New East Digital Archive

Post-soviet Architecture

Whose palace? The opulence and intrigue of 4 mega-mansions

Whose palace? The opulence and intrigue of 4 mega-mansions

Beyond Riga: as young Latvians start to leave the capital, where will the nation’s next hotspot be?

Beyond Riga: as young Latvians start to leave the capital, where will the nation’s next hotspot be?

Chasing light: how to survive Russia’s dark winters as a photographer

Chasing light: how to survive Russia’s dark winters as a photographer

Kirill Savchenkov: the Russian artist exploring existence in the post-Soviet city

Kirill Savchenkov: the Russian artist exploring existence in the post-Soviet city

Post-millenial Moscow: Vladimir Paperny on six types of 21st century architecture

Post-millenial Moscow: Vladimir Paperny on six types of 21st century architecture

Minsk: Owen Hatherley on the world's most complete, and most surprising Soviet city

Minsk: Owen Hatherley on the world’s most complete, and most surprising Soviet city

Letter from: in search of progressive architecture at the Venice Biennale

Letter from: in search of progressive architecture at the Venice Biennale

A tale of two cities: Ryan Koopmans photographs the old and new capitals of Kazakhstan

A tale of two cities: Ryan Koopmans photographs the old and new capitals of Kazakhstan

Imperial pomp: life in the shadow of the post-Soviet high-rise

Imperial pomp: life in the shadow of the post-Soviet high-rise

Destination unknown: two decades after independence, Armenia is still caught between past and future

Destination unknown: two decades after independence, Armenia is still caught between past and future

American dreams: how colourful kitsch took hold of eastern Poland post-1989

American dreams: how colourful kitsch took hold of eastern Poland post-1989

Huge melon-shaped tea house opened in Tajikistan

Huge melon-shaped tea house opened in Tajikistan

Post-Soviet city: a special report on the photography of the former eastern bloc

Post-Soviet city: a special report on the photography of the former eastern bloc

This is Vilnius: capturing the changing face of a city in real time

This is Vilnius: capturing the changing face of a city in real time

My Belgrade: Looking for the traces of a vanished country

My Belgrade: Looking for the traces of a vanished country

Power structure: why the architecture of the eastern bloc still looms large after communism

Power structure: why the architecture of the eastern bloc still looms large after communism

Boring postcards, USSR: a photographer’s road trip into the communist past

Boring postcards, USSR: a photographer’s road trip into the communist past

Concretopia: searching for the secret meaning of the suburbs in eastern Europe

Concretopia: searching for the secret meaning of the suburbs in eastern Europe