From Amazing To Downright Scary, These 145 Design And Architecture Decisions Are Far From Boring

#1 Bus Stop No 37, Network Of Bus Stations, Tajikistan. Built In The Late 70s

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#2 Slovak Radio Building, Bratislava, Slovakia, Built Between 1967-1983

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#3 Nova Scena Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic. Built Between 1977-1983, Architect Karel Prager

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#4 The Hall For Lectures And Cinema Of The Institute Of Scientific And Technical Information, (Aka “Kyiv Flying Saucer”) Kyiv, Ukraine. Built In 1971

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#5 Monument To The Revolution Of The People Of Moslavina – World War II Memorial. Podgarić, Croatia Unveiled In 1967

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#6 Housing Building On Bobur Street. Tashkent, Uzbekistan Built In 1974

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#7 Former Ministry Of Transportation, (Now: Bank Of Georgia) Tbilisi, Georgia, Built In 1974

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#8 House Of Fashion, Belarus, Minsk, Built In 60’s-70’s

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#9 Stone Flower, Croatia

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#10 Monument To The Conquerors Of Space Moscow, 1964

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#11 The Aul Residential Complex, Tole Bi 286/1, Almaty, Kazakhstan Built In Stages Between 1986-2002 Architects: B. Voronin, L. Andreyeva, Yu. Ratushnyi, V. Lepeshov, V. Ve, M.rakhimbayev

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#12 The Monument To Yu.gagarin Moscow. Russia

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#13 Cafesjian Art Museum – Cascade, Yerevan, Armenia. Design 1975-1980 Built 1985-2000

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#14 Bridge Of The Slovak National Uprising, Bratislava, Slovakia, Built Between 1967-1972

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#15 Monument On Freedom Hill By Janez Lenassi In Ilirska Bistrica, Republic Of Slovenia, 1965

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#16 The Monument To 1300 Years Of Bulgaria

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#17 Sports And Concert Complex, Aka Hamalir Yerevan, Armenia Built Between 1976-84

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#18 Residential Building – Bolshaya Tulskaya, (The Ship) Moscow, Russia, Design/Built: 1970-1986

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#19 Eastern Gate Of Belgrade, Rudo Buildings, (Istočne Kapije) Belgrade, Serbia, Built In 1976, Architect: Vera Ćirković Engineer: Milutin Jerotijević

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#20 Biotürme, Part Of Former Lauchhammer Coking Plant, (Decontamination Towers/Gdr-Heavy Industry.) Lauchhammer, 1957

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#21 Apartment Building On Karowa Street, Warsaw, Poland Built In 1978

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#22 Pantheon To The Heroes In The Serbo-Bulgarian War, Gurgulyat, Bulgaria, Built In 1985

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#23 Canteen For The House Of Recreation For The Writers’ Union Of Armenia Sevan Lake, Armenia, Built In 1967

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#24 The Unrealized New Shumen City Center With The Post Tower. Bulgaria

The city center project was finished in 1987 and underwent a public discussion with exhibited models for the Shumen. Excavation works started. The Shumen city center should have included an ambitious group of public buildings – a trading house, a concert center, a bank, a post office, a hotel complex, a restaurant and a coffee shop, also underground parking lots, tunnels and squares with fountains.
The New Shumen City Center was built and left in uncompleted state since 1989.

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#25 Skála Department Store. Székesfehérvár, Hungary Built In 1979

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#26 Hotel Salyut. Kyiv, Ukraine. Built Between 1976-1982

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#27 The Former Wedding Cathedral, (It Was Used As A Private House, Now Event Place) Tbilisi, Georgia, Built In 1985

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#28 Hotel “Cosmos” Moscow, Russia, Built In 1979

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#29 Bas Relief Sculptural Frieze On The Facade Of The Institute Of Communications. Yerevan, Armenia. (70s)

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#30 Cafe In A Railway Station – Pkp Warszawa Powiśle, (Former Ticket Booth) And Main Entrance From The Puma Building; Warsaw, Poland, Designed And Built Between 1954-1963, Architects Arseniusz Romanowicz, Piotr Szymaniak

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#31 Experimental Residential Building In Bratislava, Slovakia, Built Between 1968-74 Architect Štefan Svetko With J. Hauskrecht

