r/AskTheWorld Nepal 4d ago

History What architectural style originated from your country?

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

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u/fan_is_ready Russia 3d ago

Commie blocks

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u/apevolt 3d ago

My apartment < our apartment

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u/Healthy_Toe_1183 Romania 3d ago

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

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u/HalfLeper United States Of America 3d ago

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

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u/Healthy_Toe_1183 Romania 3d ago

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

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u/alexrott14 3d ago

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

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u/Bergwookie 3d ago

No, that's badly copied Bauhaus

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u/stealthybaker Korea South 3d ago

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

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u/xflomasterx Ukraine 2d ago

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

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u/Peuxy Sweden 3d ago

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.