic Mountain, Issue 2. - M., 1993. - p. 338-347.
Notes on the nature of architecture // Questions of art history. - 1994. - Issue 1. - pp. 25—49.
Paper architecture. A postscript // Post-Soviet art and Architecture. Εdited by Alexey Yurasovsky and Sophie Ovenden. - London: Academy Editions, 1994. - ISBN 1-85490-375-6 (pbk). - P.128-143. Or: Paper architecture. P.S.
Sun City // Star. - 1998. - №1.
Understanding the architectural form // Art study. - 2000. - Issue 1. - pp. 168-226.
Pulsating being. Notes on animated cartoons by Norman McLaren // Cinema Studies. - 2001. - No. 51. - P.206-215.
City of memory and oblivion // URBANICA. Herald - 2001. - №3.
A man without a certain place (Boris Mikhailov. “History of the disease.” Saatchi Gallery, London, 11.09.01 - 25.11.01) // Art magazine. - 2002. - №42.
Kandinsky in London // Rossica. - 2002.— Issue 7/8: Revelations in Color: Dionisy & Kandinsky. Or: Kandinsky in London // Idem.
Oleg Prokofiev (1928–1998). Compositions In Sculpture And Painting // Rossica. - Issue 9. - 2003. - P.44-49. Or: Oleg Prokofiev (1928-1998). Compositions in sculpture and painting // Ibid.
Third Design // Design Problems: Collection of Articles / Edited by VL Glazychev. - M .: Union of Designers of Russia, 2003. - 256s., Ill. - ISBN 5-901512-10-3
St. Petersburg: America or Egypt? // The World Word: International Journal / Ch. ed. E.Chizhova, A.Lim. - SPb .: Petersburg Editorial Board. - 2003. - №16. - C.11-18. - ISSN 0869-3560
Eternal, historical and conjuncture in the architectural shaping: on the issue of principles in architectural thinking // Art science. - 2004. - Issue 1. - S.493-507.
Ninety-nine letters about painting. - M .: New Literary Review, 2004 (Series: Essays on visuality). - 344s., Il. - ISBN 5-86793-237-0 [5] [6] [7]. Letters 1–12, 13–21, 22–30, 31–44, 45–50, 51–60, 61–70, 71–80, 81–90, 91–99.
The sky in the Russian landscape // Rossica. - Issue 14: Russian Summer in London. Or: The Sky in the Russian Landscape // Idem.
Woman and architecture // "100% Red". - 2004. - №19 (December).
Achilles heel // Centaur. Almanac. - 2004. - №33.
Imagination and thinking // Centaur. Almanac. - 2004. - №33.
Architecture at the turn of the epoch // Russian architectural portal.
Things and words (against the conspiracy of silence) // Russian architectural portal.
Lenin Library // Star. - 2004. - № 4.
Project and Time // Problems of Design-2: Collection of Articles / VL Glazychev et al. - Moscow: Architecture-S, 2004. - 400 p. - C.22–47. - ISBN 5-9647-0034-9
Frozen music // Internet-magazine "Architect" of the Union of Moscow Architects, July 11, 2005.
Unidentified Utopia: Rubens's “Bacchus” from the Hermitage Collection // The Swan. Independent almanac. - 2006. - №482.
Detail and close-up // Internet-magazine "Architect" of the Union of Moscow Architects, September 19, 2006.
The Corinthian Capital: The Meanings of Myth and Form // Internet-magazine "Architect" of the Union of Moscow Architects, September 25, 2006.
Once again about the frozen and not frozen // Internet-magazine "Architect" of the Union of Moscow Architects, October 9, 2006.
Onto and phylogenesis of architecture // Internet-magazine "Architect" of the Union of Moscow Architects, December 20, 2006.
On the humanism of architecture // Internet-magazine "Architect" of the Union of Moscow Architects, May 29, 2007.
The mystery and the temptation of the theory of architecture // Internet-magazine "Architect" of the Union of Moscow Architects, August 17, 2007.
Architectural China and "planetary claustrophobia" // Internet-magazine "Architect" of the Union of Moscow Architects, December 25, 2007.
John Ruskin and his “Seven Luminaries of Architecture” // Ruskin D. Seven Luminaries of Architecture. Per. from English SPb .: ABC Classic, 2007 (Series “The Artist and the Expert”). C.7-42.
Five problems of the theory of architecture of the XXI century // Bulletin of Europe. - 2007. - №19—20.
New Jerusalem // Internet magazine "Architect" of the Union of Moscow Architects, January 18, 2008.
What is architecture? // Internet magazine "Architect" of the Union of Moscow Architects, April 2, 2008.
Form and meaning // Art = The art magazine. - 2008. - №4: Form and content. - P.36-41.
Tunguska meteorite of domestic architectural science // Art history. - 2008. - №3. - S.96-144.
Essays on the history and theory of architecture of the New and Newest time / Under. ed. I.Azizyan. - SPb .: Kolo, 2009. - 656 p. - ISBN 5-901841-56-3 Sections written by A. Rappaport: Chapters 7: Spirit of the times and architecture of the XIX century; 8: "Seven Sights of Architecture" by John Ruskin: Yesterday and Tomorrow. S.135-217.
