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House of Soviets: Exterior · Das Haus der Sowjets in Kaliningrad
1/6 · Exterior · Das Haus der Sowjets in Kaliningrad Photo: Julian Nyča · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
House of Soviets: Exterior · The House of Soviet, Kaliningrad, Russia
2/6 · Exterior · The House of Soviet, Kaliningrad, RussiaPhoto: Alexey Komarov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
House of Soviets: Exterior · House of Soviets, Kaliningrad
3/6 · Exterior · House of Soviets, KaliningradPhoto: Dave Collier from Sedbergh UK mostly, Santa Vittoria in Matenano. Italy, sometimes · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
House of Soviets: Exterior · Dom Sovetov, Kaliningrad
4/6 · Exterior · Dom Sovetov, KaliningradPhoto: Suicasmo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
House of Soviets: Interior · View from the Sports Hall back towards the Pregel Bridge and the House of the Soviets and Hotel Kaliningrad
5/6 · Interior · View from the Sports Hall back towards the Pregel Bridge and the House of the Soviets and Hotel KaliningradPhoto: Felix O · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
House of Soviets: Context · Koenigsberg cathedral and House of Soviets in Kaliningrad
6/6 · Context · Koenigsberg cathedral and House of Soviets in KaliningradPhoto: Ttracy · CC BY 3.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Das Haus der Sowjets in Kaliningrad Photo 2: Exterior · The House of Soviet, Kaliningrad, RussiaPhoto 3: Exterior · House of Soviets, KaliningradPhoto 4: Exterior · Dom Sovetov, KaliningradPhoto 5: Interior · View from the Sports Hall back towards the Pregel Bridge and the House of the Soviets and Hotel KaliningradPhoto 6: Context · Koenigsberg cathedral and House of Soviets in Kaliningrad

Civic · Brutalism

House of Soviets

Yulian Schwarzbreim (TsNIIEP) · Kaliningrad, RU · 1985

Key featuresUnfinished 21-storey twin-tower block on the old castle site, nicknamed the 'buried robot'; never occupied.

Architect
Yulian Schwarzbreim (TsNIIEP)
Place
Kaliningrad, RU
Year
1985
Typology
Civic
Movement
Brutalism
Region
Europe
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