archatlas:Cosmic Communist ConstructionsA photographic record of 90 weird and wonderful buildings fr
archatlas:Cosmic Communist ConstructionsA photographic record of 90 weird and wonderful buildings from the last decades of the USSR Photographer Frédéric Chaubin reveals 90 buildings sited in fourteen former Soviet Republics which express what he considers to be the fourth age of Soviet architecture. Taking advantage of the collapsing monolithic structure, the holes in the widening net, architects went far beyond modernism, going back to the roots or freely innovating. This puzzle of styles testifies to all the ideological dreams of the period, from the obsession with the cosmos to the rebirth of identity. It also outlines the geography of the USSR, showing how local influences made their exotic twists before the country was brought to its end.Frédéric Chaubin’s Cosmic Communist Constructions is available here.Text via -- source link
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