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Eastern Bloc Architecture: Sci-fi Cinemas

Dima Stouhi — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:30:00 +0000

This article is part of "Eastern Bloc Architecture: 50 Buildings that Defined an Era", a collaborative series by The Calvert Journal and ArchDaily highlighting iconic architecture that had shaped the Eastern world. Every week both publications will be releasing a listing rounding up five Eastern Bloc projects of certain typology. Read on for your weekly dose: Cinemas.

Eastern Bloc Architecture: Trailblazing Churches and Controversial City Buildings

Lucía de la Torre — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 03:30:00 +0000

Eastern Bloc Architecture: Communist Culture and Socialist Sports

Dima Stouhi — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 03:30:00 +0000

Eastern Bloc Buildings: Monolithic Housing Blocks

Lucía de la Torre — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 03:30:00 +0000

Eastern Bloc Architecture: Monumental Museums & Memorials

Dima Stouhi — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 03:30:00 +0000

Eastern Bloc Architecture: Eccentric Urban Buildings

Dima Stouhi — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 03:30:00 +0000

Eastern Bloc Architecture: Colossal Libraries

Lucía de la Torre — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 03:30:00 +0000

Eastern Bloc Architecture: Scientific Superstructures

Danae Santibañez — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:00:00 +0000

Eastern Bloc Architecture: Futuristic Hotels and Avant-Garde Resorts

Lucía de la Torre — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 03:30:00 +0000

This article is part of "Eastern Bloc Architecture: 50 Buildings that Defined an Era", a collaborative series by The Calvert Journal and ArchDaily highlighting iconic architecture that had shaped the Eastern world. Every week both publications will be releasing a listing rounding up five Eastern Bloc projects of certain typology. Read on for your weekly dose: Futuristic Hotels and Avant-Garde Resorts.

How a Soviet Governmental Residence, the K-2 Dacha, Became a "Manifestation of the Finnish Dream"

Ksenia Litvinenko — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 04:00:00 +0000

In this article, which originally appeared in the Calvert Journal, Ksenia Litvinenko narrates the story of the K-2 Dacha – a governmental residence in St. Petersburg which sought to shrug off Russian Classicism and Soviet Modernism in favor of the principles of Finnish Modernism. Illustrated by photographs by Egor Rogalev and researched alongside Vladimir Frolov, this article examines a Modernist gem that you probably won't have heard of, or seen, before.

Should the Ukrainian Capital "Erase its Soviet Past or Learn to Live With History?"

James Taylor-Foster — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 04:00:00 +0000

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?"

A Wilderness in the City: How Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Zaryadye Park Could Help Fix Moscow

Liza Premiyak — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

In late 2013, Diller Scofidio + Renfro won first prize in the international competition to design Zaryadye Park, Moscow's first new park in 50 years. The project is a headliner in a series of high-profile schemes that aim to improve the city's green space, including the renovation of Gorky Park and the recently revealed plans for the Moscow River. This article, originally published by The Calvert Journal as part of their How to Fix Moscow series examines how DS+R's urban "wilderness" will impact the city.

6 of Russia's Best 21st Century Projects

Igor Zinatulin — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Given the country's rich architectural history spanning almost the entirety of the 20th century, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the fall of Russian Communism in the early 1990s might have sparked an exciting new era in design. That promise hasn't exactly been fulfilled, but as The Calvert Journal reports, a few promising recent projects are hinting at a Russian Renaissance.