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<p>This article analyses the development of standard designs of primary school buildings in Lithuania during the 1920s and 1930s. This process aimed to create simple and comfortable standard school buildings and provide them to the primary schools operating in the country. The article presents the development of standard designs that took place at that time, explaining the circumstances of their emergence, and comparing the main designs of such buildings developed at that time. To reveal this process as best as possible, the influence of the then Ministry of Education of Lithuania, local former Lithuanian county municipalities, and various architectural specialists in the standardisation of buildings for primary schools and the development of standard designs are presented and analysed. This aims to introduce the readers to the still little-known process that took place in the architecture of Lithuania during the 1920s and 1930s.</p>
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This article analyses the development of standard designs of primary school buildings in Lithuania during the 1920s and 1930s. This process aimed to create simple and comfortable standard school buildings and provide them to the primary schools operating in the country. The article presents the development of standard designs that took place at that time, explaining the circumstances of their emergence, and comparing the main designs of such buildings developed at that time. To reveal this process as best as possible, the influence of the then Ministry of Education of Lithuania, local former Lithuanian county municipalities, and various architectural specialists in the standardisation of buildings for primary schools and the development of standard designs are presented and analysed. This aims to introduce the readers to the still little-known process that took place in the architecture of Lithuania during the 1920s and 1930s.

The Development of Standard Designs of Primary School Buildings in Lithuania During the 1920s and 1930s

Art History & Criticism

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This article analyses the development of standard designs of primary school buildings in Lithuania during the 1920s and 1930s. This process aimed to create...

The Development of Standard Designs of Primary School Buildings in Lithuania During the 1920s and 1930s

Publié en ligne: 30 nov. 2023

Pages: 52 - 69

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mik-2023-0005

Mots clés
school architecture, school buildings, interwar Lithuania, interwar architecture, standard designs, primary schools

© 2023 Evaldas Vilkončius, published by Sciendo

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

The Development of Standard Designs of Primary School Buildings in Lithuania During the 1920s and 1930s

Publié en ligne: 30 nov. 2023

Pages: 52 - 69

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mik-2023-0005

Mots clésschool architecture, school buildings, interwar Lithuania, interwar architecture, standard designs, primary schools

© 2023 Evaldas Vilkončius, published by Sciendo

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

Mots clés
school architecture, school buildings, interwar Lithuania, interwar architecture, standard designs, primary schools