Did Stalin's leadership do more good or harm for his country during the Eastern Front

Domen · Mar 23, 2013

ace99 said:
Glorious Soviet concrete apartments are beloved by the masses:

Who wouldn't fall in love with the Soviet Union after beholding that concrete beauty?

I somehow prefer Polish pre-WW1 and Inter-War Era apartments:

Or this Polish Inter-War Era railway station:

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Lord Baal · Mar 23, 2013

I am in favour of this thread becoming about architecture for no good reason.

ace99 · Mar 23, 2013

A feast for your eyes:

The Ministry of Peace....I mean the Buffalo City Court:

The Ministry of Love:

Sexy...look at all those right angles:

A scenic waterfront concrete box collection:

Traitorfish · Mar 23, 2013

ace99 said:
Sexy...look at all those right angles:

Trellick Tower is actually very well respected among architects. It's regarded as one of the finest examples of the Modern movement in Britain, and sits on the register of historical buildings. It's also considered very desirable, with (now-privatised) flats going for as much as £400k.

So, there's that.

ace99 · Mar 23, 2013

At least the Luftwaffe left nothing worse than rubble.

Traitorfish · Mar 23, 2013

Odd comparison, really, because it was precisely the social democratic settlement coming out off the Second World War that gave rise to this sort of Modernist social housing, which the rational, egalitarian futurism of the Modern tower bloc was seen as epitomising. Only later did we discover that Modernism and high-density are inherently objectionable forms of housing, and that common sense dictated we should all wanted to live in mid-density, blandly pseudo-traditional shoeboxes. By sheer coincidence, this was around about the same time that social democracy went out of fashion and we rediscovered our love for bombing foreigners, anti-strike clauses and child poverty. Funny how that works, isn't it?

Domen · Mar 23, 2013

Ugly and not original (see: Pueblo Indians, they were first to build such things, so I respect them, but not imitations). :thumbsdown:

Traitorfish · Mar 23, 2013

It has nothing to do with Pueblo villages. It's just a discombobulated take on a Modernist apartment bloc.

ParkCungHee · Mar 24, 2013

It looks to me like an architect was disappointed he didn't get to grow up in a sci-fi dystopia.

Lord Baal · Mar 24, 2013

ace99 said:
A feast for your eyes:

The Ministry of Peace....I mean the Buffalo City Court:

The Ministry of Love:

Sexy...look at all those right angles:

A scenic waterfront concrete box collection:

I honestly think I've seen several of these used in sci-fi films. A Clockwork Orange, for example.

red_elk · Mar 24, 2013

Masada · Mar 24, 2013

I like that building... and now I feel like drinking me some Kulak blood!

red_elk · Mar 24, 2013

Masada said:
and now I feel like drinking me some Kulak blood!

Then join my camarilla of Stalinists and ultra-nationalists.

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Masada · Mar 24, 2013

Kaiserguard and JEELEN have convinced me that I'm a Stalinist

aelf · Mar 24, 2013

Domen said:
I somehow prefer Polish

"somehow"? :lol:

ace99 said:
The Ministry of Peace....I mean the Buffalo City Court:

I think that's awesome.

red_elk · Mar 24, 2013

Masada said:
Kaiserguard and JEELEN have convinced me that I'm a Stalinist

That's ok, I was once censored on one Russian forum for posting pro-Western liberastic propaganda.
Now I'm quite unsure who I am.

Masada · Mar 24, 2013

I'm having an identity crisis!

Domen · Mar 24, 2013

red_elk said:
I was once censored on one Russian forum for posting pro-Western liberastic propaganda.

And here they almost censored you for posting anti-Western pro-Stalinist propaganda.

Clearly the point of view depends on the viewing point / Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Joecoolyo · Mar 24, 2013

red_elk said:

oooo, yes, that one is really pretty.

Not sure how you would classify that one, art deco? If it isn't, it sill gives off that "grand" vibe that art deco does, and that's all that counts in my book.

red_elk · Mar 24, 2013

Joecoolyo said:
oooo, yes, that one is really pretty.

Not sure how you would classify that one, art deco? If it isn't, it sill gives off that "grand" vibe that art deco does, and that's all that counts in my book.

Well, I'm not a specialist here, in Russia this mostly called as "Stalin's empire style".
Yes, there are elements of neoclassicism and art deco.

Another good example:

A few more:

Spoiler :

Most of the buildings are in Moscow, Leningrad and Novosibirsk.

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