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#32 The Former Memorial House Of The Bulgarian Communist Party, (Buzludzha Monument), Shipka Pass, Bulgaria, Built In 1981

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#33 State University Campus Dormitory, Tbilisi, Georgia, Built In 1966

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#34 Entrance To Sevan City. The 70s. Sevan, Armenia

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#35 Nstitute Of Robotics And Technical Cybernetics, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Built Between 1973-1986

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#36 One Of The Two Halls Of Parting, Memory Park (Kyiv/Kiev) Ukraine. Built 1968–1981

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#37 The National “Khabar” Television Studios And Administrative Offices. Almaty, Kazakhstan, Built In 1983

The building is called “Sosulka” (meaning icicle) in the urban language due to the prefabricated elements hanging from the roof, these being created in the spirit of Islamic architecture.

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#38 Palace Of Weddings, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Built In 1987

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#39 The Former Memorial House Of The Bulgarian Communist Party, (Buzludzha Monument), Shipka Pass, Bulgaria, Built In 1981

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#40 Ostankino Tower, The Base Detail Moscow, Russia Built Between 1963 -1967 Structural Engineer Nikolai Nikitin

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#41 Institute Of Organic Chemistry “C. D. Nenitescu”, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania, Built In The 70s

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#42 Memorial Monument “The Defenders Of Stara Zagora” 1977. Chadir Moghila, Stara Zagora County, Bulgaria

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#43 Monument To The Uprising Of The People Of Kordun And Banija / Spomenik Ustanku Naroda Banije I Korduna Petrovac, Petrova Gora, Croatia Unveiled In 1981

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#44 Lviv Bus Terminal Stryiska 109, Lviv, Ukraine Built In 1980

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#45 Hotel Traian (Now: Hotel Roman). Built 1974-76

The hotel complex includes a museum entitled “Imperial Roman Thermal Baths” and functional Austrian Imperial Baths built in the 1850s on the roman thermal baths ruins, both located in the lower levels of the hotel. Baile Herculane, România

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#46 Yu. A. Gagarin” Youth Center, Chisinau, Moldova. Built In 1972

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#47 Development On Novy Arbat Street, Moscow, Russia. Built 1962-1968

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#48 Few Of The Many Imposing Statues Located In The Center Of The Monument To 1300 Years Of Bulgaria

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#49 Former Restaurant “Noroc”, Now: “Guguta” Cafe “Ştefan Cel Mare” City Park, Chisinau, Republic Of Moldova, Built In 60-S

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#50 Ferant Garden Residential Quarter Ljubljana, Slovenia, Built In 1975

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#51 Karaburma Housing Tower Building. Belgrade, Serbia Built In: 1963

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#52 The Monument To 1300 Years Of Bulgaria

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#53 Haludovo Resort, Malinska, Croatia, Built In 1972

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#54 Block Of Flats, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Built In The 80s Architect Victor Breusenko

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#55 Metro Station Lenin Square (Today: Republic Square Metro Station) Yerevan, Armenia Built In 1981

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#56 Any Thoughts ? What’s The First Thing On Your Mind When You See A Picture?

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#57 ‘alfa’ Retail And Office Complex, Poznan, Poland, Built Between 1963-72. Architect: Jerzy Lisniewicz

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#58 Upper And Lower Cable Car Stations, Park “Butoias” Chisinau, Moldova, Built Between 1986

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#59 Development On Steep Slopes In Nutsubidze Street. Tbilisi, Georgia. Built Between 1974-1976

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#60 Ilinden / Makedonium – A Monument Dedicated To The Fighters And Revolutionaries Who Participated In The Ilinden Uprising Of 1903

As well as soldiers-partisans of the Macedonia National Liberation Struggle 1941-1944.
Kruševo, North Macedonia
Built in 1974

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#61 House 41 & The 1970s Hotel National, Chisinau, Moldova. Designed By Gorbuntsov & Shalagynov

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#62 Institute For Studies And Power Engineering Building, Bucharest, Romania. Built In The 70s

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#63 One Of Three Apartment Buildings In Vojvode Stepe Bd. Belgrade, Serbia Built In 1973

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#64 Winery Laboratory And Production Building Of “Yaloveni” Research And Production Association, Moldova Construction Began In 80s

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#65 National Library Building. Pristina, Kosovo Built In 1982

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#66 Concrete Toboggan Slide – Playground Floreasca. Floreasca Development. Bucharest, Romania. Built In 1959-1960

