2024-11-24T05:15:36-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/136344571/owen-hatherley-s-history-of-communist-architecture-remains-under-the-spell-of-socialism Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-09-10T13:52:00-04:00 >2015-09-10T13:52:54-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/np/npwk0pklcqiqp319.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>To [Hatherley], architecture is the physical manifestation of politics. It is power literally in bricks and mortar. In this respect he is unusual and, I believe, right. But he is handicapped at every turn by his belief, worn on his sleeve, in the nobility of the socialist cause. This can be an asset as he wrestles manfully to evoke the spirit of places from which most of us would turn in horror.</p></em><br /><br /><p>More from British architecture writer Owen Hatherley <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/29054/owen-hatherley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, and on communist architecture:</p><ul><li><a title="The promises and problems of a Cuban architecture market" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/133977245/the-promises-and-problems-of-a-cuban-architecture-market" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The promises and problems of a Cuban architecture market</a></li><li><a title="Protesting context, not form, of Ottawa's &quot;victims of communism&quot; memorial" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/116043998/protesting-context-not-form-of-ottawa-s-victims-of-communism-memorial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Protesting context, not form, of Ottawa's "victims of communism" memorial</a></li><li><a title="Creepy Photos of Russia&rsquo;s Crumbling Communist Architecture" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/105860142/creepy-photos-of-russia-s-crumbling-communist-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creepy Photos of Russia&rsquo;s Crumbling Communist Architecture</a></li><li><a title="Czech Communist architecture may be protected" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/98436419/czech-communist-architecture-may-be-protected" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Czech Communist architecture may be protected</a></li></ul>