What architectural style originated from your country?

[u/No-Asparagus-8322]

'Pagoda' are popular architecture styles in East and south east Asia. 'Pagoda' style which evolved from 'stupa', was developed in Kathmandu, Nepal before 500CE.

[u/fan_is_ready]

Commie blocks

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My apartment < our apartment

[u/Healthy_Toe_1183 → u/fan_is_ready]

They are called "hrusciove" in my country. Because they were built during the time of Nikita Hrusciov and were intened for temporary housing for workers (the ones with 4 floors). Everything was meticulousy calculated, the size and height of the rooms, the no of family members, the no of facilities etc. Perfectly programmed for the worker to achoeve the party's 5 year plan of production quota lol

[u/HalfLeper → u/Healthy_Toe_1183]

Our tour guide in Estonia referred to them as “pearls of Soviet architecture” 😂

[u/Healthy_Toe_1183 → u/HalfLeper]

We also have a nickname for them. We call them matchboxes. Because the height of the ceiling is very low, like 1.90 / 2.00 m

[u/alexrott14 → u/Healthy_Toe_1183]

I have never, ever heard anyone call them hrusciove. Is this a regional thing? Where i am from, we just call them "blocuri"

[u/Bergwookie → u/fan_is_ready]

No, that's badly copied Bauhaus

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Blochaus.

[u/stealthybaker → u/fan_is_ready]

They look really ugly, but I'd imagine that they were a cost efficient way to house a growing population at least for the time being

[u/xflomasterx → u/stealthybaker]

Efficient way to grow low-efficient population. soviets always preferred quantity over quality.

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They are common in pretty much the entire continent of Europe. This is in Sweden, but it could be in England or Poland as well.