Sovtastic Awesomeness

[Art]

"Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2011/feb/08/chaubin-soviet-russia-architecture-photography#/?picture=371534879&index=0

[mygrimmbrother]

saw this the other day - my favourite is the palace of ceremonies.

[JOE SOAP]

It's like an Ezquerra building.

[Jim_Campbell]

Makes a fascinating contrast to this.

Cheers

Jim

[Banners]

This place is pretty cool too...

[TordelBack]

This place is pretty cool too...

I love the way the Cold War rumbles on in the comments on that page.

[johnnystress]

This thread is going in my bookmarks..

more please

[Jim_Campbell]

more please

Through the rust, and the gasoline...

Each of those thumbnails clicks through to an album, BTW.

Cheers!

Jim

[johnnystress]

Excellent JIm-- there are a few 'abandoned' collections out there-- facinating, poignant,

keep em coming

[johnnystress]

http://www.abandoned-places.com/

[Banners]

The work of John_Salt is worth checking out if you like that kind of thing (albeit American, not Russian!)

[Minkyboy]

I have climbed all over this one: http://www.abandoned.ru/thumb.php?gal=14 in the Stalker games!

[Proudhuff]

a collected photomontage of those building would be great, make a nice Sov-Mega-Blk.

[Mikey]

Wow! Some fantastic stuff there...what is it about destitute industrial areas and machinery that is so good?

M.

[Jim_Campbell]

a collected photomontage of those building would be great, make a nice Sov-Mega-Blk.

Indeed. If only someone had been working on a pre-Apocalypse War Sov-Block-based story and had been inspired in part by the notion of a whole city built in the style of the Soviet constructivists ... oh, wait...

Cheers!

Jim