Architektura 58-89

At the end of its 15-year existence, Bigg Boss Publishing decided to implement one of the biggest book projects in its own history. ARCHITECTURE 58-89 is the most comprehensive publication to date on the stigmatized pre-revolutionary architecture of 1958-1989. Two volumes of almost fourteen hundred pages, weighing 5.6 kg, provide a solid building block for straightening out the relationship between the general public and the stigmatized architecture of the pre-revolutionary decades. An ambitious undertaking in the field of documentary literature, it has been almost ten years in the making, with thirty experts, led by Vladimir 518, presenting more than forty architects, author pairs or groups that made a decisive impact on the history of our architecture in the defined period.

“The overwhelming majority of the so-called communist architecture has nothing to do with this ideology in terms of its formal aspects, yet a layer of negative emotions and misunderstanding still clings to it. Unfortunately, in the long term it has been impossible to find a healthy relationship with this now historical architecture, which is why one important building after another is disappearing from the streets of our towns and cities. If we as a society fail to preserve at least what is left of the quality buildings of the beginning of the second half of the 20th century, we will erase a piece of our own history and cultural memory once and for all,” says Vladimir 518, the author of the book concept and its editor, who has managed to set up a focused team of experts with the aim of creating a comprehensive guide that boldly enters the social debate that is still intensively conducted around the topic of pre-revolutionary architecture.

The impressive visual character of the publication from the 20YY Designers (Robert Jansa & Petr Bosák) workshop is shaped by historical drawings, designs and plans, and above all by by unique contemporary, often unpublished, photographs from archives across the country. The two comprehensive book volumes will not only offer readers a fascinating insight into the highlights of our pre-revolutionary architecture - they will also provide them with a detailed orientation in the complete contemporary context, from the political system to the basic architectural styles, technologies or applied artworks, to the position of women in architecture or the timeless issues of monument preservation.

Product information

Author: Vladimir 518
Publisher: BiggBoss
Language: čeština
Year of issue: 2022
Size: 236 × 316 × 100
Binding: hardcover
Number of pages: 2 × 688