Photos of the Day for November 21, 2016

Polish-era Functionalist and Zakopane style architecture in Harodnja (Grodno) 2016, part II/X:  “New World” (Novy s’vjet)  housing project for teachers on Chkalava and Asipjenki Streets. Polish-era multi-family residences on these streets form a rare surviving ensemble of wooden functionalist-style buildings.   Функцыяналізм і закапанскі стыль 20-ых/30-ых гадоў у Гародні 2016 г., частка II/X (Новы сьвет): … Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 21, 2016

Photos of the Day for November 20, 2016

Polish-era Functionalist and Zakopane style architecture in Harodnja (Grodno) 2016, part I/X:  Vorstadt. We turn again to Belarus’ patrimony of Polish-era functionalist and Zakopane-style architecture, previously featured in photos of Hlybokaje (September 18-19, 2016), Braslau (September 17, 2016 and September 29, 2015), and Pinsk (April 24, 2016).  It was a pleasure to be able to… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 20, 2016

Photos of the Day for October 7, 2016

Polesian roads:  from the Sporava Marsh Preserve to Pinsk 2016, part V/V. Палескія дарогі:  са Спораўскага заказніку ў Пінск 2016 г., частка V/V.   Ahova, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Pinsk, is renowned for its craftsmanship in painted wooden chests.  The building shown here — either a former school, other official building, or… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 7, 2016

Photos of the Day for September 19, 2016

Functionalism and the Zakopane style in Hlybokaje:  civil-servants’ housing quarter by Juliusz Klos and other houses. After surveying some of the Zakopane-style buildings on the outskirts of Hlybokae (photos of the day for September 18), there was not enough time for more than a drive-by tour of the better-known Polish-era six-building housing quarter for civil… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 19, 2016

Photos of the Day for September 18, 2016

Zakopane (functionalist) style, Hlybokaje 2016.  On the road from Braslau to Mjensk, and inspired by the visit to the civil-servant residential quarter in Braslau, we stopped in Bjerazvjechcha on the outskirts of Hlybokaje, as well as in Hlybokaje, to survey some of the Zakopane-style buildings there. Функцыяналізм (закапанскі стыль), Беразвечча й Глыбокае 2016 г.  Па… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 18, 2016

Photos of the Day for September 17, 2016

Architectural patrimony of Braslau 2016 (V/V):  Polish functionalism:  civil-servant quarter designed by Juliusz Klos. On September 17, 1939, Stalin’s Soviet Union, following its ally Nazi Germany’s September 1 invasion of Poland, invaded Poland from the east and occupied and annexed Belarusian (and Ukrainian) lands which had been incorporated into the interwar Polish Republic.  Heavy Soviet… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 17, 2016