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Soviet Bus Stops Hardcover – September 29, 2015

by FUEL (Author), Damon Murray (Editor), Stephen Sorrell (Editor),

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Soviet vernacular architecture across 18,000 miles in 14 countries

Photographer Christopher Herwig first noticed the unusual architecture of Soviet-era bus stops during a 2002 long-distance bike ride from London to St. Petersburg. Challenging himself to take one good photograph every hour, Herwig began to notice surprisingly designed bus stops on otherwise deserted stretches of road. Twelve years later, Herwig had covered more than 18,000 miles in 14 countries of the former Soviet Union, traveling by car, bike, bus and taxi to hunt down and document these bus stops.
The local bus stop proved to be fertile ground for local artistic experimentation in the Soviet period, and was built seemingly without design restrictions or budgetary concerns. The result is an astonishing variety of styles and types across the region, from the strictest Brutalism to exuberant whimsy.
Soviet Bus Stops is the most comprehensive and diverse collection of Soviet bus stop design ever assembled, including examples from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Abkhazia, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus and Estonia. Originally published in a quickly sold-out limited edition, Soviet Bus Stops, named one of the best photobooks of 2014 by Martin Parr, is now available in a highly anticipated, expanded smaller-format trade edition.

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Over 150 photographs of architectural exuberance dotting the streets and highways of the vast country...Although many of these structures are falling into disrepair from age and neglect, that they still exist is a testament to how meaningful they must have been in an otherwise homogenous built environment. Herwig's tenacity and devotion to accomplishing a project of this scale is extraordinary. -- John Foster ― The Design Observer

Designed by individual architects, each bus stop proffers a glimpse of the artistry that still flourished in an era when uniformity was imposed and creativity was often suppressed. -- Claire Voon ― Hyperallergic

Why Russia has the world's most beautiful bus stops … Architects may have felt creatively stifled in the old Soviet empire – but there was one place where their imaginations were encouraged to run riot: the bus stop. -- Oliver Wainwright ― The Guardian

Christopher Herwig’s weirdly evocative photographs show how the loneliest corners of the former Soviet Union were enlivened by whacky bus shelters…. Most alien of all are the radiant Gaudí knock-offs in the disputed region of Abkhazia, where Soviet elites once took their beach holidays. -- Roland Elliot Brown ― The Spectator

Perhaps it’s the low stakes of structures with no windows, no doors and no permanent inhabitants that allowed the designers the freedom to flex their creative muscles; the results comprise seemingly limitless variations of expressive concrete waves, colourful murals and mosaics, and bold polyhedral forms. Set against the backdrop of rural, often desert-like terrains, these diminutive structures stand out like contained explosions of creativity. -- David Dick-Agnew ― Azure

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ FUEL Publishing (September 29, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 099319110X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0993191107
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.28 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.9 x 1 x 6.5 inches

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FUEL are Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell, a graphic design and publishing company established in 1991. Their image-led publications cover a broad range of culture, architecture, art and design.
The imprint began in 2004 with the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia, they have since gone on to produce a number of best-selling and critically-acclaimed books on Soviet culture, including Soviet Bus Stops, Chernobyl: A Stalkers' Guide, Soviet Space Dogs and Soviet Cities. They have also produced books on subjects as varied as chess, crime and car brochures (the latter with Jonny Trunk, a regular collaborator). In addition they work closely with artists such as Tracey Emin, Rebecca Warren and Patrick Keiller, producing both mongraphs and one-off art publications.
All FUEL books are edited, designed and published from their studio in Spitalfields, London, where they have worked since 1992.
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Daniel Morgan

Eclectic, Bizarre, and Fascinating

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2021

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This book is magnificent. Apparently Soviet architects were allowed a lot of individuality in designing bus stops, meaning that this is an eclectic collection reflecting local building materials, regional styles and cultures, and the features of life in the different areas. This includes bus stops from most of the Soviet Republics (from what I can tell, only Azerbaijan and Russia itself are not included). It is really amazing to see just how many designs people came up with.

