CCCP: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed – Frédéric Chaubin

A striking visual survey of late Soviet architecture, photographed by Frédéric Chaubin across fourteen former USSR republics. Between 2003 and 2010, Chaubin documented a generation of extraordinary buildings constructed between 1970 and 1990—structures that appear futuristic, utopian, and at times almost surreal.

Far from standardized Soviet modernism, these projects reveal bold experimentation: flying saucer–like sanatoriums, brutalist civic monuments, space-age research institutes and monumental cultural centers. Suspended between ideology and imagination, they reflect the final creative surge of a collapsing empire.

Published by TASCHEN, CCCP has become a key reference for enthusiasts of brutalism, Soviet modernism and visionary architecture.

Technical Sheet
Title: CCCP – Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed
Photographer: Frédéric Chaubin
Publisher: TASCHEN
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
Illustrations: Full color
Period documented: 1970–1990 (photographed 2003–2010)
Condition: Very good condition; light shelf wear to boards.