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KioskMonotowns: Soviet Landscapes of Post-Industrial Russia
Kiosk
The Last Modernist Booths Across Central and Eastern Europe

Book | Hardcover | 208 pages
Modular architecture | Over 150 photographs

26 €

Featuring over 150 kiosks—from Ljubljana to Warsaw, and from Belgrade to Berlin—our new photobook documents the last modernist booths found in the former Eastern Bloc and ex-Yugoslav countries I  Released: May 2024

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Concrete Hong KongMonotowns: Soviet Landscapes of Post-Industrial Russia
Concrete Hong Kong
Build Your Own Modernist Metropolis

Book | Hardcover | 88 pages
Photobook featuring architectural press-out models

27 €

Explore Hong Kong's public housing from the 1950s to the 1980s with this unique and engaging book featuring captivating photographs and architectural models to press out and assemble  I  Released: November 2023

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BrutaliaMonotowns: Soviet Landscapes of Post-Industrial Russia
Brutalia
Build Your Own Brutalist Italy

Book | Hardcover | 72 pages
Includes 5 press-out models celebrating Italian brutalist architecture

27 €

A playful exploration of Italian brutalist architecture, from the iconic Torre Velasca in the centre of Milan to the controversial Vele di Scampia housing complex on the periphery of Naples  I  Released: June 2023

Soviet PlaygroundsMonotowns: Soviet Landscapes of Post-Industrial Russia
Soviet Playgrounds
Playful Landscapes of the Former USSR

Book | Hardcover | 208 pages
Landscape architecture | Over 150 photographs

26 €

A photographic exploration of Soviet-era playgrounds, featuring rocket slides, earth-shaped climbers and spaceships for young cosmonauts, found in some of the former USSR countries, such as Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan  I  Released: October 2022

The Polish Poster ColumnMonotowns: Soviet Landscapes of Post-Industrial Russia
Słup
The Polish Poster Column

Book | Hardcover | 50 pages
Detachable Polish Posters + Poster Column Model

28 €

An interactive art book celebrating the Polish School of Posters, through some of its iconic film, theatre and cultural affiches created between the 1950s and the late 1980s., together with an outstanding urban equipment used to display them - the poster column  I  Released: April 2023

Brutal East volume IIMonotowns: Soviet Landscapes of Post-Industrial Russia
Brutal East II
Build Your Own Concrete Eastern Bloc

Book | Hardcover | 72 pages
Includes 9 press-out models celebrating the brutalist architecture of Central and Eastern Europe

27 €

An engaging journey through the socialist-era architecture erected in the former Eastern Bloc and ex-Yugoslavia. Build some of the most intriguing edifices erected in Central and Eastern Europe after WWII, from the massive housing estates in Moscow to the brutal skyline of Tbilisi, while learning about their history  I  Released: November 2021

Monotowns: Soviet Landscapes of Post-Industrial RussiaMonotowns: Soviet Landscapes of Post-Industrial Russia
Monotowns
Soviet Landscapes of Post-Industrial Russia

Book | Hardcover | 192 pages
Over 130 photographs

25 €

A photographic survey of the Soviet-era monotowns − urban settlements erected around single industries in the hinterlands of the former USSR −; some thriving, others struggling to survive, still others partially abandoned  I  Released: May 2021

Brutal Poland: Build Your Brutalist Polish People's RepublicBrutal Poland: Build Your Brutalist Polish People's Republic
Brutal Poland
Build Your Brutalist Polish People's Republic

Book | Hardcover | 88 pages
52 illustrations. Includes 9 press-out models celebrating Polish brutalist architecture

27 €

A playful exploration of the socialist-era architecture erected in the former Polish People’s Republic. Build your own brutalist and modernist edifices while learning about their place in the history of the PRL  I  Released: October 2020

Concrete Siberia: Soviet Landscapes of the Far NorthConcrete Siberia: Soviet Landscapes of the Far North
Concrete Siberia
Soviet Landscapes of the Far North

Book | Hardcover | 160 pages
Over 100 photographs

24 €

A photographic insight into the Soviet-era architecture of one of the most extreme, little-known and vast territories on Earth. From the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Circle, the book contains over 100 photographs exploring the post-war modernist microrayons of the Siberian cities of Novosibirsk, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, Norilsk, Irkutsk and Yakutsk and the quotidian lives of their inhabitants.  I  Released: May 2020

