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Soviet Bus Stops Volume II

Hardback

Main Details

Title Soviet Bus Stops Volume II
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Christopher Herwig
By (author) FUEL
Edited by Damon Murray
Edited by Stephen Sorrell
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 160,Width 200
Category/GenreIndividual photographers
Public buildings - civic, commercial, industrial, etc
Buses, trams and commercial vehicles
ISBN/Barcode 9780993191183
ClassificationsDewey:779.092
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated in colour throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher FUEL Publishing
Imprint FUEL Publishing
Publication Date 14 September 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A follow-up to the hugely successful Soviet Bus Stops, with new photographs of bus stops in Russia, Crimea, Georgia and Ukraine. Christopher Herwig has an insatiable appetite for 'Soviet Bus Stops'. After the popular and critical success of his first book, Herwig has returned to the former Soviet Union to hunt for more. In this second volume, as well as discovering new stops in the remotest areas of Georgia and Ukraine, Herwig turns his camera to Russia itself. Following exhaustive research, he drove 15,000 km from coast to coast across the largest country in the world, in pursuit of new examples of this singular architectural form. A foreword by renowned architecture and culture critic Owen Hatherley reveals new information on the origins of the Soviet bus stop. Examining the government policy that allowed these 'small architectural forms' to flourish, he explains how they reflected Soviet values, and how ultimately they remained - despite their incredible individuality - far-flung outposts of Soviet ideology. The diversity of architectural approaches is staggering: juxtaposed alongside a slew of audacious modern and brutal designs, there are bus stops shaped as trains, birds, light bulbs, rockets, castles, even a bus stop incorporating a statue of St George slaying the dragon. Essential companion to the first volume, this book provides a valuable document of these important and previously overlooked constructions.

Author Biography

With twenty years of experience in over ninety countries, Christopher Herwig is a Canadian born photographer and videographer. Currently based in Jordan, his previous homes have included Liberia and Kazakhstan. Owen Hatherley is a British writer and journalist based in London who writes primarily on architecture, politics and culture. Landscapes of Communism, a history of communism in Europe told through the built environments of former socialist states, was published in June 2015.