The Soviet-era “Flying Saucer” building in Kyiv is being taken over by a mall being built nearby. Photo taken on May 9 in Kyiv

Kyiv’s iconic Soviet-era “spaceship” building risks being swallowed up by a new mall that will soon rise near Lybidska metro station. The controversy over the mall’s construction plans has raised the question of whether examples of Soviet modernist architecture even deserve to be preserved in Ukraine.

New urban movement

Source: www.kyivpost.com

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