Permanent circuses built across the former USSR between the 1960s and the 1980s formed a distinct architectural typology. With their futuristic concrete forms - often resembling flying saucers - and intricate interior mechanisms, they transformed the travelling circus into a civic institution: part theatre, part machine, part urban landmark. Through striking photographs and insightful narratives, the first part of Cirk explores the history and architecture of these landmark buildings. The second half of the book contains five illustrated paper models that readers can press out and assemble to re-create selected circus structures. All you need is glue. Includes 5 press-out circus models to assemble: Kyrgyz State Circus, Chisinau State Circus, Dnipro State Circus, Great Moscow State Circus, Tashkent State Circus.
