Under the Shade of Aalto, Kahn and Pavlov

The article describes designing of public and cultural buildings in the USSR with the participation of the author. It points out the influence of prominent western architects on the ideas of Soviet architects. The article features the town-planning background of the Musical Theatre in Irkutsk and the significance of the activity of Irkutsk architects, V. Voronezhsky and V. A. Pavlov in the work on the master plan for the city center. It presents the principles serving as the basis for the architectural concept of the Musical Theatre.