In the 1920s and 1930s Baku (Black City), the capital of Azerbaijan, became a ground for modernist architectural innovations. Housing developement in a suburb of Baku in Shaumian Community is an early example of using standardized elements in construction. Here in 1929 Leonid Vesnin designed two worker´s clubs. Buildings are expressed by their vertical circulation on the exterior. Staircases create the columns framing the austere monumental facade. Although no longer used for its original purpose, the building has recently been renovated.
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