Tree of the House
The architectural collection of the resort “Pirogovo” was once again replenished with a house named “Fan” designed by Totan Kuzembaev workshop and built on the bank of the Klyazma lake.
Totan
  • March 7, 2013
  • Tatiana Pashintseva
Density as a Style
While he was designing a low-rise district named "Andersen" in "New Moscow" area, architect Vladimir Binderman tried to envisage how this small town would look like if it had been designed by, say, the great-grandson of the famous fairy tale writer.
Arhitekturium
  • March 5, 2013
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Timber, logs and glass
Having obtained the comission to design a log house, Roman Leonidov built a cottage reconsidering the traditional image of “izba” (a traditional Russian countryside log house) in the mainstream of contemporary ideas about the layout and development of suburban housing.
Studio of Roman Leonidov
  • Anna Martovitskaya
  • February 20, 2013
Object
Geometry of Comfort
Moscow area is seeing the construction of a new country house built by the project of Roman Leonidov architectural studio; the project is based on the principle of being at one with the universe.
Studio of Roman Leonidov
  • March 4, 2013
  • Alla Pavlikova
Object
The Art of Being Different
АВV Group architects have designed a parking building in “Krylatsky Hills” Business Park. The parking building considerably differs from the office buildings yet harmoniously blends with the adjoining park.
ABV Group
  • February 18, 2013
  • Alla Pavlikova Julia Tarabarina
Object
Compatibility Test
ABD Architects has designed a multifunctional medical center in Shchepkina street in Moscow.
ABD architects
  • Tatyana Anfilova
  • February 11, 2013
Object
Lizard's Tale
In spite of all the restrictions that were raining on them from all sides, Vera Butko and Anton Nadtochy were able to build a kindergarten that looks like a toy fairy tale palace. How were they able to do that? Let us find out!
ATRIUM
  • Alla Pavlikova
  • February 14, 2013
Object
Multicolored Barcode
Late last year, yet another medical institution in the southeast of Moscow got positively-looking multicolored facades that inspire confidence in the art of healing and the triumph of life. The project of reconstruction of Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named after Kulakov, situated on Akademika Oparina Street, was developed by the author team led by Alexander Asadov.
  • February 6, 2013
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
A Block White as Snow. On the Embankment.
The office complex "Aquamarine" is built on Ozerkovskaya Embankment in the place of the former industrial area; in fact, the architects of "SPEECH Choban&Kuznetsov" came up with a whole new understanding of the town-planning structure of this place.
  • February 4, 2013
  • Tatiana Pashintseva
Object
Yards behind a Wall
In the center of Kronstadt, architectural office "Studio 44" is designing a new residential complex. Bordering on the architecture monuments protection zone, the new project develops the principles of historical town-planning of this fortress town.
Company:
  • February 1, 2013
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Castle Memories
On the Moika River embankment and directly opposite the "New Holland" area, "Eugene Gerasimov and Partners" Studio is designing an elite-class residential building. Once this was the place where the so-called "Lithuanian Castle" stood, and, in the architecture of the new complex, the authors enhanced the continuity of generations between the new and the old buildings.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners
  • January 29, 2013
  • Anna Martovitskaya Julia Tarabarina
Object
Diversity within the Bounds of Tradition
Developing a reconstruction project for the settlement of Rubin Estate, architect Aleksey Ivanov paid special attention to the quality and the merchantability of the future real property units.
Arkhstroydesign ASD
  • January 23, 2013
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Creation of Environment
Two new projects by "Vissarionov Studio" developed for the cities of Archangel and Sochi... Different in climatic conditions, typology, and square footage, they have one thing in common: they create new public spaces.
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • January 10, 2013
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Fundamental Transformer
"Express-House" built by Gary Chang and Totan Kuzembaev in Pirogovo resort is a project that evolved from a quick-mounting pavilion up to a fundamental structure.
Totan
  • January 9, 2013
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
House of Multicolored Fairs
A colorful collage, as if glued together out of newspaper and magazine clippings, against the background of monotonous housing of the small town of Moskovsky situated in Moscow area... this is how the competitive project of shopping mall by "Sergey Kselev and Partners" looks like.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • December 27, 2012
  • Alla Pavlikova
Object
A Block on Three Shores
In the vicinity of Moscow area's Kransnogorsk, "Architecturium" studio is building a townhouse community named "Rizhsky Kvartal" (Riga Block). The classy low-rise houses are positioned around a large forest lake, and for Moscow area this is an example of the rare case when the name actually answers its content.
Arhitekturium
  • December 24, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Passe-Partout Puzzle
For the tourist resort "Cote d'Azure" that is located in Istra district of Moscow area, Totan Kuzembaev architectural studio has designed a guest cottage with facades that look as if they were multicolored wooden jigsaw puzzles.
