The Western Gates
The ABD architects has a name for competence in the Western standards in architecture and ability to follow them in Russia. It is symbolic, that it is they who undertook the design of the business-centre 'Western Gate'.
ABD architects
  • March 21, 2007
  • Julia Tarabarina
Peace to palaces
The ambition of the project of four palace-houses village is to express the idea of the architectural sodality and harmony
U-Studio
  • March 19, 2007
  • Julia Tarabarina
The crystal Middle Ages
When the Roman legionaries deserved rest, they became veterans and received sites on the won grounds. Now, to a southwest from Moscow, near to the village "Crystals" Jury Vissarionov projects settlement for «veterans of Gazprom» - retiring employees of corporation
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • March 16, 2007
  • Julia Tarabarina
New image of plaster
Projecting this house, architects wished to comprehend figurativeness of front plaster in a new fashion. The result has grown from denying: the surface does not reveal, and "eats" an unloved material, transforming it in something other, in similarity with the pierced by a wind a skeleton of a calcareous rock
ADM
  • March 12, 2007
  • Julia Tarabarina
Mosaic tower
‘Avantgard’, a new apartment house in Cheremushki, is a very summer building, and the brightness of the wallboards doesn’t spoil it, but is a benefit.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • March 9, 2007
  • Julia Tarabarina
Gold section: a cut in a new format
«Gold section» which is opened now in the Central House of Architecture, certainly it is necessary visit an exhibition of applicants for the premium: the cut of the architecture which have grown on building boom of last years, has turned out to be beautiful. It is certainly a merit of architects, but in not a smaller degree - the organizers who have solved on changes of a format of carrying out of review-competition. The organizers have kindly informed the correspondent of Agency of architectural news the structure of the jury of the premium which will define winners of "section" this year
  • February 28, 2007
  • Julia Tarabarina
Sprouted historicism
The building that will be constructed on Mozhaiskoe highway consists of 11-storey "stone" arch and a futuristic object embedded into it at right angle. The first impression is that within ruins of Roman aqueduct a portal has opened, like those stargates in a movie and an alien is coming down to our planet
Bavykin architects
  • February 21, 2007
  • Julia Tarabarina
ArxStanding as a pancake week: Nikolo-Lenivetz
On Saturday in the village Nikolo-Lenivetz of the Kaluga area the second festival " ArxStanding ", devoted to conceptual judgement of winter and farewell to the Pancake week has passed. The bureau «Moscow», « Icing of architects » and magazine « Project Russia » have added to 13 objects which have remained after the summer festival of landscape architecture three more which in the end of a holiday were burnt as «a scarecrow of winter»
Project group Pole-Design
  • February 20, 2007
  • Irina Filchenkova
The session of the incorporated expert working group, on February, 15th
The session of the expert working group has considered the projects: houses in Hilkovskoy pereulok ("АБВ"), hotels in Klimentovskiy pereulok, a complex in Spartakovskiy pereuok, reconstruction of apartment houses on B.Serpuhovskoj and buildings of 1930th on street Dobroslobodskoj
  • February 16, 2007
  • Irina Filchenkova
Our people in new Guggenheim
On January, 31st in the capital of the United Arab Emirates the exhibition representing an arrogant plan of creation of the new center of the modern art in the capital of the Emirates Abu-Dhabi has opened. One of the exhibition halls in it is projected by the Russian architects Jury Avvakumov and Andrey Savin
  • February 12, 2007
  • Irina Filchenkova
Three faces of an office building
The new office centre, ‘Hermitage Plaza’, combines perfectly the careful approach to the context with a range of technological and recent façade design methods.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • February 5, 2007
  • Julia Tarabarina
In honour of the sixtieth
The small house combines simplicity of the architectural decision, called up by a modernism of 60th, and the technologies peculiar to inhabited skyscrapers. It will allow, having entered a building in a tiny site to keep almost untouched existing square, it is good to shine apartments and to give to tenants especial opportunities in connection with a free lay-out. Correspondent of ААН has set some questions to the authors.
Alexandrov and partners
  • January 26, 2007
  • Julia Tarabarina
Strict, but nice
On Sadovoe Koltzo near the underground " Kurskaia " the construction of a building of tax inspection under Vladimir Plotkina's project comes to the end.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • January 22, 2007
  • Julia Tarabarina
World behind a mirror
Very soon the construction of the retail center, designed by Vladimir Plotkin, will be finished on Kutuzovski prospect. The building promises to become a kind of attraction, and in the best way fits its purpose, even embodies it. Such a store does not need any additional build boards; it is such itself, better than most others
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • January 15, 2007
  • Julia Tarabarina
Country house-butterfly: manor “light”
The country house designed by Nikolay Lyzlov in the co-authorship with Olga Kaverina and Maria Kaplenkova - is a rare case for Lyzlov’s workshop. Under the statement of the architect it is traditional, however is very light and opened to the surrounding beauty.
