Interview
Evgeny Gerasimov: we are interested in designing for Saint Petersburg
In this article, we are speaking to the architect on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the bureau “Evgeny Gerasimov and Partners”: about the lineup of his studio, about the diversity of tasks that his company handles, about the specifics of its working processes, about partnership with Sergey Tchoban, and about the soviet and post-soviet architecture.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners
  • December 26, 2016
  • Ivan Kostin
Object
​An Ice Fairy Tale
A new building of the sports complex belonging to Saint-Petersburg’s SKA club has been designed by a team of architects on the basis of a concept that won an open competition.
A-Len
  • December 14, 2016
  • Ivan Kostin Julia Tarabarina
Object
Tricolor on the Neva River
Last year, in Saint-Petersburg, at Obukhovskoy Oborony Prospect 120, was completed the construction of the All-Russian Research Institute for Radio Equipment (OAO “VNIIRA”) which is part of OOO “Contsern PVO Almaz Antei”. The project was designed by “Anatoly Stolyarchuk Architects” and “Studio 44”.
​Anatoly Stolyarchuk Architectural Studio
  • December 9, 2016
  • Irina Bembel
Object
Next to Foster
About the project of a villa community and a winery in the city of Yalta – built by Sergey Tsytsin architects.
Sergey Tsytsin’s studio
  • November 17, 2016
  • Irina Bembel
Object
​Living Next to Lyceum
This housing project, boasting a water channel, a landscaped park of its own, and the proximity to the renovated “Imperial Steam Engine Shed”, is one of the three finalists of the competition organized by the client.
Arkhstroydesign ASD
  • November 2, 2016
  • Alla Pavlikova
Object
Moscow-Berlin
The club house Gorokhovsky’12 is a vivid example of a laconic and integral, although by no means minimalist or scarce, architectural solution that its author considers to be slightly Berlin-ish. The injection was a success because there is a fair share of Moscow in this house as well.
ADM
  • Julia Tarabarina
  • October 20, 2016
Object
Dudergoff Paradise
"Dudergoff Club" – built upon a project by Sergey Tsytsin on the shore of the Finnish Gulf in Saint-Petersburg.
  • October 14, 2016
  • Irina Bembel
Object
House Turned Inside Out
In Moscow Area, Roman Leonidov designed a private residence called Hampton House, the insides of which echo its outer shell and continue it, thus making the architecture of the house not only laconic but also integral - in full accordance with the principles set by the gurus of modernism.
  • October 13, 2016
  • Alla Pavlikova
Object
Five Towers
Pristine lines of the façade grid on the outside and picturesque drawings by Sergey Tchoban on the inside: the housing project "Vodny" – designed by SPEECH.
SPEECH
  • Nina Frolova
  • September 22, 2016
Object
Mercury Planet
The Moscow-area town of Zheleznodorozhny is going to get a new shopping center designed by "Arkhstroidesign". For Aleksey Ivanov, this is already his second attempt to get his project implemented on this land site.
  • October 7, 2016
  • Alla Pavlikova
Interview
Perpendicular Reality
The giant complex of Moscow City that appeared on the map of Moscow a few years ago makes one wonder about a lot of various aspects of architectural typology of high-rise buildings. The phenomenon of a "vertical city" and solutions proportionate to it were discussed in our conversation with Sergey Estrin – the author of a whole number of bright projects of public and residential interiors in Moscow's high-rises.
  • September 14, 2016
  • Lilya Aronova
Object
Architecture for the Young
Built upon a project by Anatoly Stolyarchuk, a new youth hobby center opened in September in Saint-Petersburg.
​Anatoly Stolyarchuk Architectural Studio
  • September 8, 2016
  • Irina Bembel
Object
An Imposing Addition
Grouped together to form an architectural ensemble of the medical center of the 1980's - 2000's, several hospital buildings maintain a contextual connection with the surrounding volumes, at the same time suggesting a much more integral and laconic solution.
Company:
  • September 7, 2016
Object
Meander with a Metallic Glitter
The multifunctional project of "Danilov Plaza" - built by SPEECH Architects on the Novodanilovskaya Embankment in Moscow
SPEECH
  • September 1, 2016
  • Nina Frolova
Object
Framework in Space
Developed by "Studio 44", the project of a judo school is based on the opposition of the modernist principle of point support and the openness of deconstruction - with their sources lying in the traditional Japanese architecture. A fair share of abstraction helps to add some stylistic discourse to the necessary level of generalization.
Company:
  • August 29, 2016
  • Julia Tarabarina
Interview
Shakespeare's Shelter
An interview with the winner of "Home for Shakespeare" contest, an architect of Wowhaus, Esbergen Sabitov, and the company leader Oleg Shapiro about how a tower became a home for the famous playwright.
WOWHAUS
  • August 22, 2016
Object
Taganka Gate
This multifunctional complex that Aleksey Ginsburg has been designing for more than seven years now is going to occupy a land site on the outside part of the Garden Ring right before the tunnel entrance, and become a vis-à-vis of the building of the Taganka Theater.
Ginzburg Architects
  • Julia Tarabarina
  • August 15, 2016
Object
The Emblem of a Building Estate
A building with a curving, bionic shape was built by Sergey Tsytsyn in the middle of a future building estate within a single year. It became the locomotive of the whole development.
  • August 11, 2016
  • Irina Bembel
Object
More Atmosphere
A housing project on the Novoslobodskaya Street: a fragment of a historical brick façade, modern stone and glass... and a grand green semi-hill cascading down from the roofs of the stores into the yard.
