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World trade center - City terminal, Stockholm, Sweden, 1989, R Erskine

Pictures by Klaas Vermaas

Ismaili centre, London, UK, 1985, Casson Conder partnership, H Casson

Picture by Klaas Vermaas

Soviet-Era Sports Camp, Condrita, (Moldova)

Hidden between Malcoci and Sadova villages, deep in the Codrii Forest, this large abandoned complex is a former Soviet-era sports/recreation camp, most likely built in the 1960s–1980s.

The architects and exact construction year remain unknown, as the camp was probably built using standard Soviet functionalist designs for youth and sports collectives.

Today, the site is completely abandoned: empty administrative buildings, concrete dormitories, fading wall inscriptions, and unrestricted access, a silent reminder of Moldova’s Soviet past.

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The Chiesa Madre (Mother Church) in Gibellina Nuova, Sicily designed by Italian architect Ludovico Quaroni, completed in 1972

Water tower of the balneological hospital Druskininkai, Lithuania