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Everything is going according to the master plan: how standard rural housing is changing the face of Uzbekistan's suburbsEverything is going according to the master plan: how standard rural housing is changing the face of Uzbekistan's suburbsFor the past 15 years, a quiet revolution has been taking place in rural Uzbekistan: standard cottages with identical roofs and plumbing are replacing traditional adobe houses—just as "Khrushchyovka" apartments once replaced communal apartments and urban private housing. We analyze the phenomenon of standard rural housing.Feride Mahsetova#Architecture & Urban Environment#Ideas & Analysis
Route built, straight ahead — 1000 kilometers: how Uzbek intercity taxi worksRoute built, straight ahead — 1000 kilometers: how Uzbek intercity taxi worksUzbekistan is not the most extensive country. You can board a plane in Tashkent and in an hour and a half find yourself at its other end—for example, in Nukus. But if you don't have an extra hundred dollars, you team up with three strangers, pay a drowsy driver, and travel there for 15 hours—through the heat, waterless steppes, a series of gas stations, and anxious sleep. The editorial team of HD magazine, through firsthand experience, figured out how intercity collective taxis work—one of the most important elements of everyday culture in present-day, non-touristic Uzbekistan.Feride Mahsetova#Traditions#Heritage & Identity

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