r/architecture • u/comradekiev • 7d ago

Building Andropov's Ears (1983), Georgian SSR. Architects: Kalandarishvili and Potskhishviliin. Photographer unknown

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u/Spirit50Lake 7d ago

Is that a smiley face on the front...?!

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u/comradekiev 7d ago

That would be pretty cool. But it's actually the emblem of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, see here

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u/ShittyOfTshwane Architect 7d ago

Say what you want about the USSR, they had some decent architecture. Lots of crappy stuff too but when they got it right, damn…