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The Communist legacy in architecture
A nice article on some of the more interesting pieces of communist architecture in Eastern Europe.
This cladding on the Chemnitz Stadthalle looks quite reminiscent of the Selfridges in Birmingham, except that it was built in the early 1970s. OK, you don't know where Chemnitz is either: the former East Germany, now Saxony.
There's more about these Communist era structures in the piece at www.theawl.com/2012/12/the-sublime-sci-fi-buildings-that-communism-built. Also lots more photographs and drawings in a follow-up piece at The Verge.
This cladding on the Chemnitz Stadthalle looks quite reminiscent of the Selfridges in Birmingham, except that it was built in the early 1970s. OK, you don't know where Chemnitz is either: the former East Germany, now Saxony.
There's more about these Communist era structures in the piece at www.theawl.com/2012/12/the-sublime-sci-fi-buildings-that-communism-built. Also lots more photographs and drawings in a follow-up piece at The Verge.
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