Moscow. A Guide to Soviet Modernist Architecture 1955-1991

Almaty became the capital of Soviet modernism after it ceased to be Alma-Ata, as its former rivals in terms of architecture—Yerevan and Kyiv, Tashkent and Minsk—gradually lost the heritage of the period dating from the 1960s through the 1980s. The losses in Almaty were not so serious. In 1997, the capital moved to Astana, which took on the architectural representation of independent Kazakhstan. Almaty remained a working museum of Soviet modernism, where one can see the first transparent library...

Almaty became the capital of Soviet modernism after it ceased to be Alma-Ata, as its former rivals in terms of architecture—Yerevan and Kyiv, Tashkent and Minsk—gradually lost the heritage of the period dating from the 1960s through the 1980s. The losses in Almaty were not so serious. In 1997, the capital moved to Astana, which took on the architectural representation of independent Kazakhstan. Almaty remained a working museum of Soviet modernism, where one can see the first transparent library...

The Moscow Metro is a unique place. With a network of 400 kilometers of lines, exceptionally deep tunnels and stations, and nearly nine million passengers a day, it is one of the most heavily frequented underground subway systems in the world. Katharina Gruzei explored it over several years and now presents an aesthetically fascinating and socioculturally remarkable photographic survey. Ideologically charged and symbolic of Russia's eventful history, the Metro was started as a prestige...

В книгу историков архитектуры Анны Броновицкой и Николая Малинина и фотографа Юрия Пальмина вошло более 60 объектов - от цирка и рынка до дворцов культуры и жилья - в самых разных архитектурных стилях, созданных между хрущевской реформой и распадом СССР. Анна Броновицкая и Николай Малинин рассматривают каждое здание в широком контексте культурной, социальной и политической истории. В своем исследовании авторы опирались как на документы, так и на интервью с алма-атинскими архитекторами,...