After going through five years of architecture school with female architects only mentioned in passing, it has been a joy to discover how many women have been responsible for some of my favourite soviet modernist projects. Such was the case with the beloved French project designed by Olita Upaciere.
Whether you are trying to get something for a dedicated architecture enthusiast, someone who appreciates the brutalist aesthetic or even just want to find a good book on the subject for yourself, hopefully, this guide can help!
Why is it still so controversial to have a discussion about microrayons? Can we honestly afford not to talk about them? How much longer must we wait before the quality of everyday life for a significant part of our population outweighs the collective trauma we associate with everything created under Soviet occupation?
One of Latvia’s earliest mass-produced housing series, 1–316 marked a major shift in how housing was designed and built. While their narrow rooms and small apartments could feel limiting today, these buildings represented a significant improvement in housing when they were first introduced