Bus Stop “Hippodrome” in Bzypta, Abkhazia. Completed in 1976. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Architectonic Blog Posts
Kyiv River Port Passenger Terminal
Kyiv River Port Passenger Terminal in Kyiv, Ukraine. Completed in 1961. Stalinist Empire style, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
‘Solidarity’ House of Fashion
‘Solidarity’ House of Fashion in Minsk, Belarus. Constructed between 1962 and 1967 and currently the location of KFC. Soviet relief in the former USSR.
Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. Alternative name: BHRT. Brutalist style, Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Technological Research and Development
Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Technological Research and Development in Kyiv, Ukraine. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.
Arena Sports and Entertainment Hall
Arena Sports and Entertainment Hall in Poznań, Poland. Alternative names: Hala widowiskowo-sportowa Arena and Hala Arena. Former Eastern Bloc architecture.
Khmel’nitsky Regional Literary-Memorial Museum of Nikolai Ostrovsky
Khmel’nitsky Regional Literary-Memorial Museum of Nikolai Ostrovsky in Shepetivka, Ukraine. Constructed 1975 to 1979. Modernist, Soviet architecture.
Monument to the 1923 September Uprising
Monument to the 1923 September Uprising in Krân, Bulgaria. Completed in 1973. Socialist-era monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports
Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports, Lithuania. Completed in 1971. Brutalist designed sports centre; Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Vilnius Palace of Culture, Entertainment and Sports
Vilnius Palace of Culture, Entertainment & Sports, Lithuania. Completed in 1982. Architect A. Mačiulis. Brutalist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
World Trade Centre Riga
World Trade Centre Riga, Latvia. Former name: Latvia’s Communist Party Central Committee. Modernist, Soviet architecture in the former USSR.
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv. Constructed between 1976 and 1989. Modernist, Soviet-era architecture in the former USSR.