Over the last fifteen years, Moscow has undergone vast and radical transformations, which have turned it into an extraordinary urban laboratory. This photographic project by Gabriele Basilico was inspired by a desire to document this metamorphosis, and takes as its focal point the city’s seven Stalinist towers, known in Russian as the vysotnye zdania, or `high buildings’. Basilico’s images use the towers as a privileged viewpoint for exploration and contemplation of the changing fabric of Moscow. After half a century of history, his work allows these striking buildings to be re-evaluated in the context of the new urban landscape of the 21st century.
- ISBN13 9780500543788
- Publish Date 6 April 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English