Inside the semi-abandoned Soviet observatory - Radio Optical Telescope - ROT54 finished in the 80's in Orgov Armenia (formerly in USSR).

In dinning room of Soviet hotel - Sevan Writer's House. Built in the 1933 as a resort near lake Sevan for the writers across the USSR.

architects: Gevorg Kochar, Mikael Mazmanyan.

The last floor of the semi-abandoned Soviet observatory - Radio Optical Telescope - ROT54 finished in the 80's in Orgov Armenia (formerly in USSR).

The last floor of the semi-abandoned Soviet observatory - Radio Optical Telescope - ROT54 finished in the 80's in Orgov Armenia (formerly in USSR).

Latvian Academy of Sciences in Rīga, Latvia

Latvia’s first skyscraper, nicknamed ‘Stalin’s birthday cake.’#sovietarchitecture #architecture #stalin #section-Atlas
Latvian Academy of Sciences

New blog post is up, titled "Solarpunk is people! - notes on a generic visual identity" by @arielkroon
Solarpunk has a contested visual identity - or rather, it doesn’t have one at all, compared to cyberpunk’s cohesive vision of Brutalist buildings. That’s a problem, but one worth exploring.

#solarpunk #solarpunkPresentsPodcast #solarpunkPresents#blog #cyberpunk #brutalismArchitecture #sovietArchitecture #brutalistArchitecture #community #aesthetic #identity #visualdesign

https://www.solarpunkpresents.com/blog/solarpunks-is-people-architectural-identity

Tashkent Metro Stations in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.#sovietarchitecture #nuclear #underground #transportation #subways #section-Atlas
Tashkent Metro Stations