Architectural workshop Lyzlov («AML»)
  • January 11, 2007
  • Julia Tarabarina
Column in the body of avant-garde
The office building by Bavykin for Avtozavodskaia Street is a sink into the architectural language of Ilya Golosov, whether jokingly or seriously illustrating classical origins of the well-known avant-gardist’s searches
Bavykin architects
  • January 8, 2007
  • Julia Tarabarina
House-‘stels’
The new version of the ‘Tennis Club’ building by Vladimir Plotkin inherits the previous, but changes entirely its architectural image.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • December 15, 2006
  • Julia Tarabarina
The house on Kherson street
The twenty five storeyed apartment house echoes the curve of Khersonskaya street. The whole experience of the building shows that it belongs, first, to the city, secondly, to the big multipurpose complex which is planned to be constructed near it
Bavykin architects
  • December 7, 2006
  • Julia Tarabarina
Avant-garde on Maslovka
The project of the aparthotel on Verkhnyay Maslovka was represented in ARX-Moscow in 2005. This year, in October it has been nominated for a new ARX award. This building has got a remarkable internal structure, restoring the fundamentals of the commune house, founded in 1920. This is not a fancy avant-garde, but a true and living one.
Architectural workshop Lyzlov («AML»)
  • December 5, 2006
  • Julia Tarabarina
We and they. News of November
The last month of dawn, has stood out with especially rich crop on delivery of premiums, two of which are absolutely new, at once have loudly declared themselves. The second main theme of the month became the discussion of projects of a Gazprom tower - on December, 1st the winner have been declared.
  • December 4, 2006
  • Julia Tarabarina
Public City Discussion on November, 30th: one cathedral and two stadiums
On November, 30th on public discussion at mayor of Moscow the project of a new cathedral of Zachatevskiy monastery have approved: on a place of a pseudo-Gothic temple of M.F.Kazakova stylization under « XVI-XVII a century will be constructed». Also two stadiums (A.Bokov, D.Bush) were approved.
  • December 1, 2006
  • Irina Filchenkova
Grandstand House
In the complex, combining tennis court and hotel, the new architectural typology was born – a house-tribune, from its balconies one can watch competitions.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • November 28, 2006
  • Julia Tarabarina
Reconstruction for constructivism
Dmitry Aleksandrov has presented the project of reconstruction of a house built in the period of 20-30s years of the past century which is near to its construction George Plaza.
Alexandrov and partners
  • November 26, 2006
  • Julia Tarabarina
Briefing against St. Petersburg skyscraper
On November, 24th the news agency " Rosbalt " has lead a briefing « Petersburg against Gazprom » in Moscow, the projects of a skyscraper made by the foreign "stars" shown in the beginning of month were discussed. At the conference, among the journalists as it was found out later, "incognito" a representative of the originator of event was in present. Probably Gazprom has started to be interested in public opinion.
  • November 25, 2006
  • Irina Filchenkova
Arhip: architecture is the major from arts.
On November, 23rd the ceremony of delivery the 5-th architectural premium founded by publishing house " Interior-press " and magazine Salon-interior took place in the cinema "Pushkin". As the leader Leonid Yarmolnik has told, this event is not simply hospitality event, it is the meeting of adherents, professionals and the creators incorporated by spirit of art.
  • November 24, 2006
  • Irina Filchenkova
The house-street
The project of the office complex in the 1-st street Jamskogo Polia,building 12 created by Alexey Bavykina workshop is approved.
Bavykin architects
  • November 23, 2006
The wings
The project of an office complex of Joint Stock Company "AEROFLOT" on Mesjdunarodnoe highway.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • November 22, 2006
  • Olga Orlova
Krasnobogatyrskie elephants
In upper reaches of the Yauza, in street Krasnobogatyrskoj, construction of a new inhabited complex under Nikolay Lyzlov's project begins. The original name - « Krasnobogatyrskie elephants », approaches unusual architecture of a complex.
Architectural workshop Lyzlov («AML»)
  • November 20, 2006
  • Julia Tarabarina
Beauty will save the world. The building in Tessinski pereulok – ARX award winner.
It seems, that the history repeats again, with this project things are same as used to be with Sergey Scutratov’s previous very successful ones – he keeps on collecting awards, he has got 2 for the past six months – the premium diploma at Arch-Moscow in June, and a few days ago - ARX awards for the best project. As the Evgeny Assa, the expert of the nomination, has noticed, the project by Skuratov unfailingly accord the architectural quality.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • November 17, 2006
  • Irina Filchenkova
Experiment and tradition
On November, 10th Dmitry Aleksandrov has received from hands Vinky Dubldam, the chief of American bureau Archi-Tectonics and the expert of premium ARX awards the award for the best pilot project. We have decided to understand what experiment consists of, and have set some questions to the author - as the answer the image of a very remarkable project and a very pleasant place appeared.
Alexandrov and partners
  • November 15, 2006
  • Julia Tarabarina
The premium of the name of Jacob Chernihov: ceremony of rewarding
In the evening on November, 14th at the Russian Academic Youth Theatre (former Central Children's) the international premium of a name of Jacob Chernihov in the field of conceptual architecture «The Call of time» has been handed over for the first time. Ceremony represented the whole theatrical representation which began with the approach to the theatre.
