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Round Building, (Blocul Rotund) Lujerului square, Militari neighborhood, Bucharest, Romania, built in the late 1977-78. Architects Dumitru Aurel Badescu with Ana Braniste © B.A.C.U.

Museum of Archeology, Tbilisi, Georgia. built in 1988 Architects Sh. Kavlashvili, Sh. Gvanceladze Artist: T. Kikalashvili (relief sculpture) © BACU

Republican Center for Geodesy and Cartography Yerevan, Armenia. Built between 1979-1980 Architect: Armen Aghalyan . Decorative wall design. sculptor Vladimir Atanyan © B.A.C.U

Dear all, We are happy to announce that ”Socialist Modernism in the Former Eastern Bloc”/ SPECIAL 2020 EDITION, the fourth photo album/digital architectural guide of @_BA_CU ’s planned series, will be available in 800 copies starting the 13th of November. The photo album includes landmarks of socialist modernist architecture in the Former Eastern Bloc Countries – erected from 1955 to 1991. B.A.C.U. Association explains socialist modernist tendencies, it presents – in color photographs – a functional image of the buildings and their often original elements that synthesize local culture and traditions, while bringing you up to date with their current state of conservation. The 130 landmarks included in this volume have been organized by function, into six sections. The book contains the authors’ view on the Former Eastern Bloc Countries modernist architecture. Print run 800 Pages 194+ 1 Spread/ the Former Eastern Bloc Countries - SOC MOD Map English, French and Spanish Size 26×28.5 cm Weight 1.25 kg Designed and published by @_BA_CU Association Those who are interested in are able to order the book on @UrbanicaGroup distributor page, (Link in our profile) ; link: http://urbanicagroup.ro/ushop/ or AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/s?me=A33QJE9SPOCVM4&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER by selecting the Photo album from among the books listed. (DHL Express Shipping worldwide) - Last pic The monument to Yu.Gagarin Moscow. Russia. 1st pic: Part of a sculptural group "Peace and Labor” mounted on the lateral platform access of the metro station “Dnipro”, Kyiv (Ukraine) Built between 1960-64, 2 pic: Hotel Roman, Baile Herculane, România. Built 1974-76. 3 pic: Pantheon of the fallen in the fight against fascism and capitalism (Пантеон "Вечен огън" ), detail Burgas, Bulgaria Built in 1981. 4 pic: Žižkov Television Tower Prague, Czech Republic built between 1985-92 5 pic: Development on steep slopes in Nutsubidze Street. Tbilisi, Georgia. built between 1974-1976 6 pic: Nine-storey large-panel housing building on the basis of III-46 series. Dushanbe, Tajikistan, built in 80-s. (c) BACU

Housing complex aka "Polish Manhattan" or “Sedesowce” (toilet seats) , Wroclaw, Poland. Built: 1968-1973. Architect: Jadwiga Hawrylak-Grabowska .© B.A.C.U. © BACU @_BA_CU . . Add new sites: http://socialistmodernism.com/add-locations-visitors/ . . Map location: http://socialistmodernism.com/ . . Use the tag and your shots will enter our selection and possibly be featured in our materials. Information collected from the public will be published on our website and included in an interactive map&data base under the name of the contributor. You can access the SocialistModernism.Com interactive map both online and on your smartphone by using the Socialist Modernism Application available on AppStore or Google Play. With the application, you can identify your favorite site or participate by adding new entries to the map. Collaborative profile tags: . . Announcement to our subscribers, lovers of photography, all those who are not indifferent to the fate of socialist modernist heritage, and especially those who post under the tag. You are invited to upload your photos of sites/buildings/monuments and most importantly photos of socialist modernist architecture from your neighbourhood, city or country in the former socialist block at this link: http://socialistmodernism.com/add-locations-visitors/ Information collected from the public will be published on our website and included in an interactive map & data base under the name of the contributor. Thank you for your contribution! @_BA_CU team

