This series of albums generated for information purposes of the Educational course "The General History of Architecture": 2 credits / 30 hours of lectures. 

Until the 1940’s, examples are grouped by region. In this period, the phenomenon of a single world architectural process begins to manifest itself. Since the 1940’s, examples have been grouped by decades.

Thirty albums illustrate the following topics:

-      the 1^st Album: EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC-THEORETICAL SOURCES

-      the 2^nd Album: THE PREHISTORIC ERA’s ARCHITECTURE 

-      the 3^rd Album: THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE

-      the 4^th Album: THE ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN ARCHITECTURE

-      the 5^th Album: THE ANCIENT GREEK ARCHITECTURE

-      the 6^th Album: THE ANCIENT ROMAN ARCHITECTURE 

-      the 7^th Album: THE MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE

-      the 8^th Album: THE EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE'S ARCHITECTURE

-      the 9^th Album: THE  MEDIEVAL MAGHREB'S, THE NEAR EASTERN AND THE CAUCASUS'S ARCHITECTURE

-      the 10^th Album: THE MEDIEVAL CENTRAL ASIAN ARCHITECTURE

-      the 11^th Album: THE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

-      the 12^th Album: THE MEDIEVAL SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN ASIAN ARCHITECTURE

-      the 13^th Album: THE MEDIEVAL CENTRAL AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE

-      the 14^th Album: THE EASTERN EUROPE MIDDLE AGES AND NEW TIMES ARCHITECTURE

-      the 15^th Album: THE WESTERN EUROPEAN AND THE NORTH AMERICAN NEW TIMES ARCHITECTURE 

-      the 16^th Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1870’s

-      the 17^th Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1880’s 

-      the 18^th Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1890’s 

-      the 19^th Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1900’s 

-      the 20^th Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1910’s  - the 21^st Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1920’s 

-      the 22^nd Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1930’s 

-      the 23^rd Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1940’s 

-      the 24^th Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1950’s 

-      the 25^th Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1960’s 

-      the 26^th Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1970’s 

-      the 27^th Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1980’s 

-      the 28^th Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1990’s 

-      the 29^th Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 2000’s 

-      the 30^th Album: THE WORLD’s ARCHITECTURE OF THE 2010’s 

Examples are distributed in chronological order of the construct completion.

     Images sources are indicated directly near with illustrations on each page.

     Architects and companies listed on the basis of aggregate data from different sources (for some objects from various sources indicate different authors). About some buildings listed authors in the available sources has not yet been found.

The Author expresses his gratitude to Internet resources – https://www.google.com ; https://www.wikipedia.org  – which to provide the ability to collect an information.

The 23^rd Album’s front cover:

The State Library, Moscow, USSR, 1940 (Arch. Vladimir A.Shchyuko, Vladimir G.Gelfreich) - http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/c/o/coxy_fish/biblioteka-lenina015.jpg 

The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi / the Igreja da Pampulha, Pampulha, Brazil, 1943 (Arch. Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho)  -

 http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gyzySxHbR2o/TRfJCcwf3rI/AAAAAAAABXU/wkUXVqvrZhs/s1600/portinari+mural+-+Copy.jpg ;

The Sheats Apartments / "L'Horizon", Los Angeles, California, USA, 1949 (Arch. John Edward Lautner) - https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8265/8755000111_26168abea9.jpg ;

The Promontory Apartments, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1949 (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / Maria Ludwig Michael Mies, "Pace Associates") - https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3650/3407026843_e2e0bbd3e5.jpg    

Purpose of the 23^rd Lecture:

To study the basic features of the World architecture in 1940’s.  

Tasks of the 23^rd Lecture:

-  To consider characteristic examples of specifically organized spaces and buildings;

-  To accentuate the features of construction depending on the availability of building materials; - To emphasize the difference between cult and dwelling buildings.

Tasks for the self-research work:

1.  Study the change in the nomenclature of buildings and structures during the evolution of the 1940’s Architecture. 

2.  Analyze geometric parameters of main types of structures and buildings.

Questions for the self-preparation:

1.  Accentuate the features of the USA’s 1940’s architecture

2.  Accentuate the features of the European 1940’s architecture

Themes of abstracts (16 pages, 40 000 characters, A4 format):

1.  The evolution of the Scotland’s 1940’s Architecture

2.  The evolution of the French 1940’s Architecture

3.  The evolution of the USSR1940’s Architecture

Examples for the 23^rd Lecture:

23.1  The State Library, Moscow, USSR, 1940 (Arch. Vladimir A.Shchyuko, Vladimir G.Gelfreich)

23.2  The Theater of the Red Army, Moscow, USSR,1940 (Arch. Karo S.Alabyan, Vasily N.Simbirtsev, Boris G.Barkhin)

23.3  The Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia, 1941 (Arch. Emil Lawrence Sodersten, John Crust)

23.4  The Fort, Najran, Saudi Arabia, 1942 

23.5  The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi / the Igreja da Pampulha, Pampulha, Brazil, 1943 (Arch.

Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho) 

23.6  The Dining Hall / Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bombay, India, 1946 (Arch. Otto H.Königsberger)

23.7  Municipal Typical Dwelling Houses, Auckland, New Zealand, 1947 

23.8  Phillip Q.Roche House, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA, 1947 (Louis Isadore Kahn / Itze-Leib

Schmuilowsky, Oscar Gregory Stonorov)

23.9  The Sheats Apartments / "L'Horizon", Los Angeles, California, USA, 1949 (Arch. John Edward Lautner)

23.10              The Promontory Apartments, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1949 (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / Maria Ludwig Michael Mies, "Pace Associates")    

23.6 The Dining Hall / Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bombay, India, 1946                 (Arch. Otto H.Königsberger)

