Guzenko, G. and A[leksei] Galaktionov, V. Artemchuk, editors.

[SOCIALIST CITY PLANNING] Zastroika zhilykh mikroraionov [The construction of residential districts].

Moscow: Gosstroiizdat, 1959. To head of title: Akademiia stroitel’stva i arkhitektury SSSR. Institut gradostroitel’stva i raionnoi planirovki. Quarto (33.5 × 26.5 cm). Original printed quarter cloth over boards embossed to spine; 163, [1] pp. Illustrations, including photographs, plans, maps, and technical drawings. Corners lightly bumped, spine extremities slightly scuffed, else very good. Item #54808

A practical guide for designing the residential neighborhoods of Soviet cities during the construction boom of the post-WWII period, illustrated with plans, elevations, architectural models, and photographs of residential neighborhoods across the Soviet Union. The practice of building pre-fabricated, industrially produced housing, arranged in large housing blocks, was first developed in Soviet construction in the 1920s and 1930s and was well established by this period. The album showcases examples of such housing in cities such as Magnitogorsk, Angarsk, Stalingrad, Leningrad, Moscow as well as cities in Ukraine such as Novaia Kakhovka and Zaporizhzhia. Using these as a starting point, the album offers improvements with twelve new “experimental” designs of residential neighborhoods, created by various Soviet architecture studios.

As of February 2025, KVK, OCLC show four copies in North America.

Price: €450.00

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