The Slovak group Abandoned (Re)Creation has been working on a documentary film project about the Machnáč sanatorium in the spa town of Trenčianske Teplice for years. Now they are close to the finish.
With the demolition of the late socialist monument erected on the 1300th anniversary of the Bulgarian state, Sofia lost an important part of its urban history.
The ‘Utopias and Realities: Socialist Modernism’ conference and forum is organized by the Transmodern collective and Collegium Hungaricum Berlin in 28-29 April 2016 in Berlin, Germany. We had a really interesting program with 17 lecturers from 9 countries to speak about Read More …
An exhibition of the Architektura VII Dnia project, a lecture topic on our April conference by Kuba Snopek, is currently on view in the Polish Institute in Berlin. The exhibit, titled Architektur des VII. Tages – Bauten in der Grauzone, offers an Read More …
The legendary high-rise of Pécs, once the Guinness-recorder as the highest unnoccupied building in Central Europe, is finally gone. After years of legal negotiations, the demolition of the building, which stood empty for 27 years, was started in Spring 2016 Read More …
The Marburg-based Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe expects lecture abstracts till 15 June for a conference organized in the topic of Socialist architecture and heritage. Call for Papers Heritage Studies and Socialism: Transnational Perspectives on Heritage in Eastern and Read More …
The Leipzig-based Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL) organizes an interesting conference in November 2016. They expect mostly young lecturers with topics connected to urban problems of the Post-Soviet region. Call for papers REDEFINING CITIES IN POST-SOVIET SPACE Venue: Leibniz Institute for Read More …
A selection of the finest architectural documentaries on the fate of Socialist Modernism, from Estonia to Croatia. The Utopias and Realities: Socialist Modernism conference and forum is accompanied by two evenings of film screening, each offering a unique insight to Read More …
The ‘Utopias and Realities: Socialist Modernism’ conference and forum is organized by the Transmodern collective and Collegium Hungaricum Berlin in 28-29 April 2016 in Berlin, Germany. We have a really interesting program with 17 lecturers from 9 countries. We are Read More …
Interesting double exhibition in Budapest: alongside the ‘Pier Luigi Nervi – Architecture as Challenge’, the evolution of Hungarian concrete shell architecture is presented at the Budapest University of Technology and FUGA Architecture Center in April and May. The influential ferroconcrete Read More …
As part of an ongoing research and exhibition program of the PostModernism Museum in Bucharest, Romania, the exhibition ‘Socialist Architecture in Bucharest’ is on view between 1 March and 1 May 2016. The exhibition presents works from the formerly unseen Read More …
The exhibition ‘Enjoying the Fruits of Yugoslavia’s Third Way’, curated by Michael Zinganel is currently on view at the Galerie Gebhart Blazek in Graz, Austria. The exhibition showcases both the heritage of Yugoslavian mass tourism and its architecture and invites contemporary Croatian Read More …
The Roman Catholic Church of Cserépváralja, Hungary is one of the first church buildings erected in Hungary after the 1947-1948 Communist transition. The church was the work of the young and successful industrial architect, László Csaba, who was working in Read More …
Utopias and Realities: Socialist Modernism – the next Transmodern event is to be held in the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Germany, 28-29 April 2016 as an international forum about Post-War architecture in Central and Eastern Europe. The event Utopias and Realities: Socialist Modernism is Read More …
The first international conference, devoted to the work of the pioneering Polish architect, Oskar Hansen (1922-2005), was held in 2013 in the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw. The museum maintains a great website for the conference, with videos from all Read More …
An initiative of Romanian BACU(Bureau for Art and Urban Research), Socialist Modernism fights for the recognition of certain socialist landmarks as historical monuments. The website is a growing database with high-quality photographs and stories, and yet another element of the Read More …
With an impressive photo selection on Modernist buildings from the territory of the former Soviet Union, this well-systematized webpage is a good starting point to understand the significance os Socialist Modernism. The site was developed for the pioneering exhibition of Read More …