The first biography to trace the remarkable life and career of Ukrainian-born Boris Iofan, beautifully illustrated with many of Iofan's previously unseen sketchbooks and photographs from private collections.

This is a history of architecture, politics and power. Boris Iofan (1891–1976) made his mark as Stalin's architect, both in the grand projects he achieved, such as the House on the Embankment, a megastructure of 505 homes for the Soviet elite, and through his unbuilt designs, in particular the Palace of the Soviets, a baroque Stalinist dream whose iconic image was reproduced throughout the Soviet Union. Iofan's life and designs offer a unique perspective into the politics of twentieth-century architecture and the history of the Soviet Union.

这是**本追踪出生于乌克兰的鲍里斯·伊凡（Boris Iofan）的非凡生活和事业的传记，配有许多伊凡未公布的素描本和私人收藏的照片。  

这是一部关于建筑、政治和权力的历史。鲍里斯·伊凡（1891-1976年）作为斯大林的建筑师，在他所完成的宏伟项目中大放异彩，例如“堤岸上的房子”，这是一座为苏联精英建造的巨型建筑，有505座房屋。它一个巴洛克式的斯大林主义梦想，其标志性形象在整个苏联得到了复制。伊凡的生活和设计为了解二十世纪建筑的政治和苏联的历史提供了一个独特的视角。