Theorist
El Lissitzky
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Details
- Nationality
- Russian
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Reason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Subaltern resistant
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Notes
Existing node augmented: dossier adds the Prouns and the Wolkenbügel ('cloud-iron' horizontal skyscrapers, 1923–25, unbuilt).
Connections
- associated with Russian Constructivism
Referenced by
- Vladimir Tatlin influenced
Sources
- El Lissitzky. Russia: An Architecture for World Revolution. MIT Press, 1970.
- Sophie Lissitzky-Küppers. El Lissitzky: Life, Letters, Texts. Thames & Hudson, 1968.
- in Crysler, Cairns & Heynen (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory, SAGE, 2012 — export p. 17 of 20
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "El Lissitzky." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/el-lissitzky/. Accessed July 17, 2026.