Cartoon Hotel in Razgrad, Bulgaria. Completed in 1983. Formerly Hotel-Restaurant Razgrad. Brutalist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Architectonic Blog Posts
Monument to the first Soviet tractor in Bulgaria
Monument to the first Soviet tractor in Bulgaria in Veselinovo (Yambol district). Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Monument to Sergei Korolev
Monument to Sergei Korolev in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Completed in 1971 by sculptor, O.P. Oliynyk. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Academic Music and Drama Theatre
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Academic Music and Drama Theatre in Ukraine. Completed in 1980. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Memorial to the Great Patriotic War
Memorial to the Great Patriotic War (World War II) in Klevan, Ukraine. Completed in 1975. Soviet-era war memorial in the former USSR.
Pripyat Town Sign
Town Sign in Pripyat (Chernobyl Exclusion Zone), Ukraine. Completed in 1970. Modernist, Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Regional Administration
Regional Administration building (City Council) in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
“Red Star” on the side of an apartment building
“Red Star” mosaic on the side of an apartment building in Chisinau, Moldova by artist Aurel David. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.
Former Lower Cable Car Station
Former Lower Cable Car Station in Chisinau, Moldova. Completed in 1981. Abandoned, modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
“Hospitable Moldavia”
Mosaic entitled “Hospitable Moldavia” at Chisinau Railway Station in Moldova. Completed in 1967 by Mikhail Burya. Soviet-era artwork in former the USSR.
“Young Miner”
“Young Miner” in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Completed in 1952 by sculptor, Antonín Ivanský. Communist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
New Town Hall
New Town Hall in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Completed in 1930. An example of early modernist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.