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Previous, I wrote I was studing PhD in contemporary perception of architecture. That is true. But my interest came from researching modern movement and architecture of Bauhaus and Tel Aviv's Bauhaus. So I will let you know something about interwar architecture in Lithuania.
The fact is that Jewish community which consisted more than 10 percent of population of Lithuania did much for our architecture to turn modern and to deny apseudohistorical/classical style which symbolised being to much oldfashioned.
Lets start with Kaunas/Kovno.
This building of Yewish school shows close relations between the Jews and the Lithuanians. The plot at very prestigiuos place were given by Kovno municipality, the expentures for building were covered by the Goverment and the Litvaks from all the World. Architected is unknow though, but the building still stand.
link to the building http://www.autc.lt/Public/HeritageObject.aspx?rt=3&type=2&ss=Galaun%C4%97&id=780
It is very important to maintain, that both owner and architects were about to protect modern thought of architecture in the beggining of 1930s. This is house in main street Laisvės al. [Liberty ave.] who was owned by Mozė Blochas (Moses Blochas) and Isaokas Trakmanas.
link to the building: http://www.autc.lt/Public/HeritageObject.aspx?rt=3&oe=4&id=1359
Arnas Funkas was very interesting person. His family and relatives were very multicultural. Jewish-Lithuanian-German architect projected and implemented lots of buildings in Kovno and Šiauliai[Shavel]. This is small but probably the best project of him - individual house of A. Iljienė - famous Lithuanian woman of Interwar. The building is shown here is other, house of Paulius Galaunė - the most famous Lithuanian art critic ever
link http://www.autc.lt/Public/HeritageObject.aspx?rt=3&type=2&ss=Galaun%C4%97&id=780
Well, I wanted to show more of these, but I see it gonna be long and it is long enough now... But the last to be shown is soooo important for the Lithuanians. You probably all know that Lithuania is the heart of Europe's [World's?] basketball. The Kaunas Sport Hall was build in 1939 by architect Anatolijus Rozembliumas. As being architectural - proffesional, I can say that it was one of 5 buildings who were sooo modern in its spirit back then. Though building was criticized a lot of being very ascetic, but that only prooves how advanced was it.
All these people, so did the others, made a big influence to Lithuania's culture. they took part in cultural, political, social life and built a better Lithuania. But then nazis came and it was all over...
Yours, Kastytis
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