SEISMIC MODERNISM. ARCHITECTURE AND HOUSING IN SOVIET TASHKENT

Tashkent, the southernmost metropolis of millions in the Soviet Union, is a city redolent with architectural contrasts and para doxe s. Home to the most beautiful prefabricated buildings in the world, it features a prominent urban duality predicated upon the orient al Old City and the Russian New City. Never was this contrast brought into sharper focus than during the severe earthquake of 1966 w hich left the New City relatively unscathed but the Old City in ruins. Yet one respite was offered: a rebuilding effort which trigge red an u...[Read more]