Architecture and myth // Problems of the theory of architecture: Architecture and culture of Russia in the XXI century / Ed. I.Azizyan. - M .: Book House "Librokom", 2009. —472с. - ISBN 978-5-397-00389-6 C.427—465.
Deafening silence. Photos by A. Slusarev // National Center for Contemporary Art, October 12, 2009.
Life and Death of the Wall // Architectural Interactive Architectural Network (archinfo.ru), December 21, 2009.
The fate of the architect // Interactive architectural network "Architect" (archinfo.ru), December 23, 2009.
"Stalin's Empire" - hypnotism and narcotism style // Architecture of the Stalin era: Experience of historical understanding / Comp. and rep. ed. Yu.L. Kosenkova. M .: KomKniga, 2010. —496s. - ISBN 978-5-484-01138-4
The obsession of culture. Shakespeare's sonnets and the efforts of their readers // Nezavisimaya Gazeta, March 25, 2010.
Dying of architecture and art // Art history. - 2010. - №1—2.
Riddle and Secret of Palladio (Jubilee Reflections) // Art History. - 2010. - №1—2.
Architecture and Revolution // Architectural Interactive Architectural Network (archinfo.ru), July 23, 2010.
Mutations and selection // Interactive architectural network "Architect" (archinfo.ru), July 23, 2010.
Enthusiasm and inexhaustibility // Architectural architectural network (archinfo.ru), July 23, 2010.
Art of the architect // Art = The art magazine. - 2010. - # 4: Architect as an artist.
Openness or inexhaustibility // Next step. - 2010.
Architecture without a future or the future without architecture. In The Blue Sofa, Philosophical Theoretical Journal, 21, M.2016, p. 277-245
Research A. G. Rappaport as a manuscript [edit | edit code]
Development and antinomy of self-knowledge in architecture, 2003.
On the question of architectural ontology, 2003.
Architecture, myth and occult knowledge. Principles and methods of architectural shaping, 2003.
Body, schematism, dramaturgy and stage, 2003.
Architecture: Space and History, 2004.
Autonomy of architecture, 2005.
On the issue of temporality in architecture, 2005.
Volcano, 2005.
Architecture language, function and compliance principle, 2006.
Architecture - like myth and memory, 2006.
Principles and methods of shaping in architecture. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. NIITAG, Department of Theory of Architecture, 2007.
The meaning of architecture. Part 1, Part 2. NIITAG, Department of Theory of Architecture, 2008.
Past and future architectural thought. NIITAG, Department of Theory of Architecture, 2008.
The main stages of the development of architectural thought, 2008.
To the new theory of architecture. Theses and fragments of the manuscript, 2008.
Architecture - the myth and the norm in critical discourse, 2008.
Once again about the academic.
Water and architecture.
On the purity of design (design meditation).
Ways to understand the social conditionality of architecture.
About irony and architecture.
Values of culture and problems of survival, May 8, 2010.
Architecture and Revolution, July 9, 2010.
Space and Being: Notes to the experiments of N. A. Ladovsky. Revolutions and mutations of the Russian avant-garde, July 13, 2010.
Architectural education - the sphere of the new cult, August 5, 2010.
Architecture - House of Being, August 11, 2010.
Style and Medium - categories of architectural theory, August 13, 2010.
Architectural Discourse and Soviet Rhetoric, September 24, 2010.
Architecture and its history, October 2, 2010.
Architectural Theory and Practice, October 3, 2010.
Architectural criticism, October 5, 2010.
Verbal and non-verbal in architecture and society, October 6, 2010.
Socium - Society - Technosphere, October 7, 2010.
Reviews A. G. Rappaport [edit | edit code]
Review of the book “Cities of the Future” by Michel Ragon // Decorative Art of the USSR. - 1970. - №1.
Review of the book of Sanford Quinter “Architecture of Time” // Project Russia. - №33. - 2001.
Unusual book. Book review on the book by Yu.B. Barkhina “Architecture as an apple of soul salvation and sin: Epiphenomena of soul salvation. Unified methodological painting. Byaki and natyurvity ”// Internet-magazine“ Architect ”of the Union of Moscow Architects, October 28, 2003.
Book Review by Mark Wigley “Architecture of Deconstruction” // Project Russia. - №35. - 2005.
Project and crime: On the book of Hall Foster "Design and Crime" // Project Russia. - №38. - 2005.
Immortal Paperny. Review of the book of Vladimir Paperny "Culture Two" // Internet-magazine "Architect" of the Union of Moscow Architects, April 7, 2006.
Philosophy of architecture E. Benjamin. About the book: Andrew Benjamin. Architectural philosophy, August 22, 2009.
Translations by A. G. Rappaport [edit | edit code]
Saxo, R. Atrium Buildings / Trans. from English A.G. Rappaport; Ed. V.L. Hayta. - M .: stroiizdat, 1987. - 138s
Kantakjuzino S., Brandt S. Building Restoration / Trans. from English A.G.Rappaport. Ed. O.I. Prutsyna. - M .: stroiizdat, 1984. - 264s.
