Fuel Publishing Releases 'Socialist Hotels' Photobook by Elena Amabili
Fuel Publishing has unveiled a new photographic book titled 'Socialist Hotels' by Italian photographer Elena Amabili, who is based in Berlin. The book features over 150 hotels from the former Eastern Bloc, spanning countries such as Abkhazia, Albania, Armenia, and Ukraine. Accompanying the photos is an introduction by food writer Caroline Eden, which offers personal anecdotes and historical insight. This release adds to the publisher’s earlier works like 'Soviet Scientific Institutes.' Readers can expect a diverse range of hotels, including notable ones like Hotel Druzhba in Crimea. The book is available for purchase at £28 from Fuel-Design.com.
Key facts
- Fuel Publishing released 'Socialist Hotels,' a photographic monograph by Elena Amabili.
- The book documents state-sponsored holiday architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
- Over 150 hotels are featured from countries including Abkhazia, Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Crimea, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
- Caroline Eden, a food writer, wrote the introduction providing social and historical context.
- The publication follows Fuel's previous titles: 'Soviet Scientific Institutes,' 'Soviet Bus Stops' series, and 'Spomenik Monument Database.'
- Featured hotels include Crimea's Hotel Druzhba and Moscow's Hotel Cosmos.
- Many buildings are threatened by destruction, redevelopment, or modernization.
- The book is priced at £28 and available at Fuel-Design.com.
Entities
Artists
- Elena Amabili
- Caroline Eden
- Jonathan Bell
Institutions
- Fuel Publishing
- Wallpaper*
Locations
- Abkhazia
- Albania
- Armenia
- Belarus
- Bulgaria
- Crimea
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Lithuania
- Moscow
- Russia
- Berlin
- Germany