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Magnet of the esplanade
Savvinskaya embankment in “Hamovniki” district is one of the most prestigious places in Moscow in terms of location, transport accessibility and views. However, historically it has been built up with industrial facilities, only recently they started to construct apartment buildings there. One of such complexes will be constructed in the place of “Gardteks” spinning and weaving factory. Earlier this year there has been held an architectural contest, with such participants as TPO "Reserve", "Sergey Kisselev & Partners", "Sergei Skuratov Architects» and “Bogachkin and Bogachkin”. Speaking about the contest results we start with the project by Sergey Skuratov, who made an impressing two-level esplanade the centre of the residential complex composition.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • November 2, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Pavilions in the park, or homely welcome
This summer the architectural workshop "Studio 44" has completed construction of a new 4 star hotel in Petergof. Designed as a small and comfortable city-block it is perfectly fitted into the natural and cultural surrounding of one of the most popular towns by St.Petersburg.
Company:
  • October 27, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Strictness of the form
The architectural workshop "Yevgeny Gerasimov and Partners” built a residential complex in the Admiralteisky district of St. Petersburg. Its style is neoconstructivism and it very accurately conveys the nature of its surrounding.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners
  • October 25, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Like a wave it talks to the avenue
The new building, designed by SREECH studio is located at the cross of Udaltsova street and Leninsky avenue. Truly, a rare example when an object is situated along one of the main routes in the capital and it does not occupy the entire construction territory, but gives most of it to the landscaping. From the town-planning point such tactfulness is logical and reasonable, only it’s a pity in modern Moscow we have to point out this fact but not take for granted.
SPEECH
  • October 21, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya Alexander Mezhov
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Access code
In 2011 there will be constructed a new building of the National Library of the Czech Republic in Prague. International architectural contest was held nearly four years ago. Moscow bureau Totement/Paper was among the participants, they put a principle of coding in their project.
TOTEMENT/PAPER
  • October 14, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Sergey Skuratov: I'm satisfied with each of my projects
One of the most famous Russian architects Sergey Skuratov marked his 55 jubilee on the last day of September. Soon after we met with the founder of “Sergey Skuratov Architects” bureau and asked him a few questions about the profession, art, city, and about himself
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • October 12, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Knowledge pyramid
In August there have been held an international architectural contest on the best project of History Museum of Kazahstan building in Astana. Architectural company "Studio 44" from St. Petersburg was among the participants.
Company:
  • October 6, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Ice Age
The final chapter in the story of the house-arch project on Mozhaiskoe highway, where it is no longer an arch.
Bavykin architects
  • October 5, 2010
  • Julia Tarabarina
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Prices, terms & the beauty
Today we are talking to Denis Kuvshinnikov, the head of Interior Department of ABD Architects bureau. This unit of the leading Russian architectural company carries out the full range of services of developing, implementation and turnkey solutions for corporate interiors. Among their clients are such companies as Autodesk, Johnson & Johnson, Bacardi, Jones Lang LaSalle, Credit Suisse, KPMG and many others.
ABD architects
  • October 4, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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White Lightning
Architectural studio "Sergei Kiselev & Partners” designed a mixed-use complex of 13500 thousand sq m In Sevastopol. It houses shops, cafes, cinemas and offices, and is like a gallery open under the southern sky – buildings will be thread on axis of the new pedestrian street going down to the sea, it will run within the existing city-block.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • September 15, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Facing the waters
Within the "Russia Factory" project "Studio 44" was working on the regeneration concept of “Proletarsky Avangard”cotton factory. The architects connected its territory with the water system of Vyshny Volochyok by a new channel, after reconstruction the former production will turn into a small Venice.
Company:
  • September 4, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Bridge to the world of haute couture
Architectural studio SPEECH developed a renovation concept of "Aelita" garment factory in Vyshny Volochyok. Since manufacture is in operation, the architects decided not to repurpose it, but support it by constructing an outlet-centre by the factory.
SPEECH
  • September 3, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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In the earth circle
TPO "Reserv" join the project on developing the image of the Ryabushinsky’s factory, the largest and most known companies of Vyshny Volochyok. Architects turned The former textile manufacturing into the Museum of the world knowledge and techno-entertainment park.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • September 2, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Lace pattern of the future
“Yevgeny Gerasimov and Partners” architectural studio in Vyshny Volochyok got "Paris Commune" factory. The architects placed a conference center, hotel, apartment house and an art school on its territory.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners
  • September 1, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Inhabited Island
We start the article series about the projects developed by participants of the Russian pavilion exposition at the International Architecture Biennale XII in Venice by the story about regeneration concept of Vyshni Volochek historic center, developed by “Sergei Skuratov Architects” bureau. Sergei Skuratov is the only participant of the “Russian architectural team”, who transformed the curatorial assignment, he changed the object location and its functions.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • August 31, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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The kingdom of broadcasters
The architectural studio Speech designed a mixed-use complex on Imereti lowland. During the winter of 2014 it will house the main broadcast center of Olympic Games, after the event it will be turned into a retail and entertainment center.
SPEECH
  • August 19, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Invisible coat
One of the absolute leaders of the international closed contest on the best "Dinamo" stadium reconstruction solution featured in the short-list was the project of SPEECH architectural studio and the German GMP bureau. The architects covered football arena conforming the UEFA standards with an impressing transparent saddle-shaped roof.
SPEECH
  • August 12, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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A full cup
In Moscow at the end of June there were announced results of international closed contest on the architectural and urban solutions for reconstruction and development of “Dinamo” sports complex territory. The legendary first Soviet stadium will be renamed to "VTB Arena Park" - on behalf of the reconstruction organizer and main investor. There participated five teams consisting of the largest Russian and foreign architectural bureau. With the publication about ABD Architects (Russia) and Perkins Eastman International (USA) project we start the series of articles about the results of one of the most interesting and perfectly organized international architectural contests held in Russia.
