Object
Through the Patterns
In a picturesque suburb of Moscow, the architects Roman Leonidov and Olga Budenaya have built an exquisite house. While its architecture shows constructivist features, its interior is ruled by art deco motifs.
Studio of Roman Leonidov
  • March 19, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Graphics Museum
This summer, a new Museum of Architectural Graphics is going to open in Berlin; the museum building was designed by Sergey Choban and Sergey Kuznetsov.
SPEECH, Tchoban Voss Architekten
  • March 12, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Transfiguration of the Façade
Moscow’s “Pavel Andreev Architectural Studio” has finished the reconstruction of “Promstroiproekt Institute” building on Komsomolsky Avenue.
Paul Andreev
  • March 7, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Fractional Scale
In the Center of Nizhny Novgorod, “Studio 44” is designing a new hotel complex.
Company:
  • February 21, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Southern Circle
In Adler district of Sochi, Yuri Vissarionov’s Architectural Workshop is building a 4-star recreation center. Bearing the traditional for the local southern resorts name of “Yuzhny” (“Southern”), this center has in it all the necessary infrastructure meant to provide its inhabitants comfortable recreation and retreat.
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • February 7, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Housing Zigzag
In Rostov-on-Don, the architectural studio “A.Asadov Architectural Studio” is designing a new residential compound.
ASADOV architects
  • February 6, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Town in the Woods
On the territory of the former children’s summer camp (aptly called “pioneer camp” back in Soviet Russia – translator’s note) not far from Moscow suburb of Domodedovo, Yuri Vissarionov’s Architectural Workshop is building a resort that is going to include a hotel, a few villas, an aqua park, a sports club, and a conference center.
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • February 2, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Tinted History
If there was a list of last year’s most notable architectural premiers, it would definitely include the building of the bank “Saint Petersburg” built by “Eugene Gerasimov and Partners” in cooperation with “nps tchoban voss” and “SPEECH Choban and Kuznetsov” on Saint Petersburg’s Malookhtinsky Avenue. Recently, the architects completed their work on the interiors of this project – the updated solutions are aptly added with the photos of Saint Petersburg’s major banks.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners, SPEECH, Tchoban Voss Architekten
  • January 30, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
A House by the Lake
In “Antonovka” villa community, the architectural studio “Panakom” has designed a free-standing residential building.
PANACOM
  • January 24, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Love Island Code
In Ukraine’s city of Vinnitsa, “A.Asadov Architectural Studio” developed two projects at once – the project for reconstructing Kemp Island and a new 4-star hotel.
ASADOV architects
  • January 17, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Two Elements of Color
In the vicinity of Khodynsky Field, in a house situated on Aviakonstructora Mikhoyana Street, TOTEMENT/PAPER has implemented a residential interior design project.
TOTEMENT/PAPER
  • January 16, 2012
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Blitz-Building or How to Build a Palace in Six Months
The city of Astana (Kazakhstan) saw the completion of the construction of the School Students Activity Center build by the project of “Studio 44”. On the 8th of December, on the eve of Kazakhstan’s Independence Day, the inauguration ceremony took place.
Company:
  • December 26, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
“Comfort” Pill
This summer, “Sergey Estrin Architectural Workshop” implemented the project of Sanofi-Aventis Company’s new office.
Sergey Estrin Architects
  • December 22, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Corporeality of the Place
In Moscow’s district of Khamovniki, at Leo Tolstoy Street, the architectural studio “Sergey Kisselev and Partners” is designing a new mixed-use residential cluster. Located on the second line of development, it will leave the overall look of the street virtually unchanged, creating at the same time a few cozy courtyards inside the block.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • December 20, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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A House with an Architectural Fable
While implementing the project of a residential building in Khilkov side-street, the architects of “ABV Group” were faced with the necessity to relearn the all-but-forgotten skills of interworking with sculptors. Architecture, however, was to become the main subject matter of the reliefs: to the careful observer, the façades display theatrical scenes narrating of the twists and turns of the history of architecture.
ABV Group
  • December 19, 2011
  • Maria Lyndina
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Knowledge Triangle
In Kaluga region, the studio “Architectural Dialogue with the Megalopolis” has designed the school building for “Kitezh” community that unites adopting parents. This time around, however, the architects got engaged in the dialogue not with the dense city housing but with idyllic rural hill scenery...