ADM
  • August 4, 2016
  • Lilya Aronova
Object
"Superblock" on the Waterfront
The multifunctional housing project "Megalit" in Saint Petersburg's Nevsky District - designed by "Eugene Gerasimov and Partners".
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners,
  • August 3, 2016
  • Nina Frolova
Object
Introvert Colossus
The multifunctional complex "Lotus" stands out among Moscow's projects of recent years. In this article, we examine the end result, analyze its image, and try t -o sort out our impressions of it.
, SPEECH
  • July 25, 2016
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Compositional Austerity
A preliminary concept of a multifunctional housing project built in the city of Ekaterinburg upon the project of Aleksey Ivanov's "Arkhstroidesign ASD"
Arkhstroydesign ASD
  • July 28, 2016
  • Alla Pavlikova
Object
A Handmade House
The strip of land between the "Ship" House next to the Tulskaya metro station and the Shukhovskaya Tower got a new building of a compact floor plan, with sophisticated façades and bright colorful accents; a project by Alexander Asadov and Karen Saprichyan.
GrandProektCity
  • July 20, 2016
  • Lilya Aronova
Object
Kiev's Miami
Designed by "Arkhimatika" Bureau for a remote area on the left bank of the Dnipro River, the residential complex "Slavutich" affirms a new, by the Ukraine's capital standards, type of a city "resort" housing project.
Archimatika
  • July 14, 2016
  • Anna Starostina
Object
A Three-faced House
This housing project in Moscow's area of Zamoskvorechye is a fine example of filigree work with texture and architectural context that nevertheless stays within the limits of today's style.
ADM
  • July 12, 2016
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Vyatka Interventions
A series of project proposals on developing and landscaping the city of Kirov and its surrounding areas.
Arkhstroydesign ASD
  • July 5, 2016
  • Alla Pavlikova
Object
A New Perspective
A multifunctional complex designed by "ABV Group" on the land site between the Yauza River and the Bolshaya Pochtovaya Street will not only yield new housing square meters but also a new pedestrian route and an attractive public space.
ABV Group
  • July 1, 2016
  • Lilya Aronova
Object
Brickwork Reconstruction
About the project developed by "City-Arch" bureau headed by Valery Lukomsky - the project became the basis for the reconstruction of the "Meshcherin" building of the Danilovskaya Manufactura.
City-Arch
  • June 28, 2016
Object
Not the Kind of Loft You Would Expect
In the sales office of a "Sreda" residential complex, the architects of UNK project have made a model of a man-adapted reconstruction of industrial buildings.
UNK
  • June 27, 2016
  • Anna Starostina
Object
A City of Light
Based on the norms of insolation and the technical assignment, the architects of Sergey Estrin’s Architects have created an imagery and many-sided concept of a residential development in one of Moscow’s green areas.
Sergey Estrin Architects
  • June 23, 2016
Interview
Anatoly Stolyarchuk: "You don't need an architect to build a modern hypermarket".
Hypermarkets are one of the most popular and in-demand types of today's construction. Is there a place in it for architecture, or does it all come down to the technology and cost-efficiency requirements? About this, we are talking to Anatoliy Stolyarchuk, the architect of "Lenta" supermarket chain in Saint Petersburg.
​Anatoly Stolyarchuk Architectural Studio
  • June 16, 2016
  • Irina Bembel
Object
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.
DNK Architectural Group
  • Julia Tarabarina
  • June 6, 2016
Object
Biotechnogenic Duality
A concept of nature and technology combined in the interior of company MRTS, performing construction of major subsea pipelines.
  • June 8, 2016
  • Alla Pavlikova
Object
The Garden I Dreamed of...
The kindergarten project in the city of Beloyarsky is not only energy-efficient and fit to meet the challenges of the local tough climate but is also designed to renew the outdated norms based on outdated views of the preschool education. This is a "reform" project.
  • May 26, 2016
Object
Breaking the Pattern
"Atrium" keeps on proving the versatility of its skills and approaches - each new project that it completes possesses a new function, yet the author's style is still inevitably recognizable in it. A year and a half ago the company completed a residential project with a sports complex; still before that - "KVN" youth center. The new building is a shopping and business center by the name of "Vodny" ("By the Water").
ATRIUM
  • Maria Fadeeva
  • May 19, 2016
Object
The Heart of Tula
A bridge that looks like an ancient fish skeleton, an art object in the shape of a giant heart and no samovars or gingerbread – a contest project for improvement of the historical center of Tula from “4izmerenie”.
4izmerenie
  • May 24, 2016
  • Alla Pavlikova
Object
Borderline House
The residential complex that Nikita Yavein built in Kronstadt is low-rise and cost-efficient but, at the same time, it has a lot of unusual and interesting points to it, all the more so if we are to consider this project in the context of the "standardization" trend that is so characteristic of the Russian residential construction today.
Company:
  • May 25, 2016
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Façade Embroidery
A new version of the redevelopment project of the Ural Instrument Engineering Plant from T+T Architects
Т+Т Architects
  • May 17, 2016
  • Lilya Aronova
Object
A Cute "Garden" Town
Located not far away from the Kurskaya metro station, the Maly Poluyaroslavsky Alley got a new nursery school built upon the project by Asadov Bureau - a fine example of out-of-the-box thinking when it comes to designing preschool facilities in the nation's capital.
ASADOV architects
  • May 12, 2016
Object
From a Bird's Eye View
A complicated land site in the south district of the nation's capital: Nikita Biryukov designs a residential complex consisting of four almost New-York-style skyscrapers that still pay respect to the realities of Moscow.
  • April 28, 2016
  • Lilya Aronova