Yuri Vissarionov:

Tatiana Timofeeva. Sochi, the Olympics, a Hotel

On June 5th the International Olympic Committee (IOC) elected Sochi as the 2014 host of the Winter Olympics which means the further growth of the construction boom in this seaside region. One of the projects to be implemented by the time of the Olympics involves the reconstruction of two Soviet-period hotels – that of ‘Camelia’ (1970s) and the ‘Intourist’ built in Stalin classicist style

Irina Filchenkova, Julia Tarabarina. Strelka, Nizhny Novgorod

The project of changing the nizhegorodskayia Strelka from the loading port into a modern multi-purpose complex, which brings together the soft touch to the heritage and bold architecture, even a try to comprehend the place’s history, is theatrically building up the new urban area, surrounding the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

Julia Tarabarina. Mountains, sea and classical architecture

The reconstruction of one known Sochi sanatoria "Camelias" - "Intourist" assumes the neighborhood of the new construction and the center of Stalin classicism around of a kept building 1930-40 years of the last century.

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