Central University at the Central Telegraph Building
information:
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status
project -
date
2024 —2026 / 2024 — 2027 -
place
Russia, Moscow -
function
Education / -
Total Area
45 000 м2 -
Other Buildings
Центральный Телеграф. Реставрация и приспособление
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Russia
ABD architects /
Russia
Archi.ru about this project:
23.09.2026
The Telegraph’s Second Life (photographed September 24, 2026)
In the final version of the project to adapt the Telegraph building for use as a university – which began with a concept by Chipperfield – Sergey Kiselev and Partners served as the design developers and general designers at the working documentation stage. Remarkably, the project by the global “starchitect” turned out to be surprisingly similar to a concept proposed by SKiP itself back in 1997-1999. In this article, Igor Shvartsman and Tatyana Gruzdeva discuss the two projects developed for the Telegraphbuilding – the earlier proposal and the one now implemented.
At the intersection of Tverskaya Street and Gazetny Lane, in the very heart of Moscow, stands a building that has defined the character of one of the city’s main thoroughfares for almost a century. The Central Telegraph is a five-story Soviet A... more
