Jūs gaunate butą
Gyvenamoji architektūra Lietuvoje 1940–1990 metais
Illustrations and maps
illustrations
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The dream of getting an apartment became the dominant part of the material life of Soviet-occupied Lithuania, and getting an apartment is one of the most significant events in people's lives. Housing in the Soviet country was not purchased with earned funds, but distributed according to party-administrative instructions. This turned it into a tool of social control and distorted its architectural nature. How the political project affected the living environment; the opposing aspirations of architects and residents to individualize and beautify housing; the limits of people's possibilities and the tensions related to the political regulation of the form of housing and the difficulties in obtaining it.
