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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Socialist Hotels

Socialist Hotels

Murray, Damon
Sorrell, Stephen
Eden, Caroline

Hardcover

General PhotographyPhotographers

Publisher Price: $34.95

ISBN10: 1068294612
ISBN13: 9781068294617
Publisher: Fuel
Published: Sep 29 2026
Pages: 248
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.00 Width: 8.20 Depth: 6.50
Language: English

From Brutalism to Modernism, via Futurism--the first-ever compilation of hotels from the Soviet era

Socialist hotels were state-constructed buildings used by visiting government workers, ordinary citizens and even the occasional capitalist guest from the West. Today, they are a fascinating legacy of a Soviet architectural, social and cultural idiosyncrasy. This epic photographic project--spanning 153 hotels across 31 countries--chronicles the architecture of hospitality and leisure in Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space. Many were built in imposing styles: Brutalist and Modernist structures emphasizing scale, functionality and the power of the state. Quirkier constructions used mosaics, tiles and stained glass as cultural references, to reflect the traditions of individual countries.

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