Copyright: Photograph © Dmitry Chebanenko / provided by Aleksey Ilin Architects

Aalto Residential Complex

information:

status
building
date

2018 / — 2020
place
Russia, Moscow
2, Stary Petrovskо-Razumovsky Proyezd
function
Residential / Residential complex

Julia Tarabarina. Aleksei Ilyin: “I approach every task with genuine interest”

Aleksei Ilyin has been working on major urban projects for more than 30 years. He has all the necessary skills for high-rise construction in Moscow – yet he believes it’s essential to maintain variety in the typologies and scales represented in his portfolio. He is passionate about drawing – but only from life, and also in the process of working on a project. We talk about the structure and optimal size of an office, about his past and current projects, large and small tasks, and about creative priorities.

Archi.ru: Your architectural office was founded if I’m not mistaken relatively recently, around 2020, correct? And yet it’s already well known for competition entries and major projects. What are you working on right now? Do you spec... more