Medeu Highland Skating Rink near Almaty, Kazakhstan. Completed in 1972. Modernist style, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Architectonic Blog Posts
Shooting of Hostages
Shooting of Hostages in Zagreb, Croatia. Completed in 1954 by sculptor Frano Kršinić. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
Monument to Hakop Meghapart
Monument to Hakop Meghapart in Yerevan, Armenia. Completed in 1987 by sculptor Khachatur Iskandaryan. Soviet monument in the former USSR.
Memorial to the Hero of the Soviet Union I.I. Ivanov
Memorial to the Hero of the Soviet Union I.I. Ivanov in Dubno, Ukraine, eastern Europe. Memorial monument featuring a Soviet aircraft in the former USSR.
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Skopje, North Macedonia. Completed in 1976. Modernist style, Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Driving School of the Civil Defence Organisation
Driving School of the Civil Defence Organisation in Lutsk, Ukraine. Completed: 1970s. Mosaic, Soviet artwork in the former USSR.
Riga Congress Centre
Riga Congress Centre in Riga, Latvia. Completed in 1982. Former name House of Political Education. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Monument to Kovpak Partisans
Monument to Kovpak Partisans in Yaremche, Ukraine. Completed in 1967. Soviet-era war memorial in the former USSR.
Ukrainian House
Ukrainian House in Kyiv, Ukraine. Completed in 1982. Former name: All-Union Lenin Museum. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Rugelis Sanatorium
Rugelis Sanatorium in Palanga, Lithuania. Also known as ‘Rye’ hotel, treatment and residential complex. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
National Polytechnic University of Armenia (9th Building)
National Polytechnic University of Armenia (9th Building) in Yerevan. Completed in 1981. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Kyivska Metro Station
Kyivska Metro Station in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine. Completed in 1984. Modernist style, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.