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Frederic Chaubin
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Description for CCCP
Hardcover. Reveals in photographs 90 buildings sited in fourteen former Soviet Republics which express what could be considered as the fourth age of Soviet architecture. In this title, the buildings show an unexpected rebirth of imagination, an unknown burgeoning that took place from 1970 until 1990. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 354 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2740.
Elected the architectural book of the year by the International Artbook and Film Festival in Perpignan, France, Frédéric Chaubin’s Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed explores 90 buildings in 14 former Soviet Republics. Each of these structures expresses what Chaubin considers the fourth age of Soviet architecture, an unknown burgeoning that took place from 1970 until 1990.
Contrary to the 1920s and 1950s, no “school” or main trend emerges here. These buildings represent a chaotic impulse brought about by a decaying system. Taking advantage of the collapsing monolithic structure, architects went far beyond modernism, going back to the roots or freely ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taschen GmbH Germany
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783836525190
SKU
V9783836525190
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About Frederic Chaubin
Frédéric Chaubin has been, for twenty years, editor-in-chief of the French lifestyle magazine Citizen K. Since 2000 he has regularly featured works combining text and photography. His CCCP collection research was carried out from 2003 to 2010 and published in 2011. He also authored the TASCHEN title Stone Age. Ancient Castles of Europe.
Reviews for CCCP
“The wonderfully titled CCCP is the perfect coffee table book for unrepentant Marxists.”
Huffington Post
“...an eye-opening experience for those who assumed that Soviet architecture died with the rise of Stalin.”
The New York Times
“…one of the most splendid of recent architecural publications and a revelation.”
Apollo Magazine
“This book is an extraordinary ... Read more
Huffington Post
“...an eye-opening experience for those who assumed that Soviet architecture died with the rise of Stalin.”
The New York Times
“…one of the most splendid of recent architecural publications and a revelation.”
Apollo Magazine
“This book is an extraordinary ... Read more