Ostozhenka Bureau:

Julia Tarabarina. A Different Ostozhenka

Having responded to all the themes that were set by its architectural context, the new bank building in the Butikovsky Side-street still does not look lost amidst its neighbors. Quite the contrary: one can regard this new building as the old Ostozhenka's breakthrough into the company of the glamorous "golden mile".

Julia Tarabarina. Andrew Gnezdilov: Visions of the Possible Future

An interview with Andrew Gnezdilov, associate director and chief architect of "Ostozhenka" bureau, a long-standing team-mate of Alexander Skokan. On the Big Moscow and Ostozhenka Street; on the trends of city development on a large and on a small scale; on "mystical" intuition that springs from quite rational and no-nonsense work with large amounts of information in a big city.

Tatiana Shovskaya. A Stylish City in the Meadows

In the settlement of Zarechye of Moscow Region, the construction of the new residential compound “Grünwald” has been completed, the general designer of which has become the architectural bureau “SPEECH Choban&Kuznetsov”. This project has united four designer visions of up-to-date high-standard residential architecture.

Anna Martovitskaya. Alexander Skokan: “Any architectural structure grows from its environment”

It will be safe to say that “Ostozhenka” Studio is today one of Russia’s most respected architectural offices that enjoys authority beyond exception in the professional community. Over the 20 years of its existence, it has grown from the general designer of Ostozhenka district to one of the main development contractors of Moscow agglomeration. How it all began, and what the team of this architectural studio is working on today, shares the “Ostozhenka”’s chief architect Alexander Skokan.

Grigory Revzin. Aleksandr Skokan. Interview by Grigory Revzin

Aleksandr Skokan is one of the participants of the exhibition of the Russian pavilion at 11th architectural biennale in Moscow