The Atlai's Industrial Architecture of the 18th-19th centuries

demidov square


Demidow square with obelisk,
view of nowadays
 A special place in this ensemble of squares and streets is Demidovskaya square with the obelisk in honor of the centenary of mining on Altai on it (1825). The projects of the first and the second melting factories of Barnaul Silver Melting Plant (the architects Molchanov, P. K. Frolov, 1817--1826) are not just first-class classical works, but are also some of the first solutions to the industrial erections image because of their monumentalism and the perfection of proportions.

It is important to note that if Siberia directly used the experience and the workers of Ural region, then in the 19th century the development of Ural and Siberian architecture ran parallel and in their unique directions, but in one style -- classicism.

Ural and Siberian erection began to show the individuality of their creators.

Plants' architects can be respected for their longing to standardize and typify buildings: model projects of plants schools, colleges, hospitals, stores, barracks, dwelling houses were made taking into consideration the Siberian climate.

Standard projects of plant's architects were original artistic projects in comparison with the model projects of the capital's architects.

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