Source: https://abe.revues.org/356#tocto2n3 ; http://abe.revues.org/docannexe/image/356/img-6.jpg ; http://abe.revues.org/docannexe/image/356/img-7.jpg ; http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01839/12BGMOTTOKOENINGSB_1839109g.jpg

23.8                  Phillip Q.Roche House, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA, 1947 

(Louis Isadore Kahn / Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky, Oscar Gregory Stonorov)

Source: http://www.ncmodernist.org/lkahn-roche-1.jpg ; http://www.ncmodernist.org/lkahn-roche-2.jpg ; http://www.ncmodernist.org/lkahn-roche-5.gif ; http://www.phaidon.com/resource/kahnbowtieshot.jpg ; http://cache4.asset-cache.net/gc/50525709-architect-oscar-stonorovs-four-children-

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23.9                  The Sheats Apartments / "L'Horizon", Los Angeles, California, USA, 1949                        (Arch. John Edward Lautner)

Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Sheets_Apartments.jpg/500px-Sheets_Apartments.jpg ;  https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8265/8755000111_26168abea9.jpg ; http://1q38s2qpb853gp7kj1hooxcd.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/jj08-cm-gold-29-2000.jpg ; http://dh101.humanities.ucla.edu/DH101Fall12Lab2/archive/files/ed966b539a4931eeabac25e681764045.jpg

23.10              The Promontory Apartments, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1949                                                  

(Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / Maria Ludwig Michael Mies, "Pace Associates")                       

Source: http://images.lib.ncsu.edu/des/Size2/NCSULIB-1-NA/1032/51267.jpg?userid=1&username=admin&resolution=2&servertype=JVA&cid=1&iid=NCSULIB&vcid=NA&usergroup=Design_Library-1Admin&profileid=1 ; https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3650/3407026843_e2e0bbd3e5.jpg ;  https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQVMjKHRD8GRf1Un0SewfVJ68pfAp1TEBmY9m13M8lstJDx4jm ; http://images.lib.ncsu.edu/des/Size2/NCSULIB-1-

NA/1040/72305.jpg?userid=1&username=admin&resolution=2&servertype=JVA&cid=1&iid=NCSULIB&vcid=NA&usergroup=Design_Library-1-Admin&profileid=1 ; http://www.designmuseum.de/fileadmin/_migrated/pics/Mies_van_Rohe_sw.crop498x498_01.jpg  

Recommended educational and scientific-theoretical sources:

1.              The general history of architecture. In 12 volumes. Tom Volume 11: The Architecture of the Capitalist Countries of the 20th Century = Всеобщая история архитектуры. В 12 томах. Том Том 11 : Архитектура капиталистических стран XX в. / Под редакцией А. В. Иконникова  (ответственный редактор), Ю. Ю. Савицкого, Н. П. Былинкина, С. О. Хан-Магомедова, Ю. С. Яралова, Н. Ф. Гуляницкого. - 1973.

2.              The general history of architecture. In 12 volumes. Tom Tom 12 (first book): Architecture of the USSR = Всеобщая история архитектуры. В 12 томах. Том Том 12 (первая книга) : Архитектура СССР / Под редакцией Н. В. Баранова  (ответственный редактор), Н. П. Былинкина, А. В. Иконникова, Л. И. Кирилловой, Г. М. Орлова, Б. Р. Рубаненко, Ю. Ю. Савицкого, И. Е. Рожина, Ю. С. Яралова (зам. отв. редактора). - 1975.

3.              Ikonnikov A.V. Architecture of the twentieth century: Utopias and reality. = Иконников А.В. Архитектура ХХ века: Утопии и реальность. – т.1. – Москва: Прогресс-Традиция, 2001.

4.              Щуко, Владимир Алексеевич / Материал из Википедии -   свободной энциклопедии.- URL:

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Щуко,_Владимир_Алексеевич 

5.              Гельфрейх, Владимир Георгиевич / Материал из Википедии -    свободной энциклопедии. – URL:

                        https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Гельфрейх,_Владимир_Георгиевич       

6.              Russian State Library / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_State_Library 

7.              Театр Российской армии / Материал из Википедии - свободной энциклопедии. - URL: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Театр_Российской_армии   8.            Алабян, Каро Семёнович / Материал из Википедии - свободной энциклопедии. - URL: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Алабян,_Каро_Семёнович   9. Симбирцев, Василий Николаевич / Материал из Википедии - свободной энциклопедии. - URL: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Симбирцев,_Василий_Николаевич  

10.           Бархин, Борис Григорьевич / Материал из Википедии - свободной энциклопедии. - URL: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Бархин,_Борис_Григорьевич 

11.           Australian War Memorial / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_War_Memorial  

12.           Emil Sodersten / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Sodersten 

13.           Najran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najran  

14.           Church of Saint Francis of Assisi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Francis_of_Assisi  

15.           Oscar Niemeyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Niemeyer 

16.           Constructing a Shared Vision: Otto Koenigsberger and Tata & Sons / Rachel Lee. - URL: https://abe.revues.org/356  

17.           Otto Königsberger / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Königsberger 

18.           Googie architecture / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googie_architecture#Origins  

19.           Sheats Apartments / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheats_Apartments  

20.           John Lautner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lautner

21.           Promontory Apartments / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promontory_Apartments 

22.           Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Mies_van_der_Rohe 

23.           Oscar Stonorov / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Stonorov  24.    Louis Kahn / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Kahn 

THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE FROM PREHISTORIC TO MODERN TIMES 

Albums of characteristic examples for the Educational course / by Dr.Konstantin I.Samoilov, Almaty, 2017