Sergey Estrin: "Challenging tasks stimulate unconventional solutions". The founders and co-owners of AMSE Bureau Sergey Estrin and Konstantin Levin share about their drive, growth, the customer's feelings about the architectural plastics and their unwillingness to work in the classic genres, and how they feel about participating in contests.
Merchant Zaryvny's Windmill Loft In the city of Orenburg, T+T Architects completed the reconstruction of an office building that became the first case of an "loft office" in this city considerably remote from either of the two nation's capitals.
The Final CutThe multi-function complex on the Valovaya Street, completed by "Reserve" Creative Union in the end of last year is Moscow's rare example of a drag-on project that ultimately lived to be implemented.
Flip-flopper HouseThe Asadov Bureau has built in the city of Dzerzhinsky one of the most up-to-date red-and-white houses, in the vein of neo-constructivism.
From Solntsevo to PeredelkinoThe judging panel announced the names of the ten finalists of the contest for the best architectural concept/proposal for the "Novoperedelkino" and "Solntsevo" metro stations of the "yellow" line of Moscow Metro.
Unconventional OfficeIn the interior design of the office of the company "ProfMedia", the architects of UNK project were able to combine the quality of a practical business space with a multilayer "tell-tale" imagery that brings together the spirit of the place and the art of movie making.
Garden CityWorking on the project of landscaping the territory of the office center, T+T Architects filled it with a multitude of ideas capable of giving to the fragment of the former industrial park an air of a comfortable and thought-out public territory.
Vertical City ExperimentDesigned for Hong-Kong by Levon Airapetov and Valeria Preobrazhenskaya, the contest project of a skyscraper continues the search for a fresh view of the architectural matter characteristic of these authors, and at the sane time proposes a new look at the grammar of the high-rise architecture.
City of SuburbsUntil the end of this summer, the Museum of Architecture features the show "Corod Architecturium" ("Architecturium City") dedicated to the studio's tenth anniversary.
Opting for the FutureIn this issue, we feature the contest project of renovating the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts - developed by Sergey Skuratov Architects.
Lost WorldThe project of reconstructing "Luzhniki" swimming complex by Asadov Bureau provided for keeping the old building fully intact, augmenting it with a new volume with the intellectual engineering content that would support a complex vegetation eco-system - the "lost world" amusement park - without the dinosaurs, though.
Architecture FlowingXXII Winter Olympics in Sochi left behind a vast architectural legacy. Besides the sports and housing projects, these are the impressive infrastructure objects, among which a special place is occupied by "Olympic Park" railway station built upon the project of "Studio 44".
Detailed coverage of the contest project of the International financial center in the area of Rublevo-Arkhangelskoe by the consortium "Reserve + Maxwan"
Circles on the WallsIn this issue, we showcase one of the most widely discussed interior designs of the year - the restaurant of the famous Central House of Writers, renovation of which was done by the famous architectural bureau WOWHAUS.
Sunny PaletteAmong the suburban high-rises of Saint Petersburg, the Bureau of Victor Vissarionov has designed a spectacular residential complex with a broad pedestrian boulevard and a landscaped public territory.
Execution Cannot Be PardonedWhen working in the megalopolis, the architects very often are faced with a dilemma: reconstruction or building a new house? At the example of multifunctional complex on the Vernadskogo Avenue, "T+T Architects" showed to us the benefits and the limitations of each of the solutions.
Black-and-White DuoNext to "Nagornaya" metro station, upon the project of "Sergey Kisselev and Partners", soon there will start the construction of two residential towers attracting one's attention with their dramatic checkered coating.
"Pantheon" of QR-codes to work for "Zaryadye"We examined the new pavilion and talked to Sergey Kuznetsov, the author of the idea of its recreation on the new spot and in the new capacity.
Life on the LevelIn Moscow area, architect Roman Leonidov and designer Svetlana Fiantseva are building a residential house whose elongated one-story volume looks like it is opposed to the verticals of the city.
Unity of the UnlikeThe project of the residential complex "Wine House" is the result of joint work of Moscow's two largest architectural companies - "Reserve" and SPEECH.
Gentleman and Hi-techConcrete and glass, stylization and modernity, catholic romanticism and hi-tech metal... Eugene Gerasimov has been able to tie all of these themes into one consistent image.
Parade of the PortalsFor the city of Astana, "Studio 44” developed the design proposal of the new building of the Defense Ministry of Republic of Kazakhstan.
Parks of Deluxe ClassArchitect Aleksey Ivanov speaks about the all-but-obsolete format of deluxe villa communities, one of the essential attributes of which was a large-scale landscaped territory.
Three Parts of a Whole"Sergey Skuratov Architects" took part in the contest for the best multifunctional design concept of the territory of Moscow's "Artificial Leather Factory".
Island near the HouseIn one of the picturesque bends of the Skhodnya River, Architecturium" Studio is building the residential complex named "Novogorsk Olympic Village. Resort”.
Green CatamaranOn Moscow's Olimpiysky Avenue, "Asadov Architectural Bureau", together with M-19 of "Mosproject-2", has built the business center "Olympic Hall".
A Block behind the Wall of TowersIn this issue, we feature yet another finalist of the contest for the project of the residential complex at the Rublevskoe Highway - a concept by "Atrium" bureau.
Museum on a Track Switch"Studio 44" has designed a new complex of October Railway Central Museum that is going to be located behind the Baltiysky Railway Station in Saint Petersburg.
Red, Green... Striped!A detailed report of the project by "Reserve" Studio that took the second place at the contest for the concept of a residential complex at the Rublevskoe Highway in Moscow.
Sweet Symbol of InnovationFor the green SMART City Kazan, Totan Kuzembaev Architectural studio developed a conceptual project of a multifunctional showroom.
From under the Tuscan SunUpon the project of "Roman Leonidov Architectural Bureau", New Moscow got the restaurhttp://i.archi.ru/i/650/154395.jpgant named "Florentini".
Business Activity BeaconOn commission of Nord Star Development, "Sergey Estrin Architectural Studio" came up with the interior design of its new office.
Zaryadye History ParkVera Butko and Anton Nadtochy, participants of MVRDV Consortium, share about the project that took the third place in the contest for the best design of Zaryadye Park, about their impressions from their joint work with Winy Maas, and about what his initial concept was all about.