URBANICA Group, founded in 2007, is an independent platform for the distribution of publications that promote modern 20th-century architectural culture. We complement practical and academic experience with technical and theoretical expertise from our partners and collaborators.

    The Socialist Modernism book collection published by B.A.C.U.
    The Socialist Modernism collection

    The publications

    The Socialist Modernism collection is researched, written and published by the Art and Urban Research Bureau – B.A.C.U. Association (Asociația Birou pentru Artă și Cercetare Urbană), Bucharest, under the editorship of architect Dumitru Rusu, President of B.A.C.U., member of ICOMOS Romania and of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage.

    Contributing authors include Sandra Uskoković, Jörg Haspel, Michael Bräuer, Natalia Dushkina and Natalia Andrianova. The city maps feature watercolours by artist Alla Rusu. Each title is printed in a limited run.

    • Photo albums and architectural guides covering Romania and the Republic of Moldova, the former Yugoslavia, the Baltic countries, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Czechia and Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Germany and the former Eastern Bloc.
    • City maps – Socialist Modernism, Socialist Realism, Monumental Art and Defense Architecture – for Bucharest, Chișinău, Kyiv, Vilnius, Belgrade, Warsaw, Berlin, Minsk, Tallinn, Saint Petersburg, Yerevan, Moscow and Tbilisi.
    • Posters and calendars dedicated to the art and architecture of the period.
    Socialist Modernism in Czechia and Slovakia – book cover
    Socialist Modernism in the Caucasus – book cover
    Socialist Modernism in Central Asia – book cover
    B.A.C.U. Socialist Modernism city maps with watercolours by Alla Rusu
    Czechia and Slovakia · the Caucasus · Central Asia · the city maps

    Exclusive distribution

    URBANICA Group, together with Future Design (fdestribute.com), is the exclusive distributor of the B.A.C.U. Socialist Modernism collection. Buying directly from us means first-hand editions at the publisher’s price.

    Research tours

    Together with the B.A.C.U. Association, we organise architectural and monumental art research tours in Romania and the Republic of Moldova, guided by B.A.C.U.’s heritage listing specialists.

    Socialist modernist building in the Republic of Moldova
    Research tour – Republic of Moldova

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    Contact

    office@urbanicagroup.ro · Urbanica Group SRL, Bucharest, Romania