CCCP
Frederic Chaubin
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 innovating. Some of the daring ones completed projects ... Read more
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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