Synopsis
'Sleeping districts' of Moscow, Plattenbauten of East Berlin, modernist estates of Warsaw, Kyiv's Brezhnevki : although these are home to the vast majority of city dwellers, post-war suburbs of central and eastern Europe have been invisible for decades. Eastern Blocks is a photographic journey through the concrete peripheries of the former Eastern Bloc, inviting readers to explore the districts that became a playground for mass housing development after WW2, including objects such as houses 'on chicken legs', soviet 'flying saucers' of hammer-shaped tower blocks.
Divided into 6 chapters, the book contains over 100 photographs taken by Zupagrafika, with special contributions by local photographers, showcasing modernist and brutalist architecture scattered around the cities of Moscow, Berlin, Warsaw, Budapest, Kyiv and Saint Petersburg.
Includes orientative maps and informative texts on the featured cities and constructions.
Edited by Zupagrafika
Divided into 6 chapters, the book contains over 100 photographs taken by Zupagrafika, with special contributions by local photographers, showcasing modernist and brutalist architecture scattered around the cities of Moscow, Berlin, Warsaw, Budapest, Kyiv and Saint Petersburg.
Includes orientative maps and informative texts on the featured cities and constructions.
Edited by Zupagrafika
Titre original : Eastern Blocks (2019)
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1 édition pour ce livre
2019 
Editions Zupagrafika
144 pages
ISBN : 9788395057434
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Voyage terrifiant dans l'univers des "blocs" du Bloc de l'Est. Les photos saisissent à la fois le gigantisme de ces quartiers résidentiels et en même temps cette impression d'arrêt du temps, caractéristique de ces zones où le brutalisme a déposé ses habitations. Au détour d'une curiosité architecturale, les masses grises éclatent sur le blanc de la neige...