Ah, Soviet Architecture. How Stylish! Stalin’s Architect Had To Make Compromises (You Think?)

Rather than not build at all, he was prepared to build what the dictator demanded of him. As a result, Boris Iofan is now remembered not for his considerable talent, but for the way that his buildings came to define Stalinist architecture as it was practiced from Warsaw to Beijing. – MITReader

SOURCE: ArtsJournal – Read entire story here.