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Urban furniture and Sanctuary of Merciful Love (Santuario dell'Amore Misericordioso), by Julio Lafuente (1968).

Collevalenza - Todi, Italy.

© Roberto Conte (2022)

Henrietta Place - Welbeck Street Car Park, by Michael Blampied & Partners (1969). Demolished in 2019.

The last photo is a screenshot from Google Street View showing the hotel that replaced it.

London, United Kingdom.

© Roberto Conte (2015, 2018)

Fresh and very good news: the modernist architecture of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

I think it's a wonderful thing for lovers of architecture from a period that is particularly sensitive and difficult in terms of preservation, besides the fact that Tashkent's architecture is truly amazing.

Here you can see photos of 8 out of the 10 buildings included.

All photos © Roberto Conte (2017, 2023)

1-2: Exhibition Hall of the Uzbek Union of Artists, by R. Khayrutdinov and F. Tursunov (1974).

3-4: Chorsu Bazaar, former Oktyabrsky Market, by Vladimir Azimov and Sabir Adilov (designed in 1980, built in 1990-1992).

5-6: State Museum of History of Uzbekistan (former Lenin Museum), by Y. Rozanov and V. Shestopalov (1970).

7: Palace of Arts, by Vladimir Berezin, Sergo Sutyagin, Yury Khaldeyev and Dmitry Shuvayev (1964).

8-9: Kosmonavtlar metro station, by S. Sutyagin, S. Sokolov, A. Zokirov and A. Brasovsky (1984).

10-11: Zhemchug (pearl) building, by Ophelia Aydinova (1985).

12-13: Circus, by Genrikh Aleksandrovich and Gennady Masyagin (1976).

14-15: Palace of Friendship of the Peoples, by Y. Rozanov, Y. Sukhanova, V. Shestopalov and E. Shumov (1981).

Okinawa Prefectural and Art Museum

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