Arena Sports and Entertainment Hall in Poznań, Poland. Alternative names: Hala widowiskowo-sportowa Arena and Hala Arena. Former Eastern Bloc architecture.
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Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv. Constructed between 1975 and 1989. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Palace of Children and Youth Creativity
Palace of Children and Youth Creativity in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Constucted 1985-1993. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Kockica
Kockica in Zagreb, Croatia. Completed in 1968. Architect: Ivan Vitić. Brutalist style building, Socialist-era architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Palace of Science and Culture
Palace of Science and Culture in Warsaw, Poland. Completed 1955. Stalinist Empire style, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
National Theatre Bucharest
National Theatre Bucharest in Bucharest, Romania. Constructed in 1973. Modernist style, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Poruba Arc
Poruba Arc in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Completed in 1953 by Vladimir Meduna. Stalinist Empire style, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Central Department Store
Central Department Store in Vanadzor, Armenia. Completed in 1972. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Smolna 8
Building: Smolna 8 in Warsaw, Poland. Constructed between 1964 and 1976; Modernist style, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Pyramid of Tirana
Pyramid of Tirana in Tirana, Albania. Formerly the Enver Hoxha Museum. Completed in 1988; Brutalist, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Morača Sports Centre
Morača Sports Centre in Podgorica, Montenegro. Constructed in 1979; Modernist style, Socialist-era architecture, in former Yugoslavia.
Rotunda
PKO Rotunda building in Warsaw, Poland. Completed in 1969 but demolished in 2017. Brutalist, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.