Among the plethora of Instagram accounts dedicated to brutalist architecture, @mcmxxxv is one of the most popular.
The
account focuses exclusively on Soviet architecture between 1930 and 1950, and
features book and brochure illustration, as well as detailed and panoramic
shots of buildings and sculptures.
These detailed
shots are especially interesting and rare: from the vine-adorned facade of the
Azerbaijan pavilion of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition
(VDNKh) to the chandelier in the hall of suburban box office of the
Kievsky railway station — things one might not necessarily notice
if looking at a building as a whole. There are also closeups of
mosaics, otherwise near impossible to study up this close as many are
situated high up on walls and ceilings — you’d have to bring binoculars to
study them in their natural environment!
