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Restaurant and pastry shop (Ресторанти и Сладкарница)
Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria.
Built and left in uncompleted state since 1989.
Demolished.
© B.A.C.U.
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Restaurant and pastry shop (Ресторанти и Сладкарница)
Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria.
Built and left in uncompleted state since 1989.
Demolished.
© B.A.C.U.
House of Culture of the Trade Unions,
Iași, Romania, built 1962.
Architect: Ilie Costinescu and Cristian Constantinescu.
Engineer: Anatolie Mihul
Facade bas-reliefs: Iftimie Bârleanu
(c) BACU
The "Sunflower Tower," Rostock (1974-1979). A burst of color on an 11-story concrete canvas. Architect: Erich Kaufmann | Artist: Reinhard Dietrich. 📸: Dumitru Rusu / © BACU
Layers of history. J. Renau's monumental mural (1972) watches over a building that once housed students, and now shelters those seeking asylum. Halle-Neustadt.
Photo: Dumitru RUSU / BACU 2015 for #socmonumentalart
A glimpse back in time with classic cars and concrete apartment blocks from Polish People's Republic.
Simplicity, symmetry, and a touch of nostalgia.
#socmod photo submitted by Piotr Janecki
Dancing Queens.
Kotva Department Store (OD-Obchodní Dům Kotva), Prague, Czech Republic
Built between 1970-1975
Architects Věra Machonin with Vladimir Machonin/Ateliér Alfa
(c) BACU / Photo Dumitru RUSU
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