Large panel art on the side of an apartment building in Rivne, a city in western Ukraine. Soviet-era artwork in the former USSR.
architectonic Blog Posts
InterContinental Bucharest
InterContinental Hotel in Bucharest, Romania. Completed in 1971. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Mercur Commercial Complex
Mercur Commercial Complex in Cluj Napoca, Romania. Completed in 1968. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Daugavpils Secondary School No. 10
Secondary School No. 10 in Daugavpils, a city in south-eastern Latvia. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Gas Station
Gas Station in Karosta, a former Russian naval base and neighbourhood of Liepāja, Latvia. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Furniture Store
Furniture Store in Kuldiga, a town in western Latvia, part of the Baltic States. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Nemunas Sanatorium
The now-abandoned Nemunas Sanatorium in Druskininkai, Lithuania. Constructed between 1966 and 1970. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Monument to Vladimir Lenin
Monument to Vladimir Lenin in Grūtas Park (Druskininkai), Lithuania. Completed in 1952 by sculptor N. Tomskis. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.
Apartment Building
Apartment Building in Velenje, a city located in northeastern Slovenia. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Miners’ Tower Block
Miners’ Tower Block near Tito Square in Velenje, Slovenia. Completed in 1961. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Velenje Health Centre
Velenje Health Centre, near Tito Square in Velenje, Slovenia. Renovated in 2016. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Monument to Alexander Tamanian
Monument to Alexander Tamanian in Yerevan, Armenia. Completed in 1974 by sculptor, Artashes Hovsepyan. Soviet-era monument in the former USSR.