There is still much to uncover from the influence Soviet politics had on modern architecture. As writer Roberto Conte and photographer Stefano Perego make evident in their collaborative book, Soviet Asia, there were significant strides in soviet architecture outside of former Yugoslavia, as the two explored the public buildings and monuments of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan built between 1950 and the fall of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Unlike the architecture of former Yugoslavia, the work documented in Soviet Asia is undeniably influenced by ancient Eastern architecture, including Islamic mosaics and Persian geometric patterns.
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A cleaned-up Boston City Hall?
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