Frederic Chaubin. CCCP. Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed

Frédéric Chaubins' Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed explores 90 buildings in 14 former Soviet Republics, representing a chaotic impulse brought about by a decaying system. These buildings express the fourth age of Soviet architecture, which took place from 1970 until 1990, and are extraordinary remnants of a collapsing system. They immortalize many of the ideological dreams of the country and its time, from an obsession with the cosmos to the rebirth of identity.

Format: Hardback
Length: 312 pages
Publication date: 20 January 2021
Publisher: Taschen GmbH

Frédéric Chaubins' "Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed" was named the architectural book of the year by the International Artbook and Film Festival in Perpignan, France. The book explores 90 buildings in 14 former Soviet Republics, representing the fourth age of Soviet architecture, which took place from 1970 to 1990. Unlike the 1920s and 1950s, there was no dominant "school" or trend during this period. Instead, architects embraced a chaotic impulse and went beyond modernism, drawing inspiration from the roots or innovating freely. Some projects, such as the Druzhba Sanatorium in Yalta and the Palace of Weddings in Tbilisi, were daring and innovative, while others expressed imagination in an expressionist style. The book also features a summer camp inspired by sketches of a prototype lunar base, a crematorium adorned with concrete flames, and a technological institute with a flying saucer crashed on the roof. These buildings are extraordinary remnants of a collapsing system, showcasing the vast geography of the USSR and its encroaching end. They also immortalize many of the country's ideological dreams, from an obsession with the cosmos to the re.

Weight: 2664g
Dimension: 344 x 264 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783836525190