Urban planning in the Soviet Bloc countries during the Cold War era was dictated by ideological, political, social as well as economic motives.
The skyline of many cities became dominated by standardized apartment blocks, Bucharest
Prague, the Košík housing estate.
Karl-Marx-Allee in East Berlin, built between 1952 and 1960
East Berlin in 1989
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Panelák is a colloquial term in Czech and Slovak for a Large-panel-system building constructed from pre-fabricated, pre-stressed concrete, such as those extant in the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhe
Urban planning in communist states
…Eastern bloc housing: Panelák (Czechoslovakia) Panelház (Hungary…
Panel houses in the Prague housing estate Řepy.
Petržalka in Bratislava, Slovakia
Sídlisko II & III in Prešov, Slovakia.