IDM war memorials: Yugoslavia edition

hey ho, just stumbled on this little photo gallery, thought some might like it:

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/bizarre-kriegsdenkmaeler-fotostrecke-107092.html

example:

These were in the running for most idm 2012 I think

Loads here

Lots of commie countries churned out pretty IDM buildings, but Yugoslavia is particularly well-endowed with this shit

jazz

http://forum.watmm.com/topic/65721-25-abandoned-yugoslavia-monuments-that-look-like-theyre-from-the-future/

indeed... sorry guys!

its ok you were only trying to do a cool thing

  On 11/26/2014 at 4:18 PM, jaderpansen said:

hey ho, just stumbled on this little photo gallery, thought some might like it:

 

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/bizarre-kriegsdenkmaeler-fotostrecke-107092.html

 

example:

 

totally autechre!

but still my fav is this one (i saw it and i can tell you this thing is huge):

  On 11/27/2014 at 2:55 AM, xox said:

 

  On 11/26/2014 at 4:18 PM, jaderpansen said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The IDM War in eastern Europe was a rough one for sure.

I have a great book about this kind of cosmic brutalist architecture, chech it out

http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/photography/all/05744/facts.frederic_chaubin_cosmic_communist_constructions_photographed.htm

genius behind majority of the ex yugoslavian monuments was croatian architect and sculptor dusan dzamonja

one of his last works was recently built mosque in my town:

Quality thread, quality bump.

Yeah these are awesome.

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