Prohram Studio

Dmitry Ostroumov

Prohram Studio

information:

• country

  Russia

• Firm’s Official Site

  https://prohram.com/

links

• Prohram

  https://t.me/prohram
  
  

About Firm:

The “Prokhram” Practice is a team of professionals in architecture, design, graphics, and theology. The main areas of its work include:

• architectural design of buildings, interiors, and exteriors;
• production of church furnishings, liturgical objects, and small architectural forms;
• museum design and creation of exhibitions;
• organization of exhibitions, publishing, and graphic design;
• restoration.

The practice provides a full range of design services: from concept proposals to construction documents and completion of construction, including commissioning, author’s supervision, and support during construction and interior works.

“Prokhram” operates in Moscow (the main office) and St Petersburg. Extensive experience (over 15 years) and collaboration with trusted companies and craftsmen allow the team to guarantee high quality and an individual approach to every project.

The practice is actively involved in professional and cultural life: it organizes lectures, symposia, and installations, and publishes the almanac “Slovo i kamen” (“Word and Stone”).

Accreditations: Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation License No. 23761. Member of SRO (“RSP”, “RusStroy”).

Head of the practice: Dmitry Ostroumov, architect, theologian, Professor of the International Academy of Architecture (IAA), member of the Union of Architects of Russia, the Belarusian Union of Architects, and the Council for Church Architecture under the Union of Architects of Russia.

Archi.ru Texts:

04.09.2025

Julia Tarabarina. Water and Light

Church art is full of symbolism, and part of it is truly canonical, while another part is shaped by tradition and is perceived by some as obligatory. Because of this kind of “false conservatism”, contemporary church architecture develops slowly compared to other genres, and rarely looks contemporary. Nevertheless, there are enthusiasts in this field out there: the cemetery church of Archangel Michael in Apatity, designed by Dmitry Ostroumov and Prokhram bureau, combines tradition and experiment. This is not an experiment for its own sake, however – rather, the considered work of a contemporary architect with the symbolism of space, volume, and, above all, light.

awards:

Zodchestvo 2020 – Gold Sign (for the project “Church of St Spiridon of Trimythous at the intersection of Mazurova and Skripnikova Streets in Minsk, Belarus”), Silver Sign (for the project “Church of the Holy Trinity in Barysau, Belarus”).

Zodchestvo 2021 – Silver Sign (for the project “Nikolo-Spiridonovsky Church Complex in Kerch, Republic of Crimea, Feodosia Diocese”).

Zodchestvo 2022 – Silver Sign (for the project “Church of the Holy Passion-Bearer Princes Boris and Gleb of the Parish of St Olga, Equal-to-the-Apostles”), Union of Architects of Russia Diploma (for the project “Church of St Olga, Equal-to-the-Apostles”).

Zodchestvo 2023 – Gold Sign (for the project “Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos in Khutor Kopanskoy”), Diplomas of the Union of Architects of Russia (for the projects “Church of St Alexander Nevsky the Blessed”, “Concept project of the Church of St Spiridon of Trimythous with a clergy house”).

Zodchestvo 2024 – Gold Sign (for the project “Church in Karelia”), Bronze Diploma (for the project “Church Complex in honour of the Icon of the Mother of God ‘The Sign’ in Krasnodar”).

Medal of the Belarusian Orthodox Church of St Cyril of Turov.

XV National Festival of Architecture – First-Degree Diploma, Competition of Architectural Projects and Implementations (for the project “Church of St Olga, Equal-to-the-Apostles”).

Arkhrasrez 2022 – First-Degree Diploma (for the project “Nikolo-Spiridonovsky Church Complex in Kerch”), Third-Degree Diploma (for the project “Church of St Olga, Equal-to-the-Apostles in Minsk, Republic of Belarus”).

Arkhrasrez 2023 – First-Degree Diploma (for the project “Church of the Protection of the Theotokos in Khutor Kopanskoy, Krasnodar”), Second-Degree Diploma (for the project “Church of St Alexander Nevsky the Blessed in Grodno, Belarus”).

Arkhrasrez 2024 – First-Degree Diploma (for the project “Church in Karelia”), Second-Degree Diploma (for the project “Church of the Holy Martyr Charalampus, Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi”), Third-Degree Diploma (for the project “Church Complex in honour of the Icon of the Mother of God ‘The Sign’”).

Zolotaya Kapitel 2023 – Gold Kapitel (for the project “Church Complex in honour of St Olga, Equal-to-the-Apostles, in Minsk”), SUPERFINAL Diploma (for the project “Nikolo-Spiridonovsky Church Complex in Kerch”).

Zolotaya Kapitel 2024 – Gold Kapitel (for the project “Church Complex in honour of St John Chrysostom, Peterhof”), SUPERFINAL Diplomas (for the projects “Intercultural complex with a centre of Russian culture and an Orthodox church complex in Saudi Arabia”, “Church in Karelia”).

Wood in Architecture 2024 – Gold Diploma (for the project “Concept design of a wooden chapel in honour of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in Karelia”), Silver Diploma (for the project “Chapel-bathhouse in honour of St John the Blessed of Ustyug”), Union of Architects of Russia Diploma (for the project “Church in Karelia”).

Almanac “Slovo i kamen” – Silver Sign in the category “Best Printed Publication on Architecture and Architects” at Zodchestvo 2024; title “Best Architecture Magazine” at ARCH Moscow 2025; Gold Diploma at Zolotaya Kapitel 2024.

Zolotaya Kapitel 2025 – Gold Kapitel (for the project “Church of the Archangel Michael in Apatity”), SUPERFINAL Diploma (for the project “Church in honour of St Michael the Archistrategos on Lake Baikal”), Hamburg Score, First Degree (for the project “Church of the Archangel Michael in Apatity”).