The fall of the Iron Curtain in 1991 came not only with political, economic, and social implications but also left behind a distinctive style of architecture. This architecture, under the Soviet regime, was a system which relied on quantifiable targets, such as the Five Year Plan. These quotas forced architects to evaluate building projects in terms of material and labor costs, number of units, volume of skilled and unskilled labor, and so forth. As a result, architecture across these regions became an industrial commodity, an outward flex of power and technological innovation, and a collective of architects executing a Stalinist vision.
Kiev
Celebrate Ukraine's Soviet Brutalist Architecture with this New Short Film
08:00 - 24 July, 2018
https://www.archdaily.com/898352/celebrate-ukraines-soviet-brutalist-architecture-with-this-new-short-film
Kaley Overstreet
Unit Cafe / TSEH Architectural Group
11:00 - 15 August, 2017
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Architects
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Location
Kiev, Ukraine -
Architects in Charge
Denis Zadniprovskyi, Iurii larionov, Antonina Kaplia -
Area
275.0 m2 -
Project Year
2016 -
Photographs
https://www.archdaily.com/874250/unit-cafe-tseh-architectural-group
Cristobal Rojas
House Reconstruction for a Young Family / TSEH Architectural Group
22:00 - 29 May, 2017
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Architects
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Location
Kiev, Ukraine -
Architects in Charge
Denis Zadniprovskyi, Anastasiya Cherevishnaya, Iurii larionov, Kaplia Antonina -
Area
141.0 m2 -
Project Year
2017 -
Photographs
https://www.archdaily.com/869624/house-reconstruction-for-a-young-family-tseh-architectural-group
Cristobal Rojas
UN.IT / M3 Architects
11:00 - 1 May, 2017
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Architects
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Location
Kiev, Ukraine -
Architect in Charge
Illia Temnov, Koss Turbin, Kate Turbina -
Area
2000.0 m2 -
Project Year
2017
https://www.archdaily.com/869904/ut-m3-architects
Valentina Villa
The Mod Apartment in Kyiv / Sergey Makhno Architects
22:00 - 4 April, 2017
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Architects
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Location
Kiev, Ukraine -
Architect in Charge
Illya Tovstonog -
Area
212.0 m2 -
Project Year
2017 -
Photographs
https://www.archdaily.com/868165/the-mod-apartment-in-kyiv-sergey-makhno-architects
Sabrina Leiva
Office & Maket Hub / SOESTHETIC GROUP
20:00 - 25 March, 2017
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Architects
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Location
Kiev, Ukraine -
Architects in Charge
Victoria Oskilko, Natalia Shchyra, Maksym Parokonnyi -
Area
300.0 m2 -
Project Year
2016
https://www.archdaily.com/803617/office-and-maket-hub-soesthetic-group
Cristobal Rojas
Green Apartment / Special Project Venediktov
02:00 - 8 January, 2017
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Architects
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Location
Kiev, Ukraine -
Architect in Charge
Oleksii Venediktov, Antonina Venediktova -
Area
160.0 m2 -
Project Year
2016 -
Photographs
https://www.archdaily.com/802118/green-apartment-special-project-venediktov
Valentina Villa
HUB 4.0 / Nika Vorotyntseva
05:00 - 31 March, 2016
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Architects
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Location
Kiev, Ukraine, 02000 -
Project Authors
Nika Vorotyntseva, Tatiana Sauliak, Marina Korak -
Area
1200.0 sqm -
Project Year
2015 -
Photographs
https://www.archdaily.com/784570/hub-new-ultramodern-form-of-office-space-nika-vorotyntseva
Florencia Mena
Apartment in Kiev / Alena Yudina
05:00 - 6 March, 2016
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Architects
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Location
Kiev, Ukraine, 02000 -
Area
124.0 sqm -
Photographs
https://www.archdaily.com/782723/apartment-in-kiev-alena-yudina
Daniel Sánchez
Orang+Utan Vegetarian Bar / AKZ Architectura + Yulia Savlepova
22:00 - 20 November, 2015
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Architects
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Location
Kiev, Ukraine -
Design Team
Artem Vahrin, Katya Zuieva, Yulia Savlepova -
Area
60.0 sqm -
Project Year
2015
https://www.archdaily.com/777416/orang-plus-utan-vegetarian-bar-akz-architectura-plus-yulia-savlepova
Daniel Sánchez
Should the Ukrainian Capital "Erase its Soviet Past or Learn to Live With History?"
