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Not sure if it is the historical socialization or some other reason but I do have a weak spot for some of the modernist and brutalist architecture of post WW2 Eastern Europe. While browsing what was around within a day trip distance with my daughter, she ...  

It's funny when you write this building is from the 90's that seems quite recent to me and then I realised that it was 35 years ago and I wonder just where all that time has gone. I think it is a shame that the building is not used any longer and has been... 

It was designed in the 1970s and built in 1980, so it actually served its purpose for about 10 years before it was all over in 1990/1991 🤷🏻‍♂️ But you are right - we are truly wasteful creatures unfortunately…

Thanks for sharing another interesting report.

Definitely something worth seeing 👍🏻

Thank you so much for sharing this daughter/father trip with us. As you very rightly say, these views really give a feeling of "how quickly man made things decay and how the view of history and the importance of certain eras can change practically overnig... 

Wasn’t aware of Enki Bilal but downloaded the Nikopol trilogy now and will most definitely check it out 👍🏻👏🏻 Glad you enjoyed this. Some more are on the cards, as several appear to be around 2-3 hours away. As not all of them have a spooky interior they m... 

A site that certainly fits several movie genres…😬 Are there people patrolling the area?

It was supposed to be used as a location of the 2021 Netflix Production ‘Tribes of Europa’ but I guess Covid killed that idea 🤷🏻‍♂️ So completely abandoned and accessible with a bit of will (through the basement) 👍🏻

There are several more I will attempt to add over the coming weeks and months 👍🏻🤞🏻

While it did not allow for the views or nicer pictures it definitely fit the history of the last 35 years of the monument 😊👍🏻 Glad you liked it 🙏🏻

I love this post, absolutely amazing trip, how did your daughter like the design? From Wikipedia "A nationwide competition was held for the design of the monument in 1970, with Igor Toš's proposal being selected over Bakić's, whose design received critici...  

Upon seeing a picture she called it an upside down Burj Khalifa (I suppose rammed down into the earth pretty strongly) 😂 I guess the shabby chic is still not her style but if it was intact something tells me she would love it 😁 If you like brutalism I hav... 

I found myself curiously fixated on and mesmerized by these photos. Thankfully the food pics snapped me out of my trance Thanks for the photographic tour. M4

My daughter likewise was rarely as insistent and enthusiastic about a meal straight after. It possibly really breaks the spell 😊 Hope you enjoyed it irrespective 👍🏻

Certainly fit the atmosphere to a T 😉

And the fog was the cherry on the cake! At least for some of the pics… Because it would be even more sad to see such a great architecture fall apart in just 45years, without the fog. It‘s a shame really! 😔

As unfortunate as this is, I guess it’s far from the only one suffering this fate. Given the current state I am not that hopeful that someone will materialize with the funds to return it to its past glory 🤷🏻‍♂️

I'm not a fan of Brutalist architecture. And oddly, my Undergrad campus was used as a filming location because of its futuristic Brutalist architecture at the time.

My PhD campus could be used for that, too - if anyone wanted to film in Switzerland. Concrete as far as the eye sees 😁

Glass skinned buildings are also a little strange, they keep heat in too much sometimes. So much that they need active cooling even on winter days!

It is easy nowadays having glass that insulates better than a brick wall with added insulation. The problem is always that the heat can get retained and is difficult to dissipate afterwards. I have often lived in buildings with triple glazing and while it... 

But at least they're trying to use as much air from the outside before they resort to turning on air conditioners.

I totally love and appreciate you taking the time to present it with humor and detail, especially the graffiti . It definitely leaves a mix of thoughts and feelings in its wake.... The food though is simply perfect

Neither did I know about it until very recently. For some reason IG started showing me posts of modernist and brutalist architecture and then I went to explore if there was anything close and found this amongst others. There are 4 or so left close by, whi... 

I've never been to Bulgaria, but will never forget some seven or eight years ago when I heard a man speak Bulgarian, I was bewildered by how much of what he said I could understand effortlessly - probably around 80%.... I had previously never been aware o... 

Picture from: Sofia Adventures ...  

And have some already ticked off the list, like this… Picture from: Seznam Zpravy ...  

Architecture is in my genes as well, my dad was a civil engineer, and both my late grandfather and grandmother on my mom's side a civil engineer and architect respectively. 🙏😎

Might need to make a WPS meeting at one such exciting site at some point t in the future, then 😁 Jested is actually a hotel and it’s still in operation. But most rooms don’t come with a bathroom 😱😂

Zaha Hadid was, to me, always the most visually striking and impressive architect. Calatrava is likewise among my favorites, but I am admittedly otherwise boring in my residential architecture preferences - traditional (i.e. Spanish haciendas) and classic... 

We did a post soviet tour of Georgia earlier this year and came across many examples of brutalist architecture Here are a few examples Last one at the Black Sea not brutalist but more futuristic J ...  

enjoy the seashell inspired futuristic design of the last tower Thanks for sharing with us here!! Cheers, Filip

The last tower really is quite fabulous 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 And the rest have a certain something as well! Looks like an enjoyable tour 👍🏻

He was - not an architect. But a great guy 👍🏻