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=== Architecture === [[File:Усадьба Расторгуева-Харитонова Екатеринбург.JPG|thumb|The [[Rastorguyev-Kharitonov Palace]], built from 1794 to 1820|left]]Many buildings of Yekaterinburg are ranged from a different number of architectural styles. The city had a regular layout, based on the fortresses of the Renaissance and by the principles of French town planning during the 17th century. By the 18th century, the Baroque movement was not that influential in Yekaterinburg, with the style being seen in churches which later declined<ref name=":12">{{Cite book|date=2002|title=Yekaterinburg Encyclopedia|url=http://ihist.uran.ru/files/2002_Yekaterinburg.pdf|publisher=Yekaterinburg: "Akademkniga"|page=30|isbn=5-93472-068-6|via=PDF}}</ref> In the first half of the 19th century, [[Neoclassical architecture in Russia|neoclassicism]] grew influential in the Yekaterinburg's architecture. The estates were built in the neoclassic style, including the main house, wings, services, and often an English-style park. This style's influence in Yekaterinburg is mostly due to the contributions of architect Michael Malakhov, who worked in the city from 1815 to 1842. He designed the assemblies of the Verkhne-Isetsky factory as well as the Novo-Tikhvinsky Monastery.<ref name=":12" /> [[File:White Tower in Yekaterinburg - 2.jpeg|thumb|White Tower of the Ural Heavy Machinery Plant ]] [[File:Музей ПурВО.jpg|thumb|District Officers' House]]At the beginning of the 20th century, [[eclecticism]] became a dominant influence in Yekaterinburg's architecture. Buildings such as the Opera House and [[Yekaterinburg railway station]] were built in this style. During the 1920s and the 1930s, [[Constructivist architecture|constructivism]] took effect, influencing residential complexes, industrial buildings, stadiums, etc. Architects Moses Ginzburg, Jacob Kornfeld, the Vesnina brothers, Daniel Friedman, and Sigismund Dombrovsky contributed greatly to the constructivism in the city. More than 140 structures in Yekaterinburg are designed in the constructivist style, including the [[White Tower (Yekaterinburg)|Uralmash White Tower]] and the building of the printing house of the "Uralskiy Rabochiy" publishing house.<ref>{{Cite book|date=2002|title=Yekaterinburg Encyclopedia|url=http://ihist.uran.ru/files/2002_Yekaterinburg.pdf|publisher=Yekaterinburg: "Akademkniga"|pages=30–31|isbn=5-93472-068-6|via=PDF}}</ref> During the 1930s to 1950s, there was a turn back to neoclassicism, with much attention paid to public buildings and monuments. Notable examples include the buildings of the Ural Industrial Institute on Lenin Avenue, the City Party Committee and the City Council Executive Committee building (now the City Administrative building), the District Officers' House, and the House of Defense complex. Cultural buildings are built in the squares in orderly composition. In these years, architects Golubev, K. T. Babykin, Valenkov worked fruitfully in Yekaterinburg with this style. In the 1960s, changes in the approach to construction led to widespread distribution of apartment blocks common in the [[History of the Soviet Union (1953–64)|Khrushchev era]]. Buildings built by individuals were rare, among them being: KKT "Kosmos", the Palace of Youth, and DK UZTM.<ref>{{Cite book|date=2002|title=Yekaterinburg Encyclopedia|url=http://ihist.uran.ru/files/2002_Yekaterinburg.pdf|publisher=Yekaterinburg: "Akademkniga"|page=31|isbn=5-93472-068-6|via=PDF}}</ref> From the 1960s to the 1980s, as industrial development grew in Yekaterinburg, so did [[Rationalism (architecture)|rationalism]]. The situation changed in the 1990s when Russia transferred into a market economy. At that time, older buildings were restored, giving the urban area a new environment such as: the Cosmos Concert Hall, the Puppet Theater, the children's ballet theatre The Nutcracker, the Palace of Justice, the Cathedral of the Blood, and the [[Church of the Transfiguration, Yekaterinburg|Church of the Transfiguration]]. At the same time, the construction of new buildings was accompanied by the demolition of historical buildings, leading to the development of the "facade" phenomenon, where the facades of historic buildings are preserved while adjacent modern buildings are built.<ref name=":13">{{Cite journal|last=Shvets|first=A. V.|date=2016|title=Domestic architecture of the late XX – early XXI century|url=http://pnu.edu.ru/media/nionc/articles-2016/59_1.pdf|url-status=dead|journal=New Ideas of the New Century: Scientific. Compilation.|publisher=Khabarovsk: Pacific State University|volume=2|pages=355–362|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104004450/http://pnu.edu.ru/media/nionc/articles-2016/59_1.pdf|archive-date=4 November 2016|access-date=8 June 2018|via=PDF}}</ref> The centre of Yekaterinburg became the centre of new construction, where banks, business centres, hotels, luxury residential complexes, and sports and shopping centres were built. [[High-tech architecture]] grew influential, with buildings such as the Center for Railway Transportation Management, the Summit business centre, the Aquamarine residential complex, and the retail strip at Vaynera Street being notable examples. Along with this, [[Postmodern architecture|postmodernism]] revived interest in the older architectural styles of Yekaterinburg, growing more emphasis on historicalism and contextualism. In the late 1990s, architects grew interested in [[Regionalism (art)|regionalism]].<ref name=":13" /> At the beginning of the 21st century, Yekaterinburg architects turned back to the Soviet-based avant-garde, and influence future city buildings with the [[Neoconstructivism (art)|neoconstructivist]] style. The practice of attracting large foreign investors to projects has become popular. In 2007, the construction of the Central business district started, being headed by the French architect Jean Pistre.<ref name=":13" /> In 2010, Yekaterinburg became one of the largest centers for the construction of High-rise buildings. In the city, 1,189 high-rise buildings were built, including 20 skyscrapers, the tallest of which is the [[Iset Tower]], with a height of 209 meters.<ref>{{cite web|last=GmbH|first=Emporis|title=Yekaterinburg {{!}} Buildings {{!}} EMPORIS|url=https://www.emporis.com/city/100842/yekaterinburg-russia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408012756/http://www.emporis.com/city/100842/yekaterinburg-russia|url-status=usurped|archive-date=8 April 2015|access-date=8 June 2018|website=[[Emporis]]}}</ref>
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