Panelki: Construct Your Socialis Prefab Panel Block. Contains 164 press-out prefab panels and an illustrated history on mass housing in the former Eastern BlocPanelki: Construct Your Socialis Prefab Panel Block. Contains 164 press-out prefab panels and an illustrated history on mass housing in the former Eastern Bloc
Panelki
Build Your Socialist Prefab Panel Block

Book | Hardcover | 44 pages
Contains 164 press-out prefab panels and an illustrated history on mass housing in the former Eastern Bloc

29 €

Plattenbau, Panelák, Wielka Płyta, Panelky, Panelház or Панельки: Prefabricated panel blocks go by different names around the former Eastern Bloc, but no matter where they were built, their goal was always the same... Panelki allows you to assemble a Soviet-era prefab block, panel by panel, while learning about the history of mass housing behind the Iron Curtain  I  Released: October 2019

Eastern Blocks: Concrete Landscapes of the Former Eastern BlocEastern Blocks: Concrete Landscapes of the Former Eastern Bloc
Eastern Blocks
Concrete Landscapes of the Former Eastern Bloc

Book | Hardcover | 144 pages
Over 100 photographs

23 €

A photographic journey through the concrete peripheries of the former Eastern Bloc, featuring over 100 photographs showcasing modernist and brutalist architecture scattered around the cities of Moscow, Berlin, Warsaw, Budapest, Kyiv and Saint Petersburg, including objects like houses ‘on chicken legs’, Soviet ‘flying saucers’ or hammer-shaped tower blocks  I  Released: April 2019

Brutal Britain: Build Your Own Brutalist Great BritainBrutal Britain: Build Your Own Brutalist Great Britain
Brutal Britain
Build Your Own Brutalist Great Britain

Book | Hardcover | 56 pages
Contains 9 press-out paper models celebrating British brutalist architecture

26 €

Explore the modern past of Great Britain and rebuild some of its most intriguing post-war edifices, from the iconic slabs of Sheffield`s Park Hill and London's Trellick Tower, to the demolished Birmingham Central Library  I  2nd Edition: June 2022

The TenantsMonotowns: Soviet Landscapes of Post-Industrial Russia
The Tenants
Concrete Portraits of the Former Eastern Bloc

Book | Hardcover | 112 pages
Photographic essay

23 €

A unique photographic essay on mass housing estates erected in the former Eastern Bloc and the people who live in them. From Berlin to Norilsk, and all the way through Almaty to Tallinn, the album portrays the inhabitants of over 40 housing complexes in 37 different cities, holding paper models of their homes, while sharing the stories of the lives they lived in the prefab panel blocks  I  Released: April 2022

Hidden Cities: Architecture snapshots to unveilHidden Cities: Architecture snapshots to unveil

Hidden Cities

Architecture snapshots to unveil

Interactive photo-boxes exploring the post-war architecture of Europe's urban peripheries

19 €

Remove the negative and discover the brutal charm of European suburbia! These Polaroid 55-inspired photo-boxes allow you to discover some of the most hidden and striking urbanscapes of the former Eastern Bloc and beyond  I  Released: 2018

Modern East: Build Your Own Modernist DDR
Modern East
Build Your Own Modernist DDR

Contains 9 paper cut-out models recreating the modernist architecture of the former German Democratic Republic

19 €

Have a peep over the Wall and reconstruct some of the most captivating modernist and brutalist edifices erected in East Germany, from the massive Plattenbauten of Rostock, to the icons of DDR-Moderne and the demolished ´Mokka-Milch-Eisbar ‘Kosmos'. Featuring: Berlin, Cottbus, Dessau, Dresden, Halle Neustadt, Leipzig and Rostock  |  Released: 2017

The Constructivist: Build Your Own Russian Constructivist Playground
The Constructivist
Build Your Own Russian Constructivist Playground

Contains 4 press-out comrades to assemble, inspired by Russian avant-garde architecture

19 €

Designed especially for children and their parents, the kit allows you to build your own avant-garde community with geometrical forms inspired by seminal examples of constructivist architecture, such as: Melnikov House, Kirov Town Hall or Nikolaev`s House  |  Released: 2017

Brutal East: Build Your Own Brutalist Estern BlocModern East: Build Your Own Modernist DDR
Brutal East
Build Your Own Brutalist Estern Bloc

Contains 7 paper cut-out models celebrating the brutalist architecture of Central and Eastern Europe

19 €

From panelák estates to concrete grand designs, the charm of the former Eastern Bloc architecture is certainly brutal. Explore and reconstruct some of the most controversial brutalist edifices erected behind the Iron Curtain and in the former Yugoslavia, from omnipresent pre-cast housing estates to the mighty Soviet landmarks awaiting renovation or threatened with demolition  |  Released: 2017

