Object
Crystal structure
This building is like a huge crystal which is developing under the inner rules set by the module of its crystal structure. This allows it react quickly on all the restrictions of location, not changing and not losing its crystal appearance
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • September 17, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
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In the context of modernism
Vissarionov’s PAM have developed another "resort" project – a modernist residential complex for "Mamaika” area in Sochi. Three buildings which look like boomerangs on the plan, are placed up on terrace plateau-stylobate and are covered with “cellular cloths”
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • September 16, 2008
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia
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Gates to the other side
For a few years now Kutuzovsky prospect has been growing in its height: "Edelweiss", “Miraks-plaza”, there emerge foundation ditches for realization the concept of overlapping of the Kiev railway. Though there are no clear results of the contest, organized by Moskomarchitecture in 2006, there are real construction works are being executed. Among them there is also the project of a hotel and business complex on the crossing of Poklonnaya street and 1812 goda street, designed by the studio of Pavel Andreev
Paul Andreev
  • September 15, 2008
  • Maria Fadeeva
Report
And the winner is Russia!
Vladimir Belogolovsky (New York, London) – for the catalogue of the Russian pavilion at 11th architectural biennale in Venice
  • September 5, 2008
  • Vladimir Belogolovsky
Object
The tamed whirlwind
Recently the architectural bureau ADM has been working on rather complex and unusual project – reconstruction of a commercial apartment building of the beginning of 20th century into ultra-modern "A" class office building. The main difficulty is requirement to save the historical façade while full changing of the "inside" according to the last technical requirements. Uniqueness is in treatment of "modern part", in the very core of which there is hidden curved and sparkling with different colors glass atrium.
ADM
  • August 18, 2008
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia
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Nursery school: architectural solution
This year, in the spring, a few famous Moscow architects were invited to participate in projects of new nursery schools in the center of capital. Dmitry Aleksandrov's studio presents three projects on this order, on Novokuznetskaya street, in Kotelniki and in Bolshaya Gruzinskaya. Design ideas of the projects are alike but buildings are different
Alexandrov and partners
  • August 9, 2008
  • Anna Gerasimenko
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The two brothers
A. Asadov’s studio has been developing projects of the two retail and business complexes, in Tumen and Lipetsk. The have similar typologies, both consist of a retail centre and office tower, and their images are different: one is sharp, angular, mobile, the second is composed and quiet, plastery, compact. As though they are the two brothers with different characters
ASADOV architects
  • August 5, 2008
  • Anna Gerasimenko
Report
Thomas Leeser. Interview by Vladimir Belogolovskiy
We continue to publish texts of interview which will be included into the catalogue of Russian pavilion of XI architectural biennial in Venice. Thomas Leeser is the winner of competition for the project of the World museum of mammoths and the Permafrost in Yakutsk. This project will be presented in the exposition of the Russian pavilion
  • July 24, 2008
  • Vladimir Belogolovsky
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A genre transformation
This spring in Strogino there was completed construction of the two towers of “Yantarny gorod” [Amber City] by Dmitry Aleksandrov, the other two are under construction. After the first part of construction was completed it appeared that the houses have not only unique inner structure of multileveled atriums but peculiar for our times very physical texture
Alexandrov and partners
  • July 23, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Report
Between the USSR and the West
We publish Grigory Revzin's article, the curator of the Russian pavilion on XI Venetian biennial. The text is intended for the catalogue of the Russian pavilion and in many respects explains a curator plan
  • July 14, 2008
  • Grigory Revzin
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Village-pearl
Name of the project of a village in area by Moscow “Zhemchuzhina Il’inki” [Pearl of Il’inka] is not just a metaphor. The settlement is designed alike to a shell with a “pearl” inside – here the architectural image totally accords with village's name. When people attracted by advertising will come here they will see a “real pearl in a real shell”.
ASADOV architects
  • July 10, 2008
  • Anna Gerasimenko
Report
Nikolay Lyzlov. Interview by Grigory Revzin
We continue to publish interview to architects-participants of an exposition of the Russian pavilion in Venice. Texts of these interviews will be included into the catalogue of the Russian pavilion
Architectural workshop Lyzlov («AML»)
  • July 8, 2008
  • Grigory Revzin
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Facade without facade
Anatoly Belov, continuing to study paradoxes of classics by Ilya Utkin, found a “facade without façade” in the project of a country house nearby the summer residence of Academy of sciences in Zvenigorod
U-Studio
  • July 7, 2008
  • Anatoly Belov
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Fortress-chameleon
To the east from Paveletsky railroad station, in the place of the former factory there is already cleared out territory for construction of a large (112 600 sq m) business centre by the project of “Sergey Kiselyov and Partners” studio. Austere glass-brick architecture of this complex will make its 11storey volumes less marked – and at the same time it creates a high priced office space, half hidden, fenced off from motley industrial area, they has been transforming it into an office city block for a few years now
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • July 4, 2008
  • Maria Fadeeva
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Romance of a flight
Tall blind fences with huge constructions behind shut from the outer world – this is the image of most sites in Russian cottage settlements where land is freely sold without. But this is not about the new project by “Panakom” bureau developed for “Vaututinki” village – the house is bravely unfolding towards the road, fence is low, and full glazing is applied not only from the inner yard side
PANACOM
  • July 2, 2008
  • Maria Fadeeva
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“Extra floor”
It is easy to see, few projects of Russian architects developed the theme of large scale accommodation set by curator of the recently closed Moscow biennial –much more than beautiful elite city blocks. The project presented by ICube bureau as part of “Kvartalny vopros” [City block problem] is one of the exceptions. Architects suggested a witty variant of reconstruction of panel microdistrict by building up the urban space between 1storeyed infrastructure houses
iCube Architectura
  • July 1, 2008
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia
Interview
Lord Norman Foster. Interview by Vladimir Belogolovskiy
We continue the publication of a series of the interviews intended for the catalogue of Russian pavilion XI Venetian biennial. We remind that in a pavilion exposition participate 16 Russian architects and 10 foreigners who build in Russia. One of them – Norman Foster, whose bureau Foster+Partners conducts seven projects in Russia at the moment
  • June 30, 2008
  • Vladimir Belogolovsky
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Dynamic small town
Project of Olympic training school carries on the line of schools with cheerful architecture started by board school in Kozhuhovo. This is a conglomeration of various constructions, a fan of architectural ideas – as always bright and at the same time answers the peculiarities of urban and nature environment. To bring together such dynamic architecture with the surrounding is not a simple task, but A. Asadov's studio has long been working on this city blog - forming within a specific part of Mytischy a unique – colorful – town
ASADOV architects
  • June 27, 2008
  • Anna Gerasimenko
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Symmetry without symmetry
Studying paradoxes of Ilya Utkin's art, Anatoly Belov discovered in the project of country house «Gorki-2» symmetry without symmetry
U-Studio
  • June 26, 2008
  • Anatoly Belov