Totan
  • December 21, 2012
  • Tatiana Shovskaya
Object
The Return of the Project
Story of the project office and retail building on Kulneva Street (better known under its former name of “Mirax Plaza”) losing its designer supervision, being re-done, and then finally getting back into the hands of its authors to retrieve its architectural integrity.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • December 10, 2012
  • Alla Pavlikova Julia Tarabarina
Object
Arch Shift
Kazakhstan's Astana is going to get a new "Palace of Martial Arts" designed by "Studio 44" architectural office. And, even though the dimensions of the future sports center are fairly modest, it promises to become an important accent in the capital's panorama.
Company:
  • December 6, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Overlooking the Golf Club
The architectural map of the resort of "Pirogovo" has gotten yet another new house on it: by the project of Totan Kuzembaev architectural office, the resort got a "House Next to Hole 10".
Totan
  • November 28, 2012
  • Alla Pavlikova
Object
Palladian Style Improvisation
In this issue, we present the project of an “English House” – a palace built by Oleg Carlson for a commissioner from Moscow region. The facades of the house simulate the image of a British country palace and serve to conceal a complex and intriguingly sophisticated multi-layer space behind them.
Karlson & Co
  • November 22, 2012
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
On the Wings of Sport
The Moscow area's settlement of "Zhukovka XXI" got a public sports center built by the project of "Asadov Architectural Bureau".
ASADOV architects
  • November 8, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Huts on Chicken’s Legs
The ranks of guest houses of “Pirogovo” resort have grown yet again – in addition to the already famous “boat-houses” with round awnings, Totan Kuzembaev has designed “birdhouses” this time around.
Totan
  • November 1, 2012
  • Alla Pavlikova
Object
From Simple to Complex
For the contest project of expo and business center on Sakhalin Island, Levon Airapetov and Valerie Preobrazhenskaya proposed two options, the first one being a trailblazing experiment with the process of shape-forming where from one shape of a cone, repeated manifold, the architects build up a complex and unusual kind of space.
TOTEMENT/PAPER
  • October 30, 2012
  • Alla Pavlikova
Object
Creating Traditions
On Moscow's Malaya Pirogovskaya Street, “ABV Group” Architectural Bureau has designed a residential complex with its layout and architecture based on the theme of Moscow estates of the days past.
ABV Group
  • October 25, 2012
  • Tatiana Shovskaya
Object
Flexible Solution
The project of reconstructing the building of “Havana” Movie Theater into “Planeta KVN” HQ* is not only highly responsive of the city environment and the “eternally young” image of the popular TV show, but also remarkably flexible in terms of its technical solution. * KVN (Russian: КВН, an abbreviation of Клуб Весёлых и Находчивых, Klub Vesyólykh i Nakhódchivykh or Ka-Ve-En, "Club of the Funny and Inventive") is a Russian humor TV show and competition where teams (usually college students) compete by giving funny answers to questions and showing prepared sketches. (Translator’s note)
ATRIUM
  • October 23, 2012
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Quality Mark
Among the numerous buildings that Totan Kuzembaev has deigned for the resort of Pirogovo, there is one whose name inevitably sends the guests into a state of slight confusion. It is the “Ъ” (“hard sign” in Russian – translator’s note) building whose name is pronounced as “err” and puts one in the mind of the times of the ancient Russ with its log-crib buildings.
Totan
  • October 16, 2012
  • Alla Pavlikova
Object
Towers on the Polygon
Taking part in the contest for the project of a multifunction residential compound on 1st Bukhvostova Street in Moscow, ABD Architects came forward with a composition of four houses and three slab blocks with cozy green courtyards between them.
ABD architects
  • October 15, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
“Two Miles” Operation
This September, Saint Petersburg has seen the final of the open contest for the best development concept of the historical downtown area. The list of the contestants included, among others, “Studio 44” architectural office, whose project got an honorable mention for its stylishness and feasibility.
Company:
  • October 12, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Fairy-Tale House
Among the numerous buildings of "Pirogovo" resort, there is one that stands out even against the diverse background of the most high-profile objects of this museum of contemporary architecture. This the “Greenhouse” designed by Totan Kuzembaev - a simple and laconic volume of wood and glass.
Totan
  • October 3, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Eco-Style Landscape
For the eco settlement of "Peninsula", located on the bank of Istra Lake, "Aleksey Ivanov Studio "Arkhstroydesign ASD" has developed a housing and landscaping concept.
Arkhstroydesign ASD
  • October 2, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Non-typical Transformations
Roman Leonidov architectural office is developing a reconstruction concept for a former "pioneer camp" (the Soviet name for a children's summer camp - translator's note) located in Moscow region.
