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Soviet Bus Stops Volume II - Christopher Herwig
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Soviet Bus Stops Volume II
Type : Books
SKU: VV1608870
ISBN: 9780993191183
Pages: 192
Format: 206 x 167 x 24
Cover: Hardcover
Year: 2017
Publisher: Thames & Hudson (Thames & Hudson)
Your Price: $231.93
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Краткая аннотация:
After the popular and critical success of his first book, Soviet Bus Stops, photographer Christopher Herwig has returned to the former Soviet Union to hunt for more. In this second volume, as well as discovering new stops in the remotest areas of Georgia and Ukraine, Herwig turns his camera to Russia itself. Following exhaustive research, he drove more than 9,000 miles from coast to coast across the largest country in the world, in pursuit of new examples of this singular architectural form. A foreword by renowned architecture and culture critic Owen Hatherley reveals new information on the origins of the Soviet bus stop. Examining the government policy that allowed these small architectural forms to flourish, he explains how they reflected Soviet values, and how ultimately they remained--despite their incredible individuality--far-flung outposts of Soviet ideology. The diversity of architectural approaches is staggering: juxtaposed alongside a slew of audacious modern and brutal |
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