04:00 - 17 November, 2015
In a 'long view' piece for The Calvert Journal, Owen Hatherley tackles one of the most pressing cultural questions facing many former Soviet countries: should the Ukrainian capital of Kiev (or Kyiv) erase its Soviet past or learn to live with history? For a city which saw a popular revolution against "a grotesquely wealthy elite" last year, Kiev is developing a flourishing independent cultural scene. In this article Hatherley, who has taken part in the city's 2015 art biennial, expertly narrates the city's Soviet, post-Soviet and contemporary "oligarch-funded" architecture to ask: "if Soviet Ukraine can’t be wished away, what should be conserved, and what should be rejected?"
https://www.archdaily.com/777312/should-the-ukrainian-capital-erase-its-soviet-past-or-learn-to-live-with-history
James Taylor-Foster
KaiF / FORM
01:00 - 31 October, 2014
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Architects
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Location
Kiev, Kyiv city, Ukraine -
Architects in Charge
Victoriia Shkliar, Olga Antontseva -
Area
120.0 sqm -
Project Year
2014 -
Photographs
https://www.archdaily.com/561258/kaif-form
Karen Valenzuela
Notting Hill / Yunakov architects
01:00 - 16 January, 2014
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Architects
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Location
Kyyiv, Kyiv city, Ukraine -
Design Team
Yunakov Ivan, Kornienko Olga, Karpov Andrey -
Area
170.0 sqm -
Project Year
2014 -
Photographs
https://www.archdaily.com/466986/notting-hill-yunakov-architects
Karen Valenzuela
Office of Technology Company / TSEH Architectural Group
01:00 - 14 October, 2012
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Architects
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Location
Kiev, Ukraine -
Design Team
Antonina Kaplya, Denis Zadneprovsky-Kononenko, Shtefan Egor -
Area
1200.0 sqm -
Project Year
2010 -
Photographs
https://www.archdaily.com/277397/office-of-technology-company-tseh-architectural-group
Javier Gaete
Kiev Olympic Stadium / gmp Architekten
01:00 - 18 May, 2012
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Architects
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Location
Kiev, Ukraine -
Design
Volkwin Marg with Christian Hoffmann and Marek Nowak -
Project Leader
Martin Bleckmann -
Cooperation With
Personal Creative Architectural Bureau Y. Serjogin -
Client
National Sport Complex "Olympiysky" -
Seats
68.000 -
Project Year
2011 -
Photographs
https://www.archdaily.com/234044/kiev-olympic-stadium-gmp-architekten
Nico Saieh
'THE BLUE LINE' Dnieper Pearls Competition Winning Proposal / Wolf House Productions & Gabriel Pascariu
04:00 - 23 February, 2012
Wolf House Productions and Gabriel Pascariu shared with us their first prize winning proposal in the ‘Dnieper Pearls’ international urban planning competition in Kiev. THE BLUE LINE aims at providing a sustainable development framework for the Kiev islands as well as an infrastructural backbone for the future urban development of the entire metropolis. Their design suggests a paradigm shift: from large scale urban and infrastructure projects (specific to Ukrainian urban planning) to a more fluid and efficient place-making driven urbanism. More images and architects’ description after the break.
https://www.archdaily.com/210466/the-blue-line-dnieper-pearls-competition-winning-proposal-wolf-house-productions-gabriel-pascariu
Alison Furuto
Connect_Kiev_ity / Triple O Studio
04:00 - 21 January, 2012
The best way to preserve and develop the Kiev Islands in keeping with the aim of the project would be to improve the way people access the islands. Being sensitive to the existing conditions, the proposal by Triple O Studio is not to build new bridges, but to enhance the existing ones; make them more comfortable for all means of transport but more importantly for the pedestrians, cyclists and public transit users. Through the existing access systems of elevated bridges allowing for experiencing the site from an elevated promenade, its majesty can be fully discovered. More images and architects’ description after the break.
https://www.archdaily.com/201252/connect_kiev_ity-triple-o-studio
Alison Furuto