Hotel Budapest, Szilágyi Erzsébet 47, Budapest, Hungary, built in 1967 Architect: Szrogh György (c) BACU © BACU @_BA_CU . . Add new sites: http://socialistmodernism.com/add-locations-visitors/ . . Map location: http://socialistmodernism.com/ . . Use the tag and your shots will enter our selection and possibly be featured in our materials. Information collected from the public will be published on our website and included in an interactive map&data base under the name of the contributor. You can access the SocialistModernism.Com interactive map both online and on your smartphone by using the Socialist Modernism Application available on AppStore or Google Play. With the application, you can identify your favorite site or participate by adding new entries to the map. Collaborative profile tags: . . Announcement to our subscribers, lovers of photography, all those who are not indifferent to the fate of socialist modernist heritage, and especially those who post under the tag. You are invited to upload your photos of sites/buildings/monuments and most importantly photos of socialist modernist architecture from your neighbourhood, city or country in the former socialist block at this link: http://socialistmodernism.com/add-locations-visitors/ Information collected from the public will be published on our website and included in an interactive map & data base under the name of the contributor. Thank you for your contribution! @_BA_CU team

The Telephone Palace. Public utilities building for telephone and postal services, Cluj-Napoca, Romania,built between 1969-74, Architect Vasile Mitrea © BACU - Those who are interested in are able to order the book ”Socialist Modernism in the Former Eastern Bloc”/ SPECIAL 2020 EDITION on @UrbanicaGroup @ushopamazon distributor page, (Link in our profile) ; link: http://urbanicagroup.ro/ushop/ or AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/s?me=A33QJE9SPOCVM4&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER by selecting the Photo album from among the books listed. (DHL Express Shipping worldwide) (c) BACU © BACU . . Add new sites: http://socialistmodernism.com/add-locations-visitors/ . . Map location: http://socialistmodernism.com/?id=85&lat=46.772778&lng=23.5875 . . Use the tag for the possibility to have your shots featured. All information thus collected will be published on our website and included in an interactive map&data base under the name of the contributor.

Canteen for the House of Recreation for the Writers’ Union of Armenia Sevan Lake, Armenia, built in 1967 Architect Gevorg Kochar Pic 5: on the right: the Sevan Writers’ Resort, built in the 1930s architects Gevorg Kochar and Mikael Mazmanyan © BACU - Those who are interested in are able to order the book ”Socialist Modernism in the Former Eastern Bloc”/ SPECIAL 2020 EDITION on @UrbanicaGroup @ushopamazon distributor page, (Link in our profile) ; link: http://urbanicagroup.ro/ushop/ or AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/s?me=A33QJE9SPOCVM4&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER by selecting the Photo album from among the books listed. (DHL Express Shipping worldwide) (c) BACU . . Add new sites: http://socialistmodernism.com/add-locations-visitors/ . . Map location: http://socialistmodernism.com/?id=192&lat=43.248353&lng=76.870680 . . © B.A.C.U. @_BA_CU . . Add new sites: http://socialistmodernism.com/add-locations-visitors/ . . Map location: http://socialistmodernism.com/ . . Use the tag for the possibility to have your shots featured. All information thus collected will be published on our website and included in an interactive map&data base under the name of the contributor. You can access the SocialistModernism.Com interactive map both online and on your smartphone by using the Socialist Modernism Application available on AppStore or Google Play. With the application, you can identify your favorite site or participate by adding new entries to the map. Collaborative profile tags:

The Aul Residential Complex, Tole Bi 286/1, Almaty, Kazakhstan Built in stages between 1986-2002 Architects: B. Voronin, L. Andreyeva, Yu. Ratushnyi, V. Lepeshov, V. Ve, M.Rakhimbayev Designers: S. Matveyev, G. Klochkovskaya, V. Zinstein, S. Kainarbayeva, A. Zaikovskaya - Those who are interested in are able to order the book ”Socialist Modernism in the Former Eastern Bloc”/ SPECIAL 2020 EDITION on @UrbanicaGroup @ushopamazon distributor page, (Link in our profile) ; link: http://urbanicagroup.ro/ushop/ or AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/s?me=A33QJE9SPOCVM4&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER by selecting the Photo album from among the books listed. (DHL Express Shipping worldwide) (c) BACU . . Add new sites: http://socialistmodernism.com/add-locations-visitors/ . . Map location: http://socialistmodernism.com/?id=192&lat=43.248353&lng=76.870680 . . © B.A.C.U. @_BA_CU . . Add new sites: http://socialistmodernism.com/add-locations-visitors/ . . Map location: http://socialistmodernism.com/ . . Use the tag for the possibility to have your shots featured. All information thus collected will be published on our website and included in an interactive map&data base under the name of the contributor. You can access the SocialistModernism.Com interactive map both online and on your smartphone by using the Socialist Modernism Application available on AppStore or Google Play. With the application, you can identify your favorite site or participate by adding new entries to the map. Collaborative profile tags:

