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Town by the lake
“Arhitekturium” studio designed a cozy small town by the lake nearby the city of Rostov-na-Donu. It has everything needed for living: comfortable housing, infrastructure and landscaped lakeside zone. Above all it has its own architectural character, different from any other settlement.
Arhitekturium
  • February 21, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Hinged master plan
TPO “Reserv” have designed a new residential district “Ivanovskoe” on the border with Novogorsk city forest. On the territory of 73 ha the architects located 30 low-rise city-blocks, social infrastructure facilities and a spectacular green promenade with a system of ponds.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • February 14, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Denim Rhapsody
Vladislav Platonov (ASB “Carlson & Co”) has completed a very unusual cottage in Snegiri housing development nearby Moscow. Its composition is designed entirely according to the site landscape.
Karlson & Co
  • February 10, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Three-in-one
Without question, reconstruction project of “Dinamo” stadium is one of the most discussed today. It is designed by workshop № 19 of “Mosproekt-2” in association with Erick van Egeraat Architects, a Dutch architectural company.
Designed by Erick van Egeraat, ASADOV architects, Mosproekt-2
  • February 9, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Crystal Rainbow
Architectural workshop "Studio 44" has won an international contest on new railway station design in Astana.
Company:
  • February 7, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Under an airplane wing
The architectural studio “City-Arch” was one of the participants of an ambitious urban planning project “Bolshoe Domodedovo”. The architects based the concept of “Uzhny” neighborhood on clear and logical structure of pedestrian connections and high-rise dominants.
City-Arch
  • February 4, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Two faces of a "green" house
In Moscow there has been started construction of a residential complex with sports centre on Soviet Army street designed by the architectural studio “Atrium”. As a rule mixed-used buildings are designed as different volumes literally connected to each other, but Vera Butko and Anton Nadtochy had their own vision.
ATRIUM
  • February 1, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Mosaic House
Architectural studio SPEECH has almost completed draft design of the first stage of the new residential districts on Pyatnitskoe highway. Its blocks will be built up with multisection houses, notably all the entrances are designed by different architects thereby the living environment becomes rich and diverse.
SPEECH
  • January 26, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Quality of historism
The recent history knows a lot of low-quality stylizations. This one, on the contrary is of high-quality, scrupulous at large and in details.
Karlson & Co
  • January 26, 2011
  • Julia Tarabarina
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Dinner in the clouds
"Architectural Bureau of Roman Leonidov" have designed a VIP-hall for the «Sky Lounge» restaurant, which is on the 22-floor of the RAS Presidium building. The image of the sky and clouds is at the heart of the design project.
Studio of Roman Leonidov
  • January 24, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Assembling model
PTAM Vissarionov has been among "Dom XXI veka" [XXI century house] contest participants this year. According to the architects, cost-effective low-rise housing should not only make the best use of the energy-saving technologies, but also have a bright memorable image.
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • January 17, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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A rocket on chetverik
Architectural bureau "Studio 44" is designing a mixed-use complex with a theater, an art center, offices and residence in the West End of London. As the client desired it has absorbed recognizable motifs of the Old Russian architecture.
Company:
  • January 13, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Three colors: white
“Sergey Kiselev & Partners” the architectural bureau has completed the interior project of the public zones of an apartment complex at Ostozhenka. For the building with for different facades the architects chose a mostly white minimalist interior.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • January 8, 2011
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Image of a city
Yuri Vissarionov’s architectural studio presented the project of a retail centre located at the entrance to Novgorod from Moscow. Keeping in mind that it will be constructed for Veliki Novgorod, the architects charged the building with Old Russian allusions.
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • December 24, 2010
  • Julia Tarabarina
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A foreign native
Nikita Tokarev and Arseny Leonovich, architects of PANAKOM, designed a house for a Russian client in Germany. It turned neither very German nor Russian.
PANACOM
  • December 23, 2010
  • Artem Dezhurko
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Spinnaker at a crossroad
At the cross of Sevastopolsky and Nahimovsky avenue there has been constructed a social and business center designed by the architect's Pavel Andreev. Its curved glass facade resembles a sail filled with wind and floating along the broad highways.
Paul Andreev
  • December 21, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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One- theater show
In St. Petersburg, there has been completed construction of a luxury residential complex “Tverskaya 1A” designed by the architectural studio “Evgeny Gerasimov and Partners”. Its main facade looks like “Northern modern”, but if you take a closer look you will realize that the principles of this austere and romantic are "turned inside out."
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners
  • December 20, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya Julia Tarabarina
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In the beat of Sodovy
Nowadays the office complex on Valovaya street is known mostly as a longstanding unfinished construction project, more than half of which is covered with billboards and banners. But the author of the project author architect Pavel Andreev still hopes the building will be finally finished and become a part of front development of the Garden Ring.
