A common lament about the legacy of communism in Europe is the damage that it did to the built environment. Particular ire is directed at the concrete prefabricated housing blocks, known in Czech and Slovak as paneláks (structural panel buildings), groups of which were arranged in housing estates (sídliště in Czech and sídlisko in Slovak) […]
Czech Paneláks are Disappearing, but the Housing Estates Remain
Issue:
2012, Volume 46, No. 3 - 4