Building: Smolna 8 in Warsaw, Poland. Constructed between 1964 and 1976; Modernist style, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
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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.
National Palace of Culture
National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria. Completed 1981. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Defenders of Stara Zagora Memorial Complex
Defenders of Stara Zagora Memorial Complex in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. Also called Memorial ‘Samarsko Zname’, completed in 1977.
Municipality Hall
Municipality Hall in Ruse, Bulgaria. Completed 1983. Brutalist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc (Balkans).
Bells Monument
Bells Monument in Sofia, Bulgaria. Also known as the Banner of Peace. Completed in 1979; Socialist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Rotunda
PKO Rotunda building in Warsaw, Poland. Completed in 1969 but demolished in 2017. Brutalist, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Kielce Bus Station
Kielce Bus Station in Kielce, Poland. A futuristic styled bus station in the former Eastern Bloc, constructed from 1975 to 1984. Communist-era architecture.
Alfa Retail and Office Complex
Alfa Retail and Office Complex in Poznan, Poland. Constructed: 1963-72 and an example of modernist, Communist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Slovak Radio Building
Slovak Radio Building in Bratislava, Slovakia. Completed in 1983. Modernist, Communist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Buzludzha Monument
Buzludzha Monument near Shipka Pass in Bulgaria. Completed 1981 by architect Georgi Stoilov. Brutalist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.