Paul Andreev
  • December 15, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Dimensional tetris
“Sergei Kiselev and Partners” architectural studio has already worked on the project of the residential complex on Savvinskaya embankment before. The last version was done for the contest run by OAO “Gardteks”, the architects put figure combination of the popular “Tetris” game in the basis of its composition.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • December 13, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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The general headquarters becomes more general
Tomorrow in St. Petersburg there will be launched the first stage of reconstruction of the eastern wing of the General headquarters. The project is titled “novaya Boshaya Anfilada” , it will be housing collections and exhibitions of the State Hermitage. The Petersburg architects Oleg and Nikita Yavein ("Studio 44") are the authors, “Intarsia” company is the contractor, the Ministry of Culture is the client and the investor is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. This is not the opening yet, the paintings will be here in summer. This is more of an architectural event now. Really a significant event. Nikolai Malinin specially for Arhi.ru.
Company:
  • December 9, 2010
  • Nikolai Malinin
Object
The Openness Principle
"Roman Leonidov’s Architectural Bureau" has constructed a house with an elegant semi-circular terrace in one of the cottage village nearby Moscow. Finished with wood and natural stone, it has a complex and dynamic composition, clearly showing that its owners prefer activity and diversity to austerity and laconism.
Studio of Roman Leonidov
  • December 7, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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A musical stone
This year the architectural studio “Sergey Kiselev and Partners” has developed a reconstruction concept of the building of Glinka Museum of Musical Culture. In addition to expanding the existing building, the project involves construction of a new museum depository, designed emphatically modern.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • November 29, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Bolshoi underground Theatre
Vladimir Resin, the mayor principal deputy, has recently announced that at the end of November there will be started assembling and finishing works in the underground rehearsal hall of the Bolshoi Theater, which is being constructed upon the project of Pavel Andreev’s architectural studio.
Paul Andreev
  • November 26, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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the North ecology amulet
This year the center of specially protected natural territories “Nuvi at” in the city of Beloyarsky received a Golden Diploma at “Zodchestvo” in “Postroiki”. The architect Valery Lukomsky put the two most remarkable symbols of indigenous peoples of the North in the composition of the building – the boat and the reindeer skin tent.
City-Arch
  • November 23, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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A simple bow
“Architectural Dialog with Metropolis” (ADM) has designed a music and movie complex for the central part of “Moscow-City”. Universality is its main value. It is fine for a spectacular show, a film premiere, a ballet performance or chamber concert.
ADM
  • November 15, 2010
  • Anna Starostina
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Clinic: a particular case
Since late last year the architectural studio “Sergey Kiselev & Partners” has been working on the objects of a mixed-use tourist complex “Lefkadia”. One of the most remarkable of them is going to be the 100 room “Natural Healing Clinic “which architecture, at the insistence of the client, is designed with "Crimean-Tatar-Tuscan" motives.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • November 13, 2010
  • Nikolai Kirillov
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Oasis along the embankment
In the place of former “Gardteks” spinning and weaving manufacture on Savvinskaya embankement the architect Vladimir Plotkin offers to build a round-shaped apartment building with a spectacular parade cour d'honneur.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • November 8, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Magnet of the esplanade
Savvinskaya embankment in “Hamovniki” district is one of the most prestigious places in Moscow in terms of location, transport accessibility and views. However, historically it has been built up with industrial facilities, only recently they started to construct apartment buildings there. One of such complexes will be constructed in the place of “Gardteks” spinning and weaving factory. Earlier this year there has been held an architectural contest, with such participants as TPO "Reserve", "Sergey Kisselev & Partners", "Sergei Skuratov Architects» and “Bogachkin and Bogachkin”. Speaking about the contest results we start with the project by Sergey Skuratov, who made an impressing two-level esplanade the centre of the residential complex composition.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • November 2, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Pavilions in the park, or homely welcome
This summer the architectural workshop "Studio 44" has completed construction of a new 4 star hotel in Petergof. Designed as a small and comfortable city-block it is perfectly fitted into the natural and cultural surrounding of one of the most popular towns by St.Petersburg.
Company:
  • October 27, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Strictness of the form
The architectural workshop "Yevgeny Gerasimov and Partners” built a residential complex in the Admiralteisky district of St. Petersburg. Its style is neoconstructivism and it very accurately conveys the nature of its surrounding.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners
  • October 25, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Like a wave it talks to the avenue
The new building, designed by SREECH studio is located at the cross of Udaltsova street and Leninsky avenue. Truly, a rare example when an object is situated along one of the main routes in the capital and it does not occupy the entire construction territory, but gives most of it to the landscaping. From the town-planning point such tactfulness is logical and reasonable, only it’s a pity in modern Moscow we have to point out this fact but not take for granted.
SPEECH
  • October 21, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya Alexander Mezhov
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Access code
In 2011 there will be constructed a new building of the National Library of the Czech Republic in Prague. International architectural contest was held nearly four years ago. Moscow bureau Totement/Paper was among the participants, they put a principle of coding in their project.
