{"product_id":"socialist-hotels","title":"Socialist Hotels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSocialist Hotels\u003c\/strong\u003e is the first photography book devoted entirely to the architecture of hospitality in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, documenting 153 hotels across 31 countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt by the state, these hotels housed visiting officials, ordinary holidaymakers and the occasional guest from the capitalist West. Photographer Elena Amabili travelled widely to record them, and the survey ranges from the grand neoclassical gestures of the Stalinist era through to austere concrete modernism and more idiosyncratic buildings finished in mosaic, tile and stained glass that drew on local traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of these buildings are now being modernised beyond recognition or demolished, which gives the book the character of a record made just in time. Edited by FUEL's Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell, it sits alongside the publisher's earlier surveys of Soviet bus stops, scientific institutes and monuments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e153 hotels photographed across 31 countries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first photographic survey devoted solely to socialist hospitality architecture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroductory essay by food and travel writer Caroline Eden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuildings ranging from Stalinist neoclassicism to late modernist concrete\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the state-run hotel reflected the social and political life of the Eastern Bloc\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow architectural ambitions shifted from monumental excess to austere modernism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRegional variations in decoration, from mosaics to stained glass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuildings now at risk of demolition or unsympathetic renovation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElena Amabili is a Berlin-based Italian photographer whose work documents the architectural legacy of the socialist era. The book is edited by Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell of FUEL, the London graphic design and publishing studio they founded in 1991, and introduced by author Caroline Eden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160 × 200 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781068294617\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e FUEL Design \u0026amp; Publishing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For:\u003c\/strong\u003e Readers interested in postwar and Soviet-era architecture, collectors of FUEL's architectural surveys, and travellers drawn to Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FUEL Design \u0026 Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49153351483617,"sku":"9781068294617","price":59.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/0464\/files\/9781068294617.webp?v=1789779578","url":"https:\/\/bookshopbyuro.com\/products\/socialist-hotels","provider":"Bookshop by Uro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}