Frédéric Chaubin. CCCP. Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed

Frédéric Chaubin

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Taschen
31 March 2011

Individual photographers; Photographs: collections; Architecture

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ---- This incredible book is a fascinating look at the architecture of the Soviet Empire. Futuristic, bizarre and at times something out of a sci-fi epic, many of these buildings are now gone but thankfully have been captured in this wonderful book. Greg

Photographer Frederic Chaubin reveals 90 buildings sited in fourteen former Soviet Republics which express what could be considered as the fourth age of Soviet architecture. They reveal an unexpected rebirth of imagination, an unknown burgeoning that took place from 1970 until 1990. Contrary to the twenties and thirties, no school or main trend emerges here. These buildings represent a chaotic impulse brought about by a decaying system. Their diversity announces the end of Soviet Union. Taking advantage of the collapsing monolithic structure, the holes of the widening net, architects revisited all the chronological periods and styles, going back to the roots or freely innovating. Some of the daring ones completed projects that the Constructivists would have dreamt of (Druzhba sanatorium), others expressed their imagination in an expressionist way (Tbilisi wedding palace). A summer camp, inspired by sketches of a prototype lunar base, lays claim to its suprematist influence (Promethee). Then comes the speaking architecture widespread in the last years of the USSR: a crematorium adorned with concrete flames (Kiev crematorium), a technological institute with a flying saucer crashed on the roof (Kiev institute), a political center watching you like a Big Brother (Kaliningrad House of Soviet). This puzzle of styles testifies to all the ideological dreams of the period, from the obsession with the cosmos to the rebirth of privacy and it also outlines the geography of the USSR, showing how local influences made their exotic twists before bringing the country to its end.

Photographs by: Frédéric Chaubin
Imprint: Taschen
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 340mm, Width: 260mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 2.667kg
ISBN: 9783836525190
ISBN 10: 3836525194
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 31 March 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Frederic Chaubin was born in Phnom Penh in 1959. For the last fifteen years, he has been editor-in-chief of the French lifestyle magazine Citizen K. Since 2000 he has regularly featured his photographic works combining architecture and travel. The CCCP collection research was carried out from 2003 to 2010 in an intuitive process.

Reviews for Frédéric Chaubin. CCCP. Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed

Eastern Bloc buildings that resemble a sci-fi writer's erotic dream... The wonderfully titled CCCP (Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed) is the perfect coffee table book for unrepentant Marxists.