TOTEMENT/PAPER
  • October 14, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Sergey Skuratov: I'm satisfied with each of my projects
One of the most famous Russian architects Sergey Skuratov marked his 55 jubilee on the last day of September. Soon after we met with the founder of “Sergey Skuratov Architects” bureau and asked him a few questions about the profession, art, city, and about himself
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • October 12, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Knowledge pyramid
In August there have been held an international architectural contest on the best project of History Museum of Kazahstan building in Astana. Architectural company "Studio 44" from St. Petersburg was among the participants.
Company:
  • October 6, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Ice Age
The final chapter in the story of the house-arch project on Mozhaiskoe highway, where it is no longer an arch.
Bavykin architects
  • October 5, 2010
  • Julia Tarabarina
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Prices, terms & the beauty
Today we are talking to Denis Kuvshinnikov, the head of Interior Department of ABD Architects bureau. This unit of the leading Russian architectural company carries out the full range of services of developing, implementation and turnkey solutions for corporate interiors. Among their clients are such companies as Autodesk, Johnson & Johnson, Bacardi, Jones Lang LaSalle, Credit Suisse, KPMG and many others.
ABD architects
  • October 4, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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White Lightning
Architectural studio "Sergei Kiselev & Partners” designed a mixed-use complex of 13500 thousand sq m In Sevastopol. It houses shops, cafes, cinemas and offices, and is like a gallery open under the southern sky – buildings will be thread on axis of the new pedestrian street going down to the sea, it will run within the existing city-block.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • September 15, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Facing the waters
Within the "Russia Factory" project "Studio 44" was working on the regeneration concept of “Proletarsky Avangard”cotton factory. The architects connected its territory with the water system of Vyshny Volochyok by a new channel, after reconstruction the former production will turn into a small Venice.
Company:
  • September 4, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Bridge to the world of haute couture
Architectural studio SPEECH developed a renovation concept of "Aelita" garment factory in Vyshny Volochyok. Since manufacture is in operation, the architects decided not to repurpose it, but support it by constructing an outlet-centre by the factory.
SPEECH
  • September 3, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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In the earth circle
TPO "Reserv" join the project on developing the image of the Ryabushinsky’s factory, the largest and most known companies of Vyshny Volochyok. Architects turned The former textile manufacturing into the Museum of the world knowledge and techno-entertainment park.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • September 2, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Lace pattern of the future
“Yevgeny Gerasimov and Partners” architectural studio in Vyshny Volochyok got "Paris Commune" factory. The architects placed a conference center, hotel, apartment house and an art school on its territory.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners
  • September 1, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Inhabited Island
We start the article series about the projects developed by participants of the Russian pavilion exposition at the International Architecture Biennale XII in Venice by the story about regeneration concept of Vyshni Volochek historic center, developed by “Sergei Skuratov Architects” bureau. Sergei Skuratov is the only participant of the “Russian architectural team”, who transformed the curatorial assignment, he changed the object location and its functions.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • August 31, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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The kingdom of broadcasters
The architectural studio Speech designed a mixed-use complex on Imereti lowland. During the winter of 2014 it will house the main broadcast center of Olympic Games, after the event it will be turned into a retail and entertainment center.
SPEECH
  • August 19, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Invisible coat
One of the absolute leaders of the international closed contest on the best "Dinamo" stadium reconstruction solution featured in the short-list was the project of SPEECH architectural studio and the German GMP bureau. The architects covered football arena conforming the UEFA standards with an impressing transparent saddle-shaped roof.
SPEECH
  • August 12, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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A full cup
In Moscow at the end of June there were announced results of international closed contest on the architectural and urban solutions for reconstruction and development of “Dinamo” sports complex territory. The legendary first Soviet stadium will be renamed to "VTB Arena Park" - on behalf of the reconstruction organizer and main investor. There participated five teams consisting of the largest Russian and foreign architectural bureau. With the publication about ABD Architects (Russia) and Perkins Eastman International (USA) project we start the series of articles about the results of one of the most interesting and perfectly organized international architectural contests held in Russia.
ABD architects
  • August 11, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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The colors of dance
Today in Saint Petersburg there are being realized two architectural projects related Boris Eifman, the world-known choreographer. The Dutch UN Studio is designing a theatre for his troupe within the “European Embankment” city block, and in Lisa Chaikina street everything is ready for construction the Dance Academy, designed by “Studio 44” architectural studio.
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  • August 10, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Moscow green yard
"ROT FRONT" confectionery manufacturer is one of the largest industrial enterprises located in the centre of Moscow. It was long decided to move such industries out of the historical city area. “Guta Development “, investor of the factory complex reconstruction, has already gained considerable experience in such kind of industries conversion. The famous "Krasny Oktyabr” [Red October] was turned into a mixed-use area, in the place of "Rot Front" there will be a business class residential complex designed by “Sergey Kiselev & Partners”.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • August 3, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya