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3 unusual facts about Cezar Lăzărescu


Cezar Lăzărescu

This architectural style (of which the Moscow State University and its clones such as the "Casa Scînteii" in Bucharest are prime examples) is mandated by law in all countries of the Soviet Empire.

Following this, he builds numerous other significant buildings in Romania (the Palace of Sports in Bucharest, the "Omnia" conference venue next to the Communist Party headquarters in Bucharest, a reception hall for the French embassy in Bucharest) and abroad (the Romanian embassy in Beijing, the Parliament building in Khartoum).

Faced with an apparently unsolvable problem (building over one thousand beds on an insufficient budget and within an unreasonably short time), with little "political oversight" (since the actual political battles are fought far away in Bucharest), Lăzărescu creates, together with his team, a vast building complex in a style reminiscent of American architecture, very far from the Socialist realism required by law.



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