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Industrial architecture — combines, mines, power plants, collective farms, telecommunications towers, and hydroelectric dams.

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Siluet Shopping Centre

Siluet Shopping Centre

Tiraspol, Pridnestrovie, Moldova·1990s/2000s?
Former Central Pharmacy warehouse - Chisinau

Former Central Pharmacy warehouse - Chisinau

Vadim Klevenski

Chișinău, Moldova·1985
TOPAZ Microelectronics Plant

TOPAZ Microelectronics Plant

Victor Zakharov

Chișinău, Moldova·1978
Commercial Building - Balti

Commercial Building - Balti

Bălți, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
Military Nuclear Bunker "Object 1180" support structure

Military Nuclear Bunker "Object 1180" support structure

Șoldănești, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
Rybnitsa Reinforced Concrete Products Plant No. 8

Rybnitsa Reinforced Concrete Products Plant No. 8

Rybnitsa, Pridnestrovie, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
Military Nuclear Bunker "Object 1180"

Military Nuclear Bunker "Object 1180"

Șoldănești, Moldova·1980
Ialpugul Mare Dam

Ialpugul Mare Dam

Chirilovca, Gagauzia, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
Silk Association - Bender

Silk Association - Bender

Bender, Pridnestrovie, Moldova·1952
TV Pavilion of Teleradio Moldova

TV Pavilion of Teleradio Moldova

Chișinău, Moldova·1970
Shopping Centre - Balti

Shopping Centre - Balti

Bălți, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
Wine Institute

Wine Institute

Ialoveni, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
Warehouse - Chisinau

Warehouse - Chisinau

Chișinău, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
Shop - Balti

Shop - Balti

Bălți, Moldova·Post-independence
Central Market - Balti

Central Market - Balti

Bălți, Moldova·1967
Industrial Building - Chisinau

Industrial Building - Chisinau

Chișinău, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
Fox Mart Shopping Centre (former "Izkos Plant" or Combine/Factory of Artificial Leather and Rubber-Technical Products).

Fox Mart Shopping Centre (former "Izkos Plant" or Combine/Factory of Artificial Leather and Rubber-Technical Products).

Chișinău, Moldova·1957?
Shop - Nimoreni

Shop - Nimoreni

Nimoreni, Moldova·Socialist Modernist
Moldovagaz and Chisinau Municipal Water HQ

Moldovagaz and Chisinau Municipal Water HQ

Leonid Voronin

Chișinău, Moldova·1982
Silk Association Building 2 - Bender

Silk Association Building 2 - Bender

Bender, Pridnestrovie, Moldova·1952
Moldtelecom (former Inter-city Telephone Exchange)

Moldtelecom (former Inter-city Telephone Exchange)

Victor Dubok

Chișinău, Moldova·1967
TeleRadio-Moldova

TeleRadio-Moldova

Chișinău, Moldova·1974
Moldtelecom

Moldtelecom

Alexandr Kireev, Nicolai Dorofeev, S. Mukhin, Vladimir Shaloginov

Chișinău, Moldova·1983