About the Author

Roberto Conte works closely with architectural practices, artists and designers, specializing in documenting buildings of the 20th century - ranging from avantgarde and nationalist structures to post-war modernism, brutalism and contemporary architecture.

Stefano Perego began photographing the industrial ruins of Milan in 2006 and has since documented hundreds of abandoned sites across Europe. After visiting the former Yugoslavia he resolved to concentrate on the modernist and brutal architecture of former socialist countries.

Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell have been publishing books on Soviet culture since 2004 from the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia to Soviet Bus Stops.