Socialist architecture - examples

[igorvragovic]

Not soc-realism, but perhaps modernism?

Serbian National Theatre (Novi Sad)



Generalstab (Belgrade)

before:



after:

[zaguric2]

That architecture is my favourite.

[Rascian]

Belgrade fair complex finished in 1957.



Hall 1, the biggest dome in the world (109m diameter) from 1957 to 1965, and still the biggest dome in Europe and the biggest in the world made of prestressed concrete.

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other halls 2,3...





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[Rascian]

Museum of contemporary art , Belgrade.
Built from 1962 to 1965.

[Rascian]

SIV building, Belgrade.. designed in 1947, but not completed until 1960's following an important redesign

[Korkh.]

"Gates of Minsk", Belarus (1953)

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[MARIVS IMPERATOR]

In Romania we have a lot of buildings erased in socialist style. Soon i will post a few examples.

[Rayman87]

Originally Posted by vilniusguide

Vilnius, Lithuania.

Lithuanian Seimas.
Designed in the 70s, built 1981.




Accidentaly slightly reminds Boston Town Hall, huh?

Originally Posted by vilniusguide

Vilnius.

This building from the 70s is built on the curved slope of the hill. It may look like a 3-storey building but actually it is 9-storey with some underground levels



Those soviet women

That's better. More of theses and less of those you posted before.

[Igor L.]

Kyiv


http://elektraua.livejournal.com/69659.html#cutid1

[danielclark527]

Socialist realism is a style of realistic art which was developed in the Soviet Union and became a dominant style in other communist countries.

[ledeled]

House of the Soviets, Leningrad - St. Petersburg

1936-41













Original projects for the square, not fully realized

[ledeled]

Victory Square and the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad - St. Petersburg

1970-ies

[ledeled]

Seaport Terminal - St. Petersburg


1982

[ledeled]

Finland Railway Station - St. Petersburg

1960

[ledeled]

Lenproekt Institute (Urban Design Institute) and an apartment building - St. Petersburg

These are the last examples of the Stalinist Empire style in St. Petersburg - when Krushev came to power he issued a decree against "Architectural excesses"

1955-56

[prahovaploiesti]

Originally Posted by MARIVS IMPERATOR

In Romania we have a lot of buildings erased in socialist style. Soon i will post a few examples.

By erased you mean demolished?

[Major Deegan]

A few specimens from Sochi

Originally Posted by AlekseyVT

Winter Theatre (built in 1934-1937 by Konstantin Chernopyatov; opened on May 15, 1938):

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Nusia49


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Summer Theatre (built in 1937 by Vasily Krolevets; opened on June 3, 1938):

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Photosochi

Matsesta viaduct (built in 1936-1938 by Vladimir Shchuko, Vladimir Gelfreich, Zoya Brod and Alexander Khryakov):

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Originally Posted by AlekseyVT

The funicular of Central Military Clinical Sanatorium (opened in 1930, now on reconstruction):

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Ordzhonikidze Sanatorium (built in 1935-1937 by Ivan Kuznetsov, opened on December 13, 1937):

Svetlana Korenkova

The funicular of Ordzhonikidze Sanatorium (built in 1951-1952):

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The fountain “Dancing Bacchantes” (built in 1953 by Prokopy Dzyuganov):

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Originally Posted by AlekseyVT

Sochi Rail Terminal (opened in 1917, rebuilt in 1934 and in 1950-1952 by Alexey Dushkin, reopened on September 10, 1952):

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Maritime Terminal (built in 1954-1955 by Karo Halabyan and Leonid Karlik; opened on November 19, 1955):

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[intervention]

Wow, didn't know Sochi was so ... tropical!

[Urbananite]

Buzludzha was built as a monument to the Bulgarian Socialist movement, but as you can see it's in disrepair
http://architectuul.com/architecture/buzludzha