ADM
  • December 15, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Ship of the Boundless Steppe
Near Rostov-on-Don, Alexander and Andrew Asadov have designed a villa community “Starocherkasskaya Riviera” (“Riviera of Old Cherkassy”) that has now entered the stage of implementation.
ASADOV architects
  • December 13, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Flying Carpet in the Desert
Architectural workshop “Studio 44” has come up with a concept for Ashkhabad's new international airport that is supposed to be build 35 kilometers away from the capital of Turkmenistan.
Company:
  • December 12, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
From Empty To… Full
In the prestigious villa community of Novo-Uryupino, the architectural studio TOTEMENT/PAPER reconstructed one of the houses. The house, initially executed in the traditional “New Russian” style, got an “updating” injection and a completely renovated look.
TOTEMENT/PAPER
  • December 6, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Red and White Palindrome
In the vicinity of “Elektrozavodskaya” metro station on the river Yauza's waterfront, the architectural studio “Sergey Skuratov Architects” is designing a new mixed-use development.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • December 5, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Economical Architect’s House
While designing a country house for himself, the architect Roman Leonidov proceeded from the need for reasonable savings of his resources and therefore came up with a simple and extremely cost-efficient solution.
Studio of Roman Leonidov
  • November 30, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
“Shifting Cubes” Solution
On Savvinskaya Embankment, next to the so-called “Japanese House”, Vladimir Plotkin designs a residential compound sporting several green terraces.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • November 28, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Cells and Capsules of the Future
The team of Yuri Vissarionov’s personal architectural workshop has spent some time with the reporter of Archi.ru and shared about their renovation project of “Pushkinsky” movie theater, done in the framework of “Changing the Face” international competitive bid.
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • November 21, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Golden Canyon City
The only Russian participant of the international competitive bid for the development of the last vacant lot on the territory of “Moscow City” International Business Center was “Sergey Skuratov Architects” Studio.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • November 17, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Transparent Hyperboloid
Late in September, the construction of “Saint Petersburg Plaza” business center was completed in Saint Petersburg. This building that has already won several prestigious industry awards became one of the landmark projects of 2011.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners, SPEECH
  • November 14, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Innovation Mechanism
The list of the participants of the competitive bid for the best renovation project of Moscow Polytechnic Museum included, among others, the architectural workshop named “Studio 44”. And, in spite of the fact that the project of Nikita Yavein’s team did not win the contest, the experts gave it an honorable mention for the detailed approach and attempts to deal with the most challenging issues of the building located at Lubyanskaya Square.
Company:
  • November 8, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
By Right of the Nearest Neighbor
On Kulneva Street, Moscow, next to the Third Transport Ring, “SPEECH Choban&Kuznetsov” Studio is designing a new mixed-use development.
SPEECH
  • November 7, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Sculptural Minimalism
On Rostov-on-Don’s main embankment, “Sergey Skuratov Architects” Studio has designed a new residential compound that promises to become the city’s new skyscraper centerpiece.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • November 1, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Atmospheric Phenomena
Working upon the redevelopment project of the “Novoslobodskaya” Metro Station neighborhood, the architects of ADM Studio opted in favor of keeping the regular housing of the XIX century intact, and focused on the design of the courtyards, creating an atmosphere of peace and comfort.
ADM
  • October 31, 2011
  • Anna Starostina
Object
Space Flagship
This year, on the territory of the future “Vostochny” (“East”) space port, OAO “IPROMASHPROM” begins to build the first administration and office building.
IPROMASHPROM
  • October 13, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Scarlet Sail
As part of the ambitious town-planning project for building “Golden Ring” resort, Totan Kuzembaev architectural office is working upon several sub-projects at a time.
Totan
  • October 10, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Functionality in warm shades
MARR Plaza, a new office center, will be launched soon nearby Krasnaya Presnya. This building adds German respectability and pragmatism to the aesthetics of proletarian old industrial district.
ABV Group
  • October 6, 2011
  • Anna Garanenko
Object
The Ships of Every Flag and Nation Will Hail Our Shores
In preparation for the Volgograd World Cup 2018, “A.Asadov Architectural Studio” designs a new stadium and a hotel chain, as well as reconstructs the Volgograd airport and railway station.