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Nicholas Rowley

An amazing book

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2024

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I bought this book out of curiosity and I'm glad I did. The photos in 'Soviet Bus Stops' are all incredibly shot, and make for a fascinating look into a field of architecture that seems to go overlooked.

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Beautiful and fascinating photo book of old Soviet era bus stop designs

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2020

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I'm big on this style of architecture - the old Soviet brutalism from the Cold War era. These are so fascinating - the root of brutalism exists, but the artistry and specialized/regional designs on each of these really give them all personality and elevate them above the simple blocky brutalist style, into their own unique style. This is literally on my coffee table, and I enjoy sharing these images and discussing them with visitors!

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Robert I. Hedges

An Amazing Testament To An Astonishing Architectural Niche

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2016

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Christopher Herwig has produced an amazing photographic journal of an utterly unique Soviet architectural art form, the bus stop. To get these photographs Herwig traveled to 14 countries including difficult to access Moldova, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan (not to mention his treks across Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus and Estonia among others). Herwig's text and the introduction by Jonathan Meades are illuminating and the essay "The Bus Pavilion: A Minor Architectural Form" by Vera Kavalkova-Halvarsson is especially insightful and explains how in a sea of ugly Brutalist architecture (particularly under Khrushchev and Brezhnev) big budget construction was tightly regulated, but smaller inexpensive projects like bus stops were not considered terribly significant and flew under the radar of the bureaucrats allowing an astonishing array of creativity from mostly young designers and architects with considerable help from local communities.

I am genuinely astonished at the creativity on display here, and Herwig's photography is more than up to the challenge. The contrast between the diverse bus stops (many of which are now unserved and abandoned) and their settings are frequently amazing and definitely helped me have a more considered appreciation of this unusual architectural form as a mode of artistic expression. My favorites in the book were concentrated in Kazakhstan (particularly the unusual installation in Astana) and Lithuania, although for sheer diversity of design and astonishing concepts, the bus stops of Abkhazia (especially in Pitsunda and Gudauta) are unbeatable.

From both a photographic and architectural viewpoint, Herwig has created a truly unique gem with "Soviet Bus Stops" and I recommend it highly.

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Eoban Binder

Simple but engaging photo book

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2017

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Marvelous book. Nicely bound and printed, and of course the photography is quite striking. Makes a great gift for any fan of Soviet architecture or history. I do wish some of the photos were accompanied by more detailed information, but it is what it is.

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Lilith Lane

Great photo book, good conversation piece, good gift

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016

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I purchased this book for my boyfriend as a gift. The book is small, which is actually quite nice- it's compact but not lacking in substance. It's made well and the pictures are beautiful. The printing is nice, and I really like the red binding. Very sturdy.

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Unique and Intriguing

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2015

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This is a great photo book. Definitely recommended for any Soviet history nerds. It's worth pointing out that there are no pictures of Russia, but every other Soviet satellite state is included. Served as the catalyst for an upcoming journey in the region. Unfortunately my copy came with a bent front cover and a little spot scratched off, which is a little disappointing given the price of the relatively small/short book, but that is a criticism of the seller and not the content.

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Not just a bus stop

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2021

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This IS the coffee table book. It’s an intriguing look into the eclectic genius of tiny Ukrainian villages and throughout Russia. The backstory the authors offered was delightful. The story about the stipend offered to the villages that allowed for these bus stops... the amazing mosaics that emerged! It was inspiring. Communism, who would have thunk it?

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Ricardo L. Silva

Livro excelente

Reviewed in Brazil on September 8, 2023

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Livro excelente. Qualidade de impressão, encadernação e projeto fotográfico.

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Carlante

Quality in every details.

Reviewed in Sweden on December 5, 2023

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Perfect!

Anselmina

Weird

Reviewed in Germany on September 11, 2023

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Großartiges, merkwürdiges Buch über den architektonischen und ästhetischen Aufwand, den eine Nation betrieben hat, um anspruchsvolle Busstationen zu erstellen. Ich liebe die Fotografien!

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