Hal Foster. Master Builder (Abbreviated Translation) // Hal Foster. Design and Crime and Other Diatribes. London: Verso, 2002. P.27–42. - ISBN 1-85984-453-7
Public speaking [edit | edit code]
Report "Proust and Cubism. To Aesthetics of Reconstruction ”at the XXXV Wipperovsky Readings in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, January 30, 2002.
Lecture "Antinomies of Unclean Imagination", the project "Open University" in the framework of the megaproject "The cultural capital of the Volga region" on the basis of Cheboksary State University, September 20, 2003.
The message “Reflective slowdown”, SEMINARIUM HORTUS HUMANITATIS of the Baltic Institute for Strategic Research and Innovation (BISI), September 23, 2006.
Report “Utopia Yesterday and Tomorrow” at the 22 Readings of the Humanitarian Workshop “Utopia and Project — Reflection of Mythological Consciousness”, SEMINARIUM HORTUS HUMANITATIS of the Baltic Institute for Strategic Research and Innovation (BISI), December 2, 2006.
Abstracts of the report "" Men "on the schemes of the Theory of Activity" at the conference "Schemes and schematization", organized by the scientific foundation named after GP. Schedrovitsky, October 13, 2007.
The report “Stalin’s Empire style - hypnotism and style narcotism” at the NIITAG conference, October 31 - November 2, 2007.
Report "The history of architectural thought and its future" at the International Scientific Conference on the General History of Architecture "Personality, Epoch, Style", NIITAG RAACS, October 6-7, 2008.
Lecture "Dying architecture and art" at the European University of St. Petersburg, October 7, 2009 [8] [9].
Lecture “Opinion and Understanding” in MARHI, November 17, 2009.
Lecture “Problems of design methodology” in the framework of the project of Rosatom State Corporation “Formation of a critical knowledge fund in the field of design”, November 11, 2009.
Report "Architecture and Society (three-story paradigm)" at Ikonnikov readings, NIITAG, January 21, 2010.
Discussion “Architectural education of the 21st century” in the workshop of Evgeny Assa at MARCHI, March 22, 2010.
Report “Paradoxes of Ladovsky” at the conference “VHUTEMAS space: Heritage. Traditions. Innovations ”[10], MARHI, November 17, 2010.
Interview [edit | edit code]
The epoch of life in space comes to an end. Interview for the magazine "100% Red". - 2005. - №22. Interviewed by Alexander Skidan.
Architecture vs design. Interview for the magazine "Turnkey". - 2008. - №9 (73). - p. 50-51. Interviewed by Irina Che.
Architecture spectacle: Talk about modern theater construction. Interview for the magazine "60 parallel". - 2009. - №2 (33). Anastasia Grib spoke with A. Rappaport and S. Gnedovsky.
Tatlin Tower. The myth of Icarus in Soviet architecture. Interview for the magazine "60 parallel". - 2009. - №4 (35). Interviewed Anastasia Grib.
Interview for the magazine "Project-Baikal". - 2009. - December.
CITY-Show by Dmitry Bykov, January 23, 2010.
“In a state of almost universal flood ...”: from the editorial correspondence of Julia Nerush and Alexander Rappaport // Magazine “60 parallel”. - 2010. - №1 (36).
Discussion "On Modernism, Traditionalism and Beauty" // Magazine "Capital". - 2010.
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↑ Science Foundation named after GP Schedrovitsky. Personalities
↑ NIITAG RAASN. Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Art History in the specialty 18.00.01. - Theory and history of architecture, restoration and reconstruction of historical and architectural heritage, presented in the form of a scientific report.
↑ Kilobyte culture: Doctor of Art Alexander Rappaport spoke at the Riga Euroclub. Checked on April 10, 2017.
↑ Tower and labyrinth. Checked on April 10, 2017.
↑ Lelya Kantor-Kazovskaya. Review on the website of the Foundation for Scientific Research (FNI) "Pragmatics of Culture".
↑ Elena Nevzglyadova. Letters on painting // New World. - 2005. - №5.
↑ Alexander Rappaport. 99 Letters on Art.
↑ European University at St. Petersburg. News archive.
↑ Anastasia Mushroom. Monster Time // Turnkey. - 2009. - №10.
↑ Opening of the conference “VHUTEMAS SPACE: Heritage. Traditions. Innovations "in the framework of the International Festival in Moscow, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of VHUTEMAS, Red Hall MARCHI
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A. Rappaport in the online magazine "Architect" of the Union of Moscow Architects.
A. Rappaport in the interactive architectural network "Architect" (archinfo.ru).
A. Rappaport on the website of the National Center for Contemporary Art.
A. Rappaport on the website of the GP Schedrovitsky Foundation.
A. Rappaport on the website "Methodology in Russia."
A.Rappaport on the Russian architectural portal (archi.ru).
A. Rappaport on the website of the Experimental Training Design Workshop of Moscow Architectural Institute.
A. Rappaport portal Archnest.com.
Painting A.Rappaport.
"Tower and Labyrinth". Blog A. Rappaport.
Poems by A. Rappaport.
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