{"product_id":"soviet-asia-soviet-modernist-architecture-in-central-asia-9780995745551","title":"Soviet Asia: Soviet Modernist Architecture in Central Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrutalism East: majestic concrete meets ornament and color in the revelatory world of Soviet Asian architecture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoviet Asia\u003c\/i\u003e explores the Soviet modernist architecture of Central Asia. Italian photographers Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego crossed the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, documenting buildings constructed from the 1950s until the fall of the USSR. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe resulting images showcase the majestic, largely unknown, modernist buildings of the region. Museums, housing complexes, universities, circuses, ritual palaces--all were constructed using a composite aesthetic. Influenced by Persian and Islamic architecture, pattern and mosaic motifs articulated a connection with Central Asia. Gray concrete slabs were juxtaposed with colourful tiling and rectilinear shapes broken by ornate curved forms: the brutal designs normally associated with Soviet-era architecture were reconstructed with Eastern characteristics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of the buildings shown in \u003ci\u003eSoviet Asia\u003c\/i\u003e are recorded here for the first time, making this book an important document, as, despite the recent revival of interest in Brutalist and modernist architecture, a number of them remain under threat of demolition. The publication includes two contextual essays by Alessandro De Magistris and Marco Buttino.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fuel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780995745551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.60h x 8.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Damon Murray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52732235808949,"sku":"9780995745551","price":29.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b7f7eb29-cf55-4666-a93b-977fbfd219d4.jpg?v=1782265860","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/soviet-asia-soviet-modernist-architecture-in-central-asia-9780995745551","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}