fb pixcode

PHOTOGRAPHY SURVEYS | COLLECTIONS | MOVEMENTS | EXHIBITIONS

PUBLISHER
FUEL Publishing

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 8 x 6.5 in. / 192 pgs / 140 color.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Active

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: SPRING 2019 p. 40   

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9780995745551 TRADE
List Price: $34.95 CDN $48.00

AVAILABILITY
In stock

DOWNLOAD THE SPRING 2023 CATALOG

Artbook | D.A.P. Catalog Cover Link
Preview our Spring 2023 catalog, featuring more than 500 new books on art, photography, design, architecture, film, music and visual culture.
  

FUEL PUBLISHING

Soviet Asia

Soviet Modernist Architecture in Central Asia

Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Photography by Roberto Conte, Stefano Perego.

Soviet Asia

Brutalism East: majestic concrete meets ornament and color in the revelatory world of Soviet Asian architecture

Soviet Asia explores the Soviet modernist architecture of Central Asia. Italian photographers Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego crossed the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, documenting buildings constructed from the 1950s until the fall of the USSR.

The resulting images showcase the majestic, largely unknown, modernist buildings of the region. Museums, housing complexes, universities, circuses, ritual palaces—all were constructed using a composite aesthetic. Influenced by Persian and Islamic architecture, pattern and mosaic motifs articulated a connection with Central Asia. Gray concrete slabs were juxtaposed with colourful tiling and rectilinear shapes broken by ornate curved forms: the brutal designs normally associated with Soviet-era architecture were reconstructed with Eastern characteristics.

Many of the buildings shown in Soviet Asia are recorded here for the first time, making this book an important document, as, despite the recent revival of interest in Brutalist and modernist architecture, a number of them remain under threat of demolition. The publication includes two contextual essays by Alessandro De Magistris and Marco Buttino.


Featured image is reproduced from 'Soviet Asia.'

Soviet Asia

in stock  $34.95


Free Shipping

UPS GROUND IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.
FOR CONSUMER ONLINE ORDERS

FROM THE ARTBOOK BLOG

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 4/30/2019

'Soviet Asia' is an important record of disappearing Eastern Brutalism

'Soviet Asia' is an important record of disappearing Eastern Brutalism

In recent years, much has been published on Soviet architecture, monuments, public transportation shelters and graphic design. (Have a look at @_brutal_architecture on Instagram or FUEL's publisher page on artbook.com for a snapshot of the global craze.) Well, this week, we're delighted to announce the release of Fuel's newest, Soviet Asia, collecting 140 eye-opening photographs by Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego. Featured here are: Hotel Uzbekistan by I. Merport, L. Yershova and V. Rashchupkin (1974) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Lenin Monument, Istaravshan Dam (1965) in Istaravshan, Tajikistan; and Chorsu Bazaar by S. Adylov, Y. Miroshnichenko and V. Ishkakbayev (1980) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. "The rewriting of the cities of Central Asia continues," Marco Buttino writes. "These photographs represent an important record of the buildings that survive, documented before they disappear forever." continue to blog


FORTHCOMING AND NEW: PHOTOGRAPHY

Jamel Shabazz: Albums

JAMEL SHABAZZ: ALBUMS

STEIDL/THE GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION

ISBN: 9783969990957
USD $50.00
| CAN $70

Pub Date: 3/14/2023
Active | In stock


Dry Hole

DRY HOLE

ARCHIVE OF MODERN CONFLICT/MöREL

ISBN: 9781907071904
USD $50.00
| CAN $70 UK £ 44

Pub Date: 12/13/2022
Active | In stock


The Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Collection of European Women Photographers 2000–2020

THE SIR MARK FEHRS HAUKOHL COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS 2000–2020

STEIDL

ISBN: 9783969991428
USD $65.00
| CAN $90

Pub Date: 2/20/2024
Forthcoming


The Pleasure of Seeing

THE PLEASURE OF SEEING

DAMIANI

ISBN: 9788862087933
USD $59.95
| CAN $83.95

Pub Date: 5/16/2023
Forthcoming


Events of the Social: Portraiture and Collective Agency

EVENTS OF THE SOCIAL: PORTRAITURE AND COLLECTIVE AGENCY

STEIDL/THE WALTHER COLLECTION

ISBN: 9783969990872
USD $45.00
| CAN $63

Pub Date: 1/17/2023
Active | In stock


Africa: Discovering Wildlife Parks

AFRICA: DISCOVERING WILDLIFE PARKS

SKIRA

ISBN: 9788857248578
USD $60.00
| CAN $84

Pub Date: 4/25/2023
Forthcoming


World Press Photo Yearbook 2023

WORLD PRESS PHOTO YEARBOOK 2023

HATJE CANTZ

ISBN: 9783775754330
USD $39.95
| CAN $55.95

Pub Date: 6/20/2023
Forthcoming


The Opéra

THE OPéRA

KERBER

ISBN: 9783735608529
USD $180.00
| CAN $252

Pub Date: 5/23/2023
Forthcoming


Men Like Hitler

MEN LIKE HITLER

SPECTOR BOOKS

ISBN: 9783959056311
USD $40.00
| CAN $56

Pub Date: 8/8/2023
Forthcoming


Dreams of the Spider Woman

DREAMS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

RM/EDICIONES LARIVIERE

ISBN: 9788419233332
USD $60.00
| CAN $84

Pub Date: 2/28/2023
Active | In stock


World Press Photo Yearbook 2023

WORLD PRESS PHOTO YEARBOOK 2023

HATJE CANTZ

ISBN: 9783775754330
USD $39.95
| CAN $55.95

Pub Date: 6/20/2023
Forthcoming


Norwegian Scenic Routes

NORWEGIAN SCENIC ROUTES

FORLAGET PRESS

ISBN: 9788232804450
USD $50.00
| CAN $70 UK £ 43

Pub Date: 7/4/2023
Forthcoming