by Mark | November 11, 2020 | Architectonic
Historical Museum ISKRA Location: Kazanlak, Bulgaria Completed: 1981 Architects: Ivan Bitrakov and Yakim Petrov Genre: Modernist, Socialist architecture, former Eastern Bloc VIEW ALL ARCHITECTONIC POSTS Did you know?… We also have an Instagram account and...
by Mark | November 11, 2020 | Ukraine
An architectural journey through Ukraine’s Soviet atomograd city, built for the families evacuated from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster This blog post about the Ukrainian city of Slavutych was originally published in October 2017 but a distinct lack of travel in 2020...
by Mark | November 9, 2020 | Architectonic
“Republic” Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Completed: 1974 Sculptor: Lyubomir Dalchev Alternative name: Museum of Socialist Art Genre: Socialist monument, former Eastern Bloc VIEW ALL ARCHITECTONIC POSTS Did you know?… We also have an Instagram account and Facebook...
by Mark | November 9, 2020 | Architectonic
Central Post Office Location: Plovdiv, Bulgaria Completed: 1977 Architects: Zhelyazko Stoikov and Petya Kovacheva Genre: Modernist, Socialist architecture, former Eastern Bloc VIEW ALL ARCHITECTONIC POSTS Did you know?… We also have an Instagram account and...
by Mark | November 9, 2020 | Architectonic
Monument to the Two Generations Shipka-Buzludzha Location: Buzludzha, Bulgaria Completed: 1981 Sculptor: Stoyu Todorov Alternative names: Two Epochs: Shipka-Buzludzha/The Fists Genre: Socialist monument, former Eastern Bloc The sculpture comprises two fists clutching...
by Mark | November 4, 2020 | Architectonic
Belgorod Sports Complex (Leningrad Quarter) Location: Slavutych, Ukraine Completed: 1988 Architects: Ye. Ya. Smolyar, N.G. Balsky, F.I Borovyk, P.I. Ivanov, V. Ye. Nechaev, V.A. Fuks and B.M. Shirokinsky Genre: Modernist, Soviet architecture, former USSR Slavutych is...