Sports and Concert Complex, aka Hamalir Yerevan, Armenia Built between 1976-84 Architect: Koryun Hakobyan, Spartak Khachikyan et al. Armgosproekt - - Those who are interested in are able to order the book ”Socialist Modernism in the Former Eastern Bloc”/ SPECIAL 2020 EDITION on @UrbanicaGroup @ushopamazon distributor page, (Link in our profile) ; link: http://urbanicagroup.ro/ushop/ or AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/s?me=A33QJE9SPOCVM4&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER by selecting the Photo album from among the books listed. (DHL Express Shipping worldwide) © B.A.C.U. @_BA_CU . . Add new sites: http://socialistmodernism.com/add-locations-visitors/ . . Map location: http://socialistmodernism.com/ . . Use the tag and your shots will enter our selection and possibly be featured in our materials. Information collected from the public will be published on our website and included in an interactive map&data base under the name of the contributor. You can access the SocialistModernism.Com interactive map both online and on your smartphone by using the Socialist Modernism Application available on AppStore or Google Play. With the application, you can identify your favorite site or participate by adding new entries to the map. Collaborative profile tags:

Dear friends , We are happy to announce that ”Socialist Modernism in Former Yugoslavia”, the third photo album/digital guide of @_BA_CU ‘s planned series, is available in 800 copies. The photo album includes landmarks of socialist modernist architecture in Former Yugoslavia – from the 1950s to 1980s, the introduction by Prof. Sandra Uskokovic, B.A.C.U. Association explains socialist modernist tendencies, it presents – in color photographs – a functional image of the buildings and their often original elements that synthesize local culture and traditions, while bringing you up to date with their current state of conservation. At the beginning of the book, a map shows the location of each of the buildings described. The 67 landmarks included in this volume have been organized by function, into six sections. The book contains the authors’ view on Former Yugoslav modernist architecture. Print run 800 Pages 192 +1 Spread/ YUGO-SOC MOD Map Croatian, Serbian and English Size 26×28.5 cm Weight 1.25 kg Designed and published by @_BA_CU Association Those who are interested in are able to order the book on @UrbanicaGroup @ushopamazon distributor pages, (Link in our profile) ; link: http://urbanicagroup.ro/ushop/ or AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/s?me=A33QJE9SPOCVM4&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER by selecting the Photo album from among the books listed. (Shipping worldwide with DHL) 5th pic: Valley of Heroes Monument - memorial complex (with a small museum) commemorates the 1943 Battle of the Sutjeska,code-name Fall Schwarz. 1971. Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina Artists Miodrag Živković with Ranko Radovic 1st & 3rd pic: Hotel Zlatibor, Užice, Serbia Built in 1981 Architect Svetlana Kana Radević - 4th pic Monument to the uprising of the people of Kordun and Banija / Spomenik ustanku naroda Banije i Korduna Petrovac, Petrova Gora, Croatia Unveiled in 1981 Artist Vojin Bakić - 2nd pic: The former Tuzla Bank, (Now NLB) Tuzla, BiH, Built in 1977, Architect V.Stojanović 6th pic: "Genex Tower" - Western Gates of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, built in 1977, Architect Mihajlo Mitrović (c) BACU

Pantheon to the Heroes in the Serbo-Bulgarian War, Gurgulyat, Bulgaria, Built in 1985, architect Georgi Stoilov. © B.A.C.U. Those who are interested in are able to order the book ”Socialist Modernism in the Former Eastern Bloc”/ SPECIAL 2020 EDITION on @UrbanicaGroup distributor page, (Link in our profile) ; link: http://urbanicagroup.ro/ushop/ or AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/s?me=A33QJE9SPOCVM4&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER by selecting the Photo album from among the books listed. (DHL Express Shipping worldwide)