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#67 Blok 28 – Residential Complex Aka “Televizorke” Belgrade, Serbia Built In 1970-1974

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#68 T Lamela Bilding – Block 61. Belgrade, Serbia, The 1970s

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#69 Miljevina Motel, Miljevina, Foca Municipality Bosnia And Herzegovina. Built In The 70s

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#70 Hotel Forum (Not In Use) Krakow, Poland, Built Between 1978-1989

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#71 Hotel Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Built In 1974

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#72 Apartment Building, (“House On Chicken Legs”) Moscow, Russia, Built In 1968

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#73 Museum Of The Slovak National Uprising, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, Built In 1969

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#74 The Immaculate Conception Roman-Catholic Church. Orșova, România. Built Between 1972-1976

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#75 Sanatorium Rīgas Jūrmala (Now:“Baltic Beach Hotel”) Jūrmala, Latvia, Built In 1981

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#76 National Library Building. Pristina, Kosovo Built In 1982

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#77 “Genex Tower” – Western Gates Of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, Built In 1977

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#78 Housing Building On Bobur Street. Tashkent, Uzbekistan Built In 1974

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#79 The Vukovar Water Tower Vukovar, Croatia, 1963 To 1968

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#80 Intourist Shop Of The Hrazdan Central Bus Station, Hrazdan, Armenia, Built In 1978

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#81 This Street Lamp In Wroclaw, Poland

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#82 Livezeni Coal Mine ( Mina Livezeni – E.m. Livezeni)

One of the largest underground mining exploitation in Romania located in Petroşani – one of six cities in the Jiu Valley mining exploitation region of Hunedoara County.
It was built in 1980.

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#83 C.e.t. Sud Power Station, Bucharest,romania Built In 1963

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#84 Tower Bloks 67-68, (Modified Type Series Bs-69-Sf-Ud) Druzhba 1 Development, Iskar District Sofia, Bulgaria Built Between 1977-1983

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#85 Development On Kozia Street, Warsaw, Poland, Built In 1978

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#86 Hotel Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Built In 1974

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#87 The Monument To Yuri Gagarin Is Located On Gagarin Square In Moscow, Russia – It Was Unveiled On July 4, 1980

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#88 Aul Residential Complex, Tole Bi 286/1, Almaty, Kazakhstan Built In Stages Between 1986-2002

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#89 He Former Memorial House Of The Bulgarian Communist Party, (Buzludzha Monument), Shipka Pass, Bulgaria, Built In 1981

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#90 “Nischelgasse” (Das Karl-Marx-Monument) Chemnitz, Germany. Unveiled In 1971

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#91 Military Medical Academy Complex, Banjica, Belgrade, Serbia, Designed In 1973, Built In 1981

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#92 Housing Buidling In Didube District Tbilisi, Georgia, Built In The 70s

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#93 Restaurant Cosmos, (Initially Built As A Canteen For The Hotel Cosmos) Eforie-Sud, Romania. Built In The 60’s

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#94 Hotel Forum. Krakow, Poland,1978-1989

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#95 Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, Armenia

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#96 Central Aquatic Sports Complex Named After Lenin Komsomol. ( Now: Laguna Vere Aquatic Sports Complex) Tbilisi, Georgia, Built In 1978

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#97 Lamela Bildings – Novobeogradski Blokovi / Block 61-64 Belgrade, Serbia,1970s

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#98 University Of Wroclaw, Building Of The Faculty Of Mathematics And Computer Science – Facade From The Odra River, With A Mosaic By Anna Szpakowska-Kujawska. 1971. Wroclaw, Poland

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#99 Telecommunication Office, Detail Skopje, North Macedonia 1972-74

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#100 Hotel Traian. Baile Herculane, România. Built 1974-76

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#101 The Weltzeituhr (Worldtime Clock) Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany Opened In 1969

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#102 Large Mosaic Of Ceramic Tiles Entitled “Man And Nature” On The Facade Of The The Brandenburg University Of Technology Cottbus The 1970s

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#103 Bank Of Kosovo Building, Peja, Kosovo, 70s

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#104 Television Tower Tashkent, Uzbekistan Built Between 1978–1985

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#105 Terraced High-Rise Apartment Building In Kaulsdorf-Nord Residential Area Berlin, Germany Built In 1985

