by Mark | February 21, 2021 | Architectonic
Hotel Dubrovnik Location: Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina Completed: 1962 Architect: Juraj Neidhardt Former name: Hotel Metalurg Genre: Modernist, Socialist architecture, former Yugoslavia Croatian-born Juraj Neidhardt (1901-1979) worked at Le Corbusier’s Paris...
by Mark | February 21, 2021 | Architectonic
Monument to the Foča Youth Company Location: Foča, Bosnia & Herzegovina Completed: 1960s Sculptor: Ante Kostović Genre: Spomenik, Socialist monument, former Yugoslavia VIEW ALL ARCHITECTONIC POSTS Did you know?… We also have an Instagram account and Facebook...
by Mark | February 4, 2021 | Latvia
Our visit to a secret Soviet radio telescope and the former closed town of Irbene Irbene, which takes its name from the nearby coastal Irbe River, is a purpose-built town established to accommodate the military personnel, scientists and sundry workforce who were...
by Mark | January 17, 2021 | Architectonic
Glory Memorial Location: Vinnytsia (Vinnytsya), Ukraine Completed: 1958 Architects: V. Seszanyuk (architect) and Y. Kulikenko (sculptor) Alternative name: Monument to the Soldiers-Liberators Genre: War memorial, Soviet memorial, former USSR The memorial commemorates...
by Mark | January 17, 2021 | England
Art Deco was a style that emerged in France prior to the First World War and really took off in Britain, Europe and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. More than just architecture, Art Deco represented a lifestyle, one of luxury and glamour, and its influence...
by Mark | January 11, 2021 | Architectonic
Nation’s Heroes Memorial Location: Bucharest, Romania Completed: 1963 Architects: Horia Maicu and Nicolae Cucu Former name: Monument of the Heroes for the Freedom of the People and of the Motherland for Socialism Genre: Socialist memorial, former Eastern Bloc...
