Travel off-the-beaten-track in Slovenia and visit Velenje. The town’s socialist-era Tito Square has a lot of interesting architecture, sculptures and monuments.
Socialist-era architecture Blog Posts
Pleven Panorama
Pleven Panorama in Bulgaria. Completed in 1977. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
House of Culture “Probuda 1869”
House of Culture “Probuda 1869” in Maglizh, Bulgaria. Completed 1973. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Autogara Metropoli
Autogara Metropoli in Galați, Romania. Completed in 1968 by architect Irina Rosetti. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Library of the Romanian Academy
Library of the Romanian Academy in Cluj Napoca, Romania. Completed in 1976. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Easter Bloc.
Central Pavilion, Romexpo Exhibition Centre
Central Pavilion of the Romexpo Exhibition Centre in Bucharest, Romania. Completed in 1963. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Alba Iulia Bus Station
Bus Station in the small city of Alba Iulia, Romania. Completed in the 1970s. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology
Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology in Bucharest, Romania. Brutalist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Tulcea Railway Station
Railway Station in Tulcea, Romania. Completed in 1972 by architect Irina Rosetti. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Rectorat, Politehnica University of Bucharest
Rectorat, part of the Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. Completed in 1969. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Hotel Cetate
Hotel Cetate in Alba Iulia, a small city in central Romania. Completed in 1979. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
Hotel Goričina I
Hotel Goričina I in Kupari, Croatia. Completed in 1962 by architect David Finci. Now abandoned. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.