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#106 The Former Tuzla Bank, (Now Nlb) Tuzla, Bih, Built In 1977

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#107 Panel House With Loggias Aka Teve-Panelhaz Pecs, 1972

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#108 All Saints’ Roman Catholic Church, Farkasrét Budapest , Hungary Designed And Built Between 1974-1977

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#109 Monument Of Yugoslav Partisan Squad Of Mountain Kosmaj, 1971

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#110 Enver Hoxha Museum On Bulevard Dëshmorët E Kombit Tirana, Albania Built In 1988

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#111 The Former V. I. Lenin Palace Of Culture And Sports ( Now:linnahall Culture And Sports Palace) Tallinn, Estonia, Built In 1980

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#112 Ddr Pankow/East Berlin Swimming Pools During Late 1960s

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#113 1st Pic Žižkov Television Tower Prague, Czech Republic Built Between 1985-92

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#114 Institute Of Robotics And Technical Cybernetics, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Built Between 1973-1986

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#115 Housing Building Budapest, Hungary Built In The 60s

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#116 Metro Station Yeritasardakan, Detail Yerevan, Armenia, Designed And Built Between 1972-81

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#117 Bus Stop No.12, Network Of Bus Stations, Near Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Built In The Late 70s

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#118 Kotva Department Store (Od-Obchodní Dům Kotva), Prague, Czech Republic Built Between 1970-1975

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#119 Interhotel Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, Built Between 1967-1981

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#120 The Former Hotel Sport Of The Former Olympic Yachting Centre, (Today: Hotel &spa) Estonia, Tallinn Built Between 1975-1980

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#121 Olympic Mascot Mishka (1980) On An Apartment Block In Osh, Kyrgystan

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#122 Experimental Residential Building In Bratislava, Slovakia, Built Between 1968-74

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#123 Residential Building On Bolshaya Tulskaya Street, (Aka “House Of Atomists” Or “The Ship”) Moscow, Russia, Design/Built: 1970-1986

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#124 ”electrification”, Stainless Steel Sculpture, Vidraru Dam 1971. Arges County, Romania

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#125 Valley Of Heroes Monument

memorial complex (with a small museum) commemorates the 1943 Battle of the Sutjeska (Serbo-Croatian: Bitka na Sutjesci), code-name Fall Schwarz.
1971. Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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#126 Haludovo Resort, Malinska, Croatia, Built In 1972

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#127 Zvartnots Air Terminal, Yerevan, Armenia, Built In 1980

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#128 Pearl Cafe, (Now Mirvari Cafe) Baku, Azerbaijan Built In 1961

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#129 Telecommunication Office, Detail Skopje, North Macedonia 1972-74. Urban Planning By Kenzo Tange (1960s)

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#130 “Lviv” Universal Shoping Center On Kniahyni Olhy Street, Lviv, 1988

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#131 Lower Cable Car Station, Park “Butoias” Chisinau, Moldova, Built Between 1986

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#132 Round Building, (Blocul Rotund) Lujerului Square, Militari Neighborhood, Bucharest, Romania, Built In The Late 1977-78

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#133 “Romantik” Youth Palace In Khmelnitsky Park, Lviv. Built In 1978-1979

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#134 Housing Building, Cottbus, Germany Built In The 70s

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#135 Republican Center For Geodesy And Cartography Yerevan, Armenia. Built Between 1979-1980

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#136 The Former Headquarters Of Sarajevo-Based Daily Newspapers Oslobodjenje Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina Built In The 80s

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#137 Hotel Zlatibor, Užice, Serbia Built In 1981

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#138 Hotel Pomorie, Pomorie, Bulgaria. Built In (1976)

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#139 Tbilisi National Scientific Library, Tbilisi, Georgia, Built In 1985

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#140 Haus Des Lehrers, (House Of The Teachers), Berlin, Germany, Built Between 1962 And 1964

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#141 Nine-Storey Large-Panel Housing Building On The Basis Of III-46 Series. Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Built In 80s

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#142 Garage & Car Repairs, Tbilisi, Georgia, Built In 1970

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#143 Halls Of Parting, Memory Park. Kyiv, Ukraine. Built 1968-1981

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#144 Hotel Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Built In 1974

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#145 20-Storey Residential Towers, Aka “Honeycomb” Minsk, Belarus, Built In 1985

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