The virtual capital of the Middle Urals: To the 300th anniversary of Yekaterinburg

Abstract

The article presents one of the virtual layers of modern architecture of Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Middle Urals, which has been created by the author for two decades and offered to investors and city authorities for realization. The article touches the problem of stylistic and large-scale juxtaposition of modern and historical layers of the urban architecture in the context of intensive development of the urban structure.

Keywords

• virtual architecture
• architectural styles
• symbolic architectural concepts
• urban context
• image
• high-rise dominant