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The suburbs of central and Eastern Europe in all their concrete, monolithic splendour are captured here by Zupagrafika and local photographers.
A photographic exploration of the Soviet monotowns - urban settlements erected around single industries in the hinterlands of the former USSR - some thriving, others struggling to survive, still others partially abandoned. Through 9 chapters with over 130 photographs, Monotowns by Zupagrafika captures the postindustrial landscapes and Soviet era architecture of the monogorods extending from the Arctic Circle to the Russian Far East, such as Vorkuta, Norilsk, Mirny, Kirovsk, Tolyatti, Cherepovets, Magnitogorsk, Monchegorsk and Nikel, and the daily lives of their inhabitants.
A photographic insight into the Soviet-era architecture of one of the most extreme, little-known and vast territories on earth.A photographic insight into the Soviet-era architecture of one of the most extreme, little-known and vast territories on Earth. From the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Circle, Concrete Siberia by Zupagrafika contains over 100 photographs exploring the post-war modernist districts of Siberia''s urban centres and the quotidian lives of their inhabitants.
Explore the modernist and brutalist architecture erected in the Polish People s Republic and build some of its most striking edifices, from the massive housing estates of Warsaw to the brutal Hotel Forum in Krakow. Explore and build some of the most striking brutalist edifices erected in the former Polish People''s Republic. Brutal Poland by Zupagrafika includes 9 press-out models to assemble and chapters with photographs and texts providing a valuable insight into the featured buildings and their history.
Assemble your own 3D prefab panel block using 164 press-out and pre-folded pieces.
The Tenants by Zupagrafika is a unique photographic essay on mass housing estates erected in the former Eastern Bloc and the people who inhabit them. From Berlin to Norilsk, and all the way through Almaty to Tallinn, the album portrays the inhabitants of over 40 housing complexes in 37 different cities, holding paper models of their homes, while sharing the stories of the lives they lived in the prefab panel blocks.
This hardcover volume is the long-awaited follow-up to Zupagrafika''s 2017 Brutal East and allows readers to learn about the brutalist and modernist architecture erected in the former Eastern Bloc and ex-Yugoslavia, and build some intriguing edifices. Brutal East II includes chapters with photographs and texts providing a valuable insight into the featured buildings and their history, as well as a foreword by Alexander Ostrogorsky. The book also contains nine pre-cut and pre-folded models to press out and assemble with easy-to-follow instructions.
Model of the Centre National de la Danse building in Paris, designed by Jacques Kalisz, to cut out and assemble. The kit also includes information on the architect, the year of construction of the building and its location.
Illustrated paper cut-out model of one the iconic buildings of the Barbican Estate, by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon. Includes information about the architect, the year of construction of the building and its location.
Illustrated paper cut-out model of the Grade II listed building designed by Richard Seifert. The kit includes information about the architect, the year of construction of the building and its location.
Brutal East playfully explores and reconstructs some of the most controversial Brutalist edifices built behind the Iron Curtain between 1960 and the1980s. Includes information on the building and easy-to-follow instructions.
Nine paper cut-out models celebrating the controversial urban post-war architecture of the former German Democratic Republic, inspired by the Plattenbau housing estates, the monumental hochhauser and cosmic milk bars.
Illustrated paper cut-out model of the iconic Brutalist tower block by Erno Goldfinger. Includes information about the architect, the year of construction of the building and its location.The Brutal London series by Zupagrafika is a series of paper cut-out models that reconstructs some of the most controversial buildings erected in London in the 1960s and 1970s. Now everyone can build their own version of the Balfron Tower by Erno Goldfinger. Each kit includes a short informative text on the architect, the year of construction and the location of the building.
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