by Mark | Feb 20, 2020 | Back in the Day, Burma/Myanmar
A look back on one of our early trips to Myanmar when we visited the temples at Mrauk-U and the tattooed Chin women Every now and then I like to write a blog post about my travelling days when I was in my early to mid-teens, which was around twenty-five years ago! If...
by Mark | Feb 10, 2020 | Architectonic
Chisinau City Gates Location: Chisinau, Moldova Completed: 1980 Architects: A. Markovich,Y. Tumanyan, Y. Skvortsova and A. Spasov Genre: Modernist, Soviet architecture, former USSR VIEW ALL ARCHITECTONIC POSTS Did you know?… We also have an Instagram account and...
by Mark | Feb 10, 2020 | Architectonic
Moldtelecom Location: Chisinau, Moldova Completed: 1967 Artist: Not known Former name: Central Post Office Genre: Mosaic, Soviet artwork, former USSR VIEW ALL ARCHITECTONIC POSTS Did you know?… We also have an Instagram account and Facebook page that are...
by Mark | Feb 10, 2020 | Architectonic
Licurici Puppet Theatre Location: Chisinau, Moldova Completed: 1991 Artist: G. N. Spitsyn, architect not known Alternative name: Republican Puppet Theatre “Licurici” Genre: Modernist, Soviet architecture, former USSR VIEW ALL ARCHITECTONIC POSTS Did you know?…...
by Mark | Feb 8, 2020 | Architectonic
Monument to the 1876 Uprising Location: Lovech, Bulgaria Completed: Year created not known Sculptor: Not known Genre: Socialist monument, former Eastern Bloc VIEW ALL ARCHITECTONIC POSTS Did you know?… We also have an Instagram account and Facebook page that...
by Mark | Feb 8, 2020 | Architectonic
Memorial Complex Hristo Botev Location: Kalofer, Bulgaria Completed: 1986 Architects: Ivan Nikolov, Luchezar Daskalov (architects) and Dimitar Daskalov (sculptor) Genre: Socialist memorial, former Eastern Bloc VIEW ALL ARCHITECTONIC POSTS Did you know?… We also...
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