When one thinks of something fascinating, Soviet brutalist architecture does not come to mind. However, Frédéric Chaubin’s remarkable photographs, published under the curious title “CCCP: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed”, can change that perspective of many. French photographer has traveled the former Soviet Union since 2003, capturing unusual sculptural buildings.
Chaubin mostly focused on the edges of the former Soviet empire: the Caucasus, the Baltic states, and central Asia, and specifically on buildings constructed in wide open landscape, which looked like installations from outer space.
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Saint-Petersbourg – 1987
Druzhba Holiday Center Hal
Yalta – 1984
Druzhba Holiday Center Hal
Yalta – 1984
Druzhba health spa, Yalta
Georgian Ministry of Highways, 1970
The Palace of Ceremonies in Tblisi, Georgia, 1984
Het Poplakov Cafe
1976
House of Soviets in Kaliningrad
Polytechnic Institute of Minsk
Rusakov Workers’ Club, Moscow, 1927-28
Kiev crematorium
Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Technological Research and Development in Kiev
Vladimir Somov’s Fyodor Dostoyevsky Theater of Dramatic Art, built in 1987 in Novgorod
Images via desîgn.com, gorkyparkdigest.blogspot.com, space-matters.com.
these are some really cool soviet buildings. surprised Budzludzh in bulgaria didnt make the cut, after all it is pretty unique. check out this post if you want to visit it or have a look…
http://www.lostaussies.com/how-to-get-to-buzludzha/
I would actually prefer if modern architecture looked like that.