ASADOV architects
  • October 4, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Illusions of Color
In Moscow suburbs town of Mytischi, a competitive bid for the residential building project has reached its final. The building is to be located in the very center of the town. The list of the participants of this bid included “Sergey Kiselev and Partners” Studio.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • October 3, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Copper Stalagmites of Pyatigorsk
In the very heart of Pyatigorsk, “Sergey Kiselev and Partners” Studio has designed a deluxe high-rise residential compound with a simple yet expressive silhouette that was pre-determined by the surrounding mountains.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • September 19, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Theater in cube
In the South Korean city of Pusan there was held an international open architectural contest on the best project of the Opera Theater. One of the participants of this contest was the architectural bureau TOTEMENT / PAPER.
TOTEMENT/PAPER
  • September 14, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Multiple Solutions
Designing the façade of the hotel on the Strastnoy Boulevard, right next to Pushkin monument, Pavel Andreev lay before his clients a whole set of solutions: from laconic colorful minimalism and “Stalin Empire” style to moderate variations of modern and postmodern.
Paul Andreev
  • September 13, 2011
  • Tatiana Timofeeva
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On the Crest of the Wave
In the former stead of Saint Petersburg dairy plant “Petmol” (“Petersburg Milk”) that occupied an area of 11 hectares on the corner of Moskovsky Avenue and the embankment of the Obvodnoi (“Bypass”) Channel, “Reserve” Studio designed a residential compound with a total area of 340 000 square meters.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • September 12, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Palace Coup d’Etat
Russia’s only finalist in the competitive bid for the reconstruction project of Saint Petersburg’s “New Holland” district (yes, Saint Petersburg has a New Holland of its own – translator’s note) was “Studio 44”. Archi.ru is publishing Nikita Yavein and his team’s comments on their plan of reviving this Saint Petersburg’s arguably most enigmatic island.
Company:
  • September 7, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Report
Migrating nests
"Nests of light" designed by “Panacom” bureau is one of the brightest (everyway) objects of the past "Archstoyanie"-2011. Having significant media component, it has reasonable chance to go to independent swimming. At least the authors believe that the glowing spheres can multiply and migrate from the forest to the city. Arseny Leonovish talk about it in the interview to Archi.ru.
PANACOM
  • September 6, 2011
  • Anna Garanenko
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Fretwork box
In Vladimir Plotkin’s project the hotel building located in the historic center of Rubleny town – Kremlin of the Yaroslavl city - resembles a white fret work box. It is sited among the two monuments within the limiting lines and transforms the church ruins - which belongs to the end of the 17th century and discovered by the archeologist - into a museum.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • September 5, 2011
  • Julia Tarabarina
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Delicate office
Development projects frozen during the crisis are gradually "melting". At that recovery of the blocked constructions is often accompanied by radical change of their architectural style. Like instead of a futuristic glass office center of London based KPF bureau on the Garden Ring nearbt "Serpukhovskaya" metro station (Korovi val str., 5) there will appear an elegant building with ceramic facades, which is regularly used in the projects of ABV Group company.
ABV Group
  • August 31, 2011
  • Anna Garanenko
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Skillful Plastics
This house in Moscow’s “artist village” named “Sokol”, with its unusual-looking roof, was built a few years ago by Vladislav Platonov (“Carlson & Co” development and construction company).
Karlson & Co
  • August 29, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Logistics specialist centre
PTAM of Yuri Vissarionov designed a hotel building with offices in Zelenograd.
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • August 24, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya Julia Tarabarina
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avant-garde
On Veshnyakovskaya street there has been completed construction of a shopping center upon the project of Yuri Vissarionov’s bureau.
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • August 16, 2011
  • Julia Tarabarina
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High-speed designing
In record short time "Architectural studio of Sergei Estrin" designed a project of new offices of Russian Railways two sub-companies - Federal Passenger Company and the Second Freight Company. It took month from the date they got the contract to the day when the construction was started.
Sergey Estrin Architects
  • August 4, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Headquarter
“Nordeo” company is building a new office construction between Kostyansky and Ulansky lanes. It is designed by creative team led by Paul Andreev. Their client is “Lukoil”. The complex will complete development of their headquarter block on Sretensky boulevard.
Paul Andreev
  • August 1, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya