About the Author

Philipp Meuser, born in Hilden / Germany (1969), architect and publisher. Studied architecture in Berlin and Zurich with a focus on history and theory. Construction and consulting projects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Scientifi c research on mass housing in the Soviet Union as well as publications on socialist architecture. Dimitrij Zadorin, born in Minsk / Belarus (1983), architect. Has lived in the Netherlands since 1997. Studied architecture in Delft. Since 2008 he has worked as an architect in Moscow, at Buromoscow (2008 - 2011) and Wowhaus (2011 - 2013). Lectures and publications on post-war urbanism and mass housing in Russia and Belarus.