DNK Architectural Group

17.12.2018

. From a Co-mmune House to Co-living

In the apartment complex CO_LOFT, designed by DNK ag, the industrial heritage of the 1930’s is reinterpreted through the ideas of the 1920’s, when the search for new types of housing was one of the main branches of architecture.

19.04.2018

Lara Kopylova. An Expensive Thing to Do

In this issue, we talk to ten architects about how relevant/irrelevant the ideas of reconstruction and redevelopment are.

DNK ag: “To us, this competition became an opportunity to propose an optimum model of a high-quality and diverse living environment”

15.02.2018

Julia Tarabarina. DNK ag: “To us, this competition became an opportunity to propose an optimum model of a high-quality and diverse living environment”

The architects Daniel Lorentz, Natalia Sidorova, and Konstantin Khodnev, whose project got shortlisted to make the top twenty of the competition organized by the Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending for the best mass housing project, share about the meaning of this competition, the perfect populated area, and the conditions necessary for achieving this ideal in a micro-development situation.

11.12.2017

Lilya Aronova. Cultural Code

Trying to put together the mosaic of historical and newly-built units of the Sytin Printing House complex, the architects of DNK ag came up with their own lexical paradigm, some sort of a cultural code, based on the subtle play of images and associations.

03.07.2017

Julia Tarabarina. Destroying Stereotypes

The architects of DNK ag approached the task of doing a comfort-class housing project as a super-objective. They were ultimately able to break the frame of “inexpensive housing equals standardized blocks of flats” staying, at the same time, within their budget constraints. Their customized and professional approach to mass housing construction allowed the architects to create a comfortable and human-friendly urban territory.

06.06.2016

Julia Tarabarina, . Rurbanism

Working on a real-life project, the architects of DNK ag saw in it a great opportunity to test the principles of compact but at the same time diverse and comfortable construction.

31.03.2016

Polina Sadova. The Best Place in Town

In this issue, we are publishing the results of the workshop organized in Kazan by the architectural school MARCH. The contestants developed the designs of seven public zones in different cities and settlements of the Republic of Tatarstan.

03.12.2015

Lilya Aronova. The Effectiveness of Simple Solutions

In this article, we are featuring a contest project of "Nizhnie Mnevniki" metro station by DNK ag.

16.03.2015

Julia Tarabarina. Transformation

The project named "RASSVET LOFT*STUDIO" by DNK ag is a fine example of including a factory building into the city fabric.

23.02.2015

Anna Starostina. The Wings of a Seagull

The architectural group DNK took part in the international contest for the building of the Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki. The solution that was submitted to the judging board proposes possible ways of the further development of the principles of the Scandinavian architecture.