  • November 14, 2006
  • Irina Filchenkova
Not worse than Pritzker
Today in stylish and cozy hall of national centre for contemporary arts the exhibition of nominees and winners of Jacob Chernihov’s premium has opened. At press conference before the opening of the exhibition the chairman of the international jury, Elia Zengelis has told, that he considers the premium founded by fund of Chernihov even more important than Pritzker.
Dogma
  • November 13, 2006
  • Irina Filchenkova
Premium ARX: press conference
The founders of the sensational premium ARX awards, for the first time awarded in this year, have held the press conference
  • November 9, 2006
  • Irina Filchenkova
White Square
ABD architects along with APA Wojciechowski Architekci, a Warsaw architecture bureau, starts on building the new high-status office centre the 'White Square' in the northern part of Belarusian Square. Very likely, it will become not only the new centre of business, but also the city life.
ABD architects
  • November 8, 2006
  • Julia Tarabarina
October results: visiting Minotaur
We continue to summarize architectural events of this month. October has seemed to pass in an atmosphere of a labyrinth - little bit confused, and also shipped in a theme of restoration and reconstruction
Project group Pole-Design
  • November 6, 2006
  • Irina Filchenkova
Club on 300 person. An exhibition catalogue
The presentation of an exhibition catalogue of conceptual projects « Club on 300 person. The second attempt » has taken place on October, 26th in a museum of architecture on Vozdvizhenka .
  • November 5, 2006
  • Irina Filchenkova
The Moscow court yard in a multi-storey way
On the bank of Moscow-river in Strogino there is a construction of elite microdistrict «Amber city» two of five towers are already built up for more than a half - 18 floors from thirty. Monolithic skeletons of erected buildings open to a sight its "stuffing", allowing to estimate the architectural cunnings incorporated in the project.
Alexandrov and partners
  • November 3, 2006
  • Julia Tarabarina
Tower «VDNX»
To the north from territory of the All-Russia Exhibition Centre, on Agricultural street, the new, bright high-altitude dominant grows - the inhabited skyscraper under Alexey Bavykin's project is under construction
Bavykin architects
  • October 25, 2006
  • Julia Tarabarina
Architects
Yesterday in Manezg the all-Russia festival " Architecture " opened
  • October 19, 2006
  • Irina Filchenkova
Design of the future from Present of Future: winners are named
On October, 14th in «Crocus Expo» the announcement of winners of architectural Competition Present of Future, organized by the magazine Interior Digest, companies Emporio Casa and Cosmit took place. The best projects were selected by the international jury on five nominations, one of which was won by the Russian designers. Works of the participants have been shown at the stand of magazine within the limits of the Italian furniture exhibition iSaloni WorldWide in «Crocus Expo»
  • October 18, 2006
  • Irina Filchenkova
Plastic for street
In the beginning of Nishznaia Krasnoselskaia street the construction of new office building under Alexey Bavykina's project begins. As soon as the construction is finished, this small house has all chances to distribute its charm at the whole adjoining quarter
Bavykin architects
  • October 13, 2006
  • Julia Tarabarina
Lifestyle - 2006
On October, 10th in The Central Artist’s House the International exhibition of design and a decor of an interior " Lifestyle - 2006 ", arranged by the company of the EXPO-PARK has opened. Leading brands of the interior arts have formed " city of boutiques ", and special projects as it is usual, have added the highlight to the general shine
Project group Pole-Design
  • October 12, 2006
  • Irina Filchenkova
Fantasies on a theme of modernism
The project of an apartment house which will be constructed near to a hostel of students of Moscow Architectural Institute, seems to be architectural fantasy on a theme of its neighbour and the predecessor
Architectural workshop Lyzlov («AML»)
  • October 9, 2006
  • Julia Tarabarina
Digest of September
We bring to attention of readers our first attempt to summarize the brightest incidents of the last month. The results of September 2006 have turned out to be discouraging encouraging... Shortly: in Venice Brodsky, in MuAre Belov, in Mockomnasledie a new management
  • October 8, 2006
  • Julia Tarabarina
Skyscrapers: the discussion
At the conference “Tall Buildings” which took place on October, 5th organized by editions “The Architectural Review”, ARX and ID Building after the reports of architects the open discussion with participation of all lecturers took place. A moderator of dialogue was editor-in-chief Review – Poll Finch.
  • October 7, 2006
  • Irina Filchenkova
High-altitude construction by eyes of foreigners
Legendary edition The Architectural Review, Russian magazine ARCH and ID Building have lead on October, 5th the conference, devoted to the problems of high-altitude construction: Tall Buildings. Inspiring Quality in Russia - An International Perspective. Foreign architects: Lee Polisano, Chris Wilkinson, Toni McLoklin, Graham Stirk, Ken Young, Simon Allford and Erich Shtoltz shared the experience of designing and construction of skyscrapers
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, RSHP - Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
  • October 6, 2006
  • Irina Filchenkova