Blokoshka: Modernist Architectural MatryoshkaBlokoshka: Modernist Architectural Matryoshka
Blokoshka
Modernist Architectural Matryoshka

Contains 4 pres-out nesting blocks inspired by the housing estates of the former Eastern Bloc

15 €

Blokoshka offers a playful insight into the 'sleeping districts' of Moscow, Plattenbau constructions of East Berlin, Warsaw's large-scale housing estates, and the panelák blocks in Prague. The nesting blocks are designed to be opened in half and placed inside one another, in the same way as a Russian matryoshka |  Released: 2016

Brutal London: Construct Your Own Concrete Capital
Brutal London
Construct Your Own Concrete Capital

Book | Hardcover | 72 pages
Contains 9 press-out paper models celebrating London brutalist architecture

32 €

Originally published by Zupagrafika in 2015, the internationally acclaimed 'Brutal London' collection was translated into this book in 2016. Detach and construct iconic brutalist structures, such as: Balfron Tower, Barbican Estate, and the National Theatre, as well as housing estates, like Robin Hood Gardens, doomed to premature demolition  |  Released: 2016 (Prestel Publishing)

Sets of Zupagrafika publications
Bundles
Sets of Zupagrafika publications

Books, kits and prints

A selection of our books and kits, organized in bundles at special combined prices

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Prints from our photography book Eastern Blocks: Concrete Landscapes of the Former Eastern Bloc
Prints
A3+ Size

Photographs featured
in our photobooks

19 €

Selected prints from our photography books

Brutal London by Zupagrafika: Brutalist Tower Blocks 
Brutal London
Brutalist Tower Blocks 

Paper cut-out model kits.
Build your own brutalist London

9 €

A collection of illustrated cut-out paper models, inspired by the brutalist architecture of London from the 1960s to the 1970s, featuring some of the most controversial concrete constructions scattered around the districts of Camden, Southwark and Tower Hamlets. Includes information on the architects, year of construction and location of each building  |  Released: 2015

Paris Brut by Zupagrafika: Build Your Own Brutalist Paris
Paris Brut
Build Your Own Brutalist Paris

Paper cut-out model kits.
Paris butalist architecture

9 €

A series of illustrated paper models portraying the brutalist architecture of Paris from the late 1950s to the 1970s. The collection features buildings scattered around the arrondissements, as well as the infamous suburban banlieues. It comes completed with a free recreation of Le Corbusier`s 1925 Plan Voisin - proposing an innovative solution for the centre of Paris  I  Released: 2016

Blokowice by Zupagrafika: Build Your Own Modernist Katowice
Blokowice
Build Your Own Modernist Katowice

Paper cut-out model kits.
Katowice post-war modernist architecture

9 €

A set of illustrated cut-out paper models representing 1960s-1980s post-war modernist architecture of Katowice, capital of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region (Poland). The series features iconic buildings still to be found in the city centre, prefab panel blocks from the outskirts as well as the brutalist Katowice railway station, demolished in 2011  I  Released: 2015

Blok Wschodni by Zupagrafika:Build Your Own Post-war Modernist Warsaw
Blok Wschodni
Build Your Own Post-war Modernist Warsaw

Paper cut-out model kits.
‘Must Have 2014’ Award by Łódz Design Festival

7 €

A collection of illustrated cut-out paper models celebrating the post-war modernist architecture of Warsaw, Poland. The series features iconic examples of functional architecture, such as Rotunda PKO, monolithic concrete structures, like Smolna 8 and Za Żelazną Bramą Estate, as well as prefab panel blocks to be found in the suburbs I  Released: 2014

Blokografia: The Polish Modernist Typography
Blokografia
The Polish Modernist Typography

Paper cut-out model kits.
Polish post-war modernist architecture

7 €

A cut-out-and-build alphabet featuring the post-war modernist architecture of Poland.

Brutal Notebooks by Zupagrafika
Blok-Blok
Brutal Notebooks

64 blank pages
The only blocks that fit in your pocket

9 - 18 €

Beautifully illustrated sketchbooks inspired by the post-war modernist estates of Warsaw, Berlin, Moscow, Prague, London and Paris.

Brutal Notebooks by Zupagrafika
Panelki Pin
Lapel Badges

3 x 3 cm
Stainless steel & resin

10 €

Paying tribute to the mass housing and prefabricated systems widely used in Central and Eastern Europe.

Posters by Zupagrafika

Posters

A3 & B1    |   19 – 35 €

B1 & B2  |  25 – 35 €