<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article is on the issue of standardized single-family houses introduced by the Soviet government in post-war Lithuania, which later were strictly prohibited. The relation between standardization and communist ideology and the Soviet law is analysed. The author argues that despite the significant influence of the Soviet law, standardized houses were symbols of welfare, modernist architecture and modern living. The lack and absence of them had a negative impact on the architecture of standardized houses in contemporary Lithuania.</p></abstract>

The article is on the issue of standardized single-family houses introduced by the Soviet government in post-war Lithuania, which later were strictly prohibited. The relation between standardization and communist ideology and the Soviet law is analysed. The author argues that despite the significant influence of the Soviet law, standardized houses were symbols of welfare, modernist architecture and modern living. The lack and absence of them had a negative impact on the architecture of standardized houses in contemporary Lithuania.

Soviet Standardized Single-Family House: the Failed Hope of Non-Communal Living in Postwar Lithuanian Towns

Architecture and Urban Planning

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The article is on the issue of standardized single-family houses introduced by the Soviet government in post-war Lithuania, which later were strictly...

Soviet Standardized Single-Family House: the Failed Hope of Non-Communal Living in Postwar Lithuanian Towns

Published Online: Feb 10, 2018

Page range: 32 - 37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aup-2017-0004

Keywords
Single-family house, standardized architectural design, modernist architecture, soviet architecture, modernization, cold war

© 2017 Aistė Galaunytė, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Soviet Standardized Single-Family House: the Failed Hope of Non-Communal Living in Postwar Lithuanian Towns

Published Online: Feb 10, 2018

Page range: 32 - 37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aup-2017-0004

KeywordsSingle-family house, standardized architectural design, modernist architecture, soviet architecture, modernization, cold war

© 2017 Aistė Galaunytė, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Single-family house, standardized architectural design, modernist architecture, soviet architecture, modernization, cold war