Former Restaurant Sēnīte
Location: Murjāņi, Latvia
Completed: 1967
Architect: Linards Skuja
Alternative name: Restaurant Sēnīte on Vidzeme highway
Genre: Modernist, Soviet architecture, former USSR
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There’s something about abandoned places in that formerly Communist region in particular, guys. I cannot put my finger on it; just a feeling, an energy, exuding from your images. I love those blue skies too. Eye-popping!
Cheers Ryan! We certainly agree with your comments and have a huge adoration for architecture from that era. There was no way in unfortunately but it still looked good from the outside. And as for the blue skies, most people who photograph this type of architecture tend to do so in winter as concrete looks good in bleak conditions but we are rubbish with the cold and so most of our collection has a reasonably nice backdrop!!