Unfinished Aerial Tramway station in Ijevan, Armenia. Construction started in 1985. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
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Former Sanatorium “Crystal”
Former Sanatorium “Crystal” in Ureki, Georgia (Caucasus). Completed in the 1970s. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Former Railway Building
A now-abandoned railway building in Zestafoni, Georgia (Caucasus). Stalinist Empire style, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Octopus Cafe
Mosaic-covered Octopus Cafe in Batumi, Georgia. Originally built in 1975. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Former Cable Car Station ‘Chavchavadze’
Former Cable Car Station ‘Chavchavadze’ in Chiatura, Georgia. Completed in 1963. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Research Institutes
Scientific Research Institutes in Yerevan, Armenia. Completed in 1983. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
House of Culture named after Pavel Tkachenko
House of Culture named after Pavel Tkachenko in Bendery (Bender), Transnistria. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Art Production Workshop of the Ivano-Frankivsk Organisation of the Union of Ukrainian Artists
Art Production Workshop of the Ivano-Frankivsk Organisation of the Union of Ukrainian Artists, Ukraine. Soviet-era mosaic in the former USSR.
A guide to the purpose-built city of Slavutych in Ukraine
Slavutych: A photographic journey through Ukraine’s ‘21st-century city’. A walk around the purpose-built city built in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster.
Belgorod Sports Complex (Leningrad Quarter)
Belgorod Sports Complex (Leningrad Quarter) in Slavutych, Ukraine. Completed in 1988. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Apartment Building (Belgorod Quarter)
Apartment Building in the Belgorod Quarter of Slavutych, Ukraine. Completed in 1988. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
“Sun” Fountain
“Sun” Fountain in Visaginas, Lithuania. Designed in the 1970s by architect Yuri Vuyma. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.