Creative Union ‘Reserve’
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
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Firm’s Official Site
http://www.reserve.ru
address:
Moscow Blagoveschensky lane 3 bld 1tel (495) 7556960
e-mail: info@reserve.ru
About Firm:
Buildings and Projects:
Vladimir Plotkin, Sergei Tchoban, 2017
Wine House housing complex
Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Plotkin, 2014
Residential complex Skolkovo-park, Zarechie
Russia
Vladimir Plotkin, 2008
Multipurpose trading-entertaining complex on Kutuzovskiy Prospectus
Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Plotkin, 2010
Office complex "Aeroflot – the Russian airlines"
Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Plotkin, 2008
Administrative complex for accommodation of territorial Moscow tax inspections / Business center Citydel
Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Plotkin, 2009
Apartment building in Bolshoi Suharevsky side street
Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Plotkin, 2007
The building of Federal Arbitration Court of Moscow region
Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Plotkin, 2007
Private residential building on Nikolina hill
Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Plotkin, 2010
Yachtsmen′s house by Vladimir Plotkin
Russia
Vladimir Plotkin, 04.2012
M-City (Project BR)
Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Plotkin, 1999
Inhabited complex in Proezd Zagorskiy
Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Plotkin, 2008
Multi-use residential complex with retail centre in Severnoe Chertanovo
Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Plotkin, 04.2007
Multipurpose dwelling complex “Air bus”
Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Plotkin, 12.2007
Residential Building “Premier”
Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Plotkin, 2000
Studing-sports, improving complex on street Malaia Filevskaja
Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Plotkin, 2001
Nine-floor apartment house with underground garage on street of Malaia Filevskaia
Russia, Moscow
Vladimir Plotkin, 2002
Grand Museum of Egypt, contest project
Egypt
Ricardo Bofill, Rem Koolhaas, Vladimir Plotkin, 06.2003
Wellton Park (conception, 2001–2003)
Russia, MoscowBuildings and Projects Shown: 19
Rank all Buildings and Projects / Creative Union ‘Reserve’ (81):
Archi.ru Texts:
13.10.2025
Julia Tarabarina. The Power of Lines
The building at the very beginning of New Arbat is the result of long deliberations over how to replace the former House of Communication. Contemporary, dynamic, and even somewhat zoomorphic in character, it is structured around a large diagonal grid. The building has become a striking accent both in the perspective of the former Kalinin Avenue and in the panorama of Arbat Square. Yet, unfortunately, the original concept was not fully realized. In 2020, the Moscow ArchCouncil approved a design featuring an exoskeleton – an external load-bearing structure, which eventually turned into a purely decorative element. Still, the power of the supergraphic “holds” the building, giving it the qualities of a new urban landmark with iconic potential. How this concept took shape, what unexpected associations might underlie the grid’s form, and why the exoskeleton was never built – all this is explored in our article.
18.09.2025
Julia Tarabarina. The Angle of String Tension
The House of Music, designed by Vladimir Plotkin and the architects of TPO Reserve, resembles a harp, and when seen from above, even a bass clef. But if only it were that simple! The architecture of the complex fuses two distinct expressive languages: the lattice-like, transparent, permeable vocabulary of “classical” modernism and the sculptural, ribbon-like volumes so beloved by today’s neo-modernism. How it all works – where the catharsis lies, which compositional axes underpin the design, where the project resembles Zaryadye Concert Hall and where it does not – read in the article below.
31.10.2024
Julia Tarabarina. Layers and Levels of Flight
This project goes way back – Reserve Union won this architectural competition at the end of 2011, and the building was completed in 2018, so it’s practically “archival”. However, despite being relatively unknown, the building can hardly be considered “dated” and remains a prime example of architectural expression, particularly in the headquarters genre. And it’s especially fitting for an aviation company office. In some ways, it resembles the Aeroflot headquarters at Sheremetyevo but with its own unique identity, following the signature style of Vladimir Plotkin. In this article, we take an in-depth look at the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) headquarters in the Moscow agglomeration town of Zhukovsky, supplemented by recent photographs from Alexey Naroditsky – a shoot that became only recently possible due to the fact that improvements were finally made in the surrounding area.
15.08.2024
Julia Tarabarina. Projection of the Quarter
No one doubted that the building that Vladimir Plotkin designed as part of the “Garden Quarters” would be the most modernist of all. And it turned out just that way: while adhering to the common design code, the building successfully combines brick and white stone, rhythmically responding to the neighboring building designed by Ostozhenka, yet tactfully and persistently making a few statements of its own. This includes the projection of the ideal urban development composition “14–9–6”, which can be found right next door, mathematical calculations, including those for various types of terraces (and perhaps the only reminder of the Soviet past of the Kauchuk rubber factory!), and the white “cross-stitch” pattern of the façade grid.
16.04.2024
Julia Tarabarina. Part of the Ideal
In 2025, another World Expo will take place in Osaka, Japan, in which Russia will not participate. However, a competition for the Russian pavilion was indeed held, with six projects participating. The results were never announced as Russia’s participation was canceled; the competition has no winners. Nevertheless, Expo pavilion projects are typically designed for a bold and interesting architectural statement, so we’ve gathered all the six projects and will be publishing articles about them in random order. The first one is the project by Vladimir Plotkin and Reserve Union, which is distinguished by the clarity of its stereometric shape, the boldness of its structure, and the multiplicity of possible interpretations.see All Archi.ru Texts / Creative Union ‘Reserve’
awards:
- Diploma for the best building - multifunctional complex "Quadro";
Arch Moscow 2003