CCCP (ENGLISH)

Elected the architectural book of the year by the International Artbook and Film Festival in Perpignan, France, Frédéric Chaubins 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. Takin...[Read more]