Studio of Roman Leonidov
  • September 25, 2012
  • Tatiana Pashintseva
Object
Culture Island
Architectural office "ABV Group" won the contest for the development of the concept of a multifunction public center on Sakhalin Island. The two design solutions of the complex were executed by six young architects of this studio.
ABV Group
  • September 24, 2012
  • Tatiana Shovskaya
Object
Saint Petersburg Suburb. Cozy and Regular
For one of Saint Petersburg’s most popular resorts – Sestroretsk – “Architecturium” Bureau has developed a concept of a low-rise residential complex. The compound that is going to include townhouses and villas is designed as an integrated development with a comfortable and memorable environment.
Arhitekturium
  • September 19, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Inspired by the Celestial Empire
Located near the Klyazminskoe Lake, “Pirogovo” health resort area got a new residential building with the intriguing name of “Makalun” (not a Russian word either – translator’s note). Its author, Totan Kuzembaev, has once again demonstrated his virtuoso skills in working with wood, at the same time endowing his creation with traits inherent to Chinese architecture.
Totan
  • September 18, 2012
  • Alla Pavlikova
Object
A Couple at the Crossroads
On Moscow's Novoalekseevskaya Street, by Sergey Skuratov's project there will be built a residential complex consisting of two brick houses and a sunk courtyard
Archstruktura, Sergey Skuratov architects
  • September 17, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Tall and Round
This June, «Aleksey Ivanov architectural studio “Archstroydesign ASD”» took part in the architectural contest for the project of a multifunctional residential complex in the center of Novosibirsk. For the Siberia’s capital, the architects proposed a composition of a few houses that together from a circle.
Arkhstroydesign ASD
  • September 11, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Report
Two-Tier Life
On of the projects that won the bid for Skolkovo’s “Technology Park” residential area is the townhouse quarter by Vera Butko and Anton Nadtochiy. It looks very much like a sculpture of some giant mechanism and, obviously, echoes the profession of its future inhabitants.
ATRIUM
  • September 7, 2012
  • Tatiana Shovskaya Julia Tarabarina
Object
Home in the Clouds Up High
Sergey Estrin architectural studio has developed the design project of a penthouse that is to be situated in "Gorod Stolits" ("City of Capitals") skyscraper on the territory of Moscow International Business Center.
Sergey Estrin Architects
  • September 3, 2012
  • Tatiana Shovskaya
Review
QR-Code Style
At Venice Arch Biennale, the “I-City” exposition of Russian pavilion has opened its doors.
  • August 28, 2012
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Hill of Fame
Among other cities, the list of possible candidates to host FIFA World Cup in 2018 includes Nizhniy Novgorod. For the famous Nizhniy Novgorod’s “Strelka” (“Arrow”, place where the Oka flows into the Volga), “Studio 44” has designed a stadium in the shape of man-made green hill topped off with a white cup.
Company:
  • August 24, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
In the Dataflow Zone
Sergey Estrin architectural studio has come up with a design project for the interior of Moscow office of the famous “Fitch Ratings” global rating agency.
Sergey Estrin Architects
  • August 23, 2012
  • Tatiana Shovskaya
Object
Red, White, Green
This spring, Creative Production Enterprise “Reserve” won the tender for designing a residential complex in Moscow’s Preobrazhensky district. The complex that is going to house over 900 apartments is treated by the architects as one that consists of two self-contained independent green compounds.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • August 16, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Bridge-and-Tower Composition
ABD Architects bureau has completed the project of a shopping and leisure center in Krasnodar.
ABD architects
  • August 14, 2012
  • Tatiana Shovskaya
Object
Same Platform, Different Station
At the commission OAO “Roszheldorproject”, “Studio 44” architectural workshop developed generic proposals on reorganization and renovation of train station complexes of three resort cities of Krasnodar Territory at once – Tuapse, Lazareskoe, and Khosta.
Company:
  • August 13, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Interview
Andrew Gnezdilov: Visions of the Possible Future
An interview with Andrew Gnezdilov, associate director and chief architect of "Ostozhenka" bureau, a long-standing team-mate of Alexander Skokan. On the Big Moscow and Ostozhenka Street; on the trends of city development on a large and on a small scale; on "mystical" intuition that springs from quite rational and no-nonsense work with large amounts of information in a big city.
Ostozhenka Bureau
  • August 9, 2012
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
My House Is My Castle
While designing a residential compound in Moscow’s Preobrazhensky district, architect Sergey Skuratov introduces a new spin of two favorite themes of his – the brick fortress and the garden quarters.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • August 6, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya