Thursday, January 14, 2016

PHOTOGRAPHY: Frédéric Chaubin. Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed

Thirteen former Soviet Republics. Nearly 90 astonishing structures. Frédéric ‎Chaubin’s award-winning tour of late USSR architecture now redesigned for ‎iPad,  with original architectural drawings, an interactive map, audio commentaries, and exclusive video introduction.


In his book Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed, French photographer Frédéric Chaubin captures the eerie beauty of Soviet brutalism. In his quest to document Brezhnev-era architecture, he stumbled upon 90 Soviet buildings scattered across 14 former-USSR republics. The diversity and lack of a recurring theme across the buildings signaled the end of the Soviet Union.

Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed by Frederic Chaubin, published by TASCHEN.





More Links:
Frédéric Chaubin and Taschen present: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed (VIDEO)
In pictures: Frédéric Chaubin's subversive Soviet superstructures
Frédéric Chaubin surveys the relics of the former Soviet Union   
Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed by Frederic Chaubin

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