ABD architects
  • August 11, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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The colors of dance
Today in Saint Petersburg there are being realized two architectural projects related Boris Eifman, the world-known choreographer. The Dutch UN Studio is designing a theatre for his troupe within the “European Embankment” city block, and in Lisa Chaikina street everything is ready for construction the Dance Academy, designed by “Studio 44” architectural studio.
Company:
  • August 10, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Moscow green yard
"ROT FRONT" confectionery manufacturer is one of the largest industrial enterprises located in the centre of Moscow. It was long decided to move such industries out of the historical city area. “Guta Development “, investor of the factory complex reconstruction, has already gained considerable experience in such kind of industries conversion. The famous "Krasny Oktyabr” [Red October] was turned into a mixed-use area, in the place of "Rot Front" there will be a business class residential complex designed by “Sergey Kiselev & Partners”.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • August 3, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Simple
"Sergey Kiselev & Partners” architectural studio designed a new residential city-block for Tekstilschiki district in Moscow. It consists of 6 apartment towers. Volumes with simple forms and coloring are expected to be the ornament of the district. The architects purposely made them simple in order to make the process of filling the shy visual environment gradual and delicate.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • July 23, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Nikita Yavein: Today we have to choose customers, but not objects
Nikita Igorevich Yavein is the head of the architectural studio "Studio 44"and one of the most famous and highly awarded architects of St. Petersburg. In the interview to Arhi.ru he speaks how bureau keeps during the economic crisis, successfully designing modern buildings and working on heritage objects restoration.
Company:
  • July 19, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Ground Folds
Vladimir Plotkin designed a unique sculpture-building for one of the passages connecting Sretenka and Trubnaya streets. The apartment complex consists of two sections with different heights, wrapped in folded skin of glass and travertine.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • July 14, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Deck for the "Titanic"
After the high-rise "Titanic" “Alexey Bavykin and Partners” studio designed a low-rise apartment complex of gallery type on Alpiskaya street in Sochi.
Bavykin architects
  • July 13, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya Julia Tarabarina
Сleanness of the style
In Moscow, on Stanislavsky street there has been completed construction of a residential building designed by John MacAslan + Partners studio (London) and ADM bureau (Moscow). For Russian architectural practice this is not just a rare example of successful cooperation of Western and Russian architects, but their comprehensive and effective coauthorship.
ADM
  • July 12, 2010
  • Anna Gerasimenko
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Quiet сharm of "chalet"
This spring Roman Leonidov, the architect, has completed construction of a new countryside cottage, which became the embodiment of his vision of a comfortable and stylish private home.
Studio of Roman Leonidov
  • July 9, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Sergey Skuratov: "I will defend my building ..."
The last three weeks “House on Mosfilmovskaya” has been in the center of attention of the city media. Only now architectural value of the project and even plentiful professional awards are not the subject of numerous articles. Moscow authorities unexpectedly recognized in the famous skyscraper an uncontrolled settlement and promised to build it down in about a quarter. We asked the architect Sergei Skuratov, who is the authors of the “House on Mosfilmovskaya” to comment on the situation.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • July 7, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Dungeon of Bacchus
“Sergei Kiselev & Partners” designed three absolutely different projects of wineries in Krasnodar sky region. With the latest technologies, this complex will become not only a new centre of wine production and a museum of winemaking traditions of Southern Russia.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • June 30, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Resort construction
In one of the most scenic and ecologically safe suburbs of St. Petersburg, in Zelenogorsk resort town “Evgeny Gerasimov and Partners” studio completed construction of a new apartment-hotel. On the green hillside among giant boulder stones the architects raised a dynamic composition of geometric volumes.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners
  • June 28, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya Julia Tarabarina
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A double knot
July 2010 there will be started construction of a new railway station in Sochi, one of the main passenger terminals of the forthcoming Olympic Games 2014, which will provide communication between Adler, Krasnaya Polyana, the international airport and Abkhazia. The architectural image of the facility was designed by “Studio 44”, they developed it considering landscape peculiarities and traditions of the seaside architecture.
Company:
  • June 21, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
On the bed of music
In Tai Bei less than a year ago there was held an international architectural contest on Taipei Pop Music Center design project. TPO "Reserv" interpreted the object as a giant bed, a "bed" which they turned into an outdoor stage.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • June 17, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Patchwork Quilt
It's well known the economy crisis has totally changed priorities of developers and architects. Before they would prefer large-scale projects of complex housing, today simple cost efficient objects which create comfortable environment come to the fore. Andrey Asadov’s architectural studio suggests building their town named “Loskutki” out of such objects, each can be modified considering interests of future residents.
ASADOV architects
  • June 15, 2010
  • Anna Gerasimenko
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"Garden neighborhoods": anti-crisis upgrade
Today, "Garden neighborhoods" is one of the most famous Moscow projects. It’s notable due to it its location in Hamovniki, on site of "Kauchuk" factory, and it’s totally unique concept "design code", developed by Sergey Skuratov. Today we discuss the process of project realization and changes made because of the economic crisis with the author of its concept.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • May 21, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Towers over the cube
The World Universal Exhibition EXPO-2010 started its work on May 1 in Shanghai. A very important date for Russia? The country participated in the prestigious exhibition and had its own pavilion. Twelve white towers with red-gold ornament symbolizing both the rich historical and cultural heritage of the country and concern on the future, openness to new. The pavilion project was designed by Bureau TOTEMENT / PAPER.
TOTEMENT/PAPER
  • May 17, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain
For more than 10 years the new city is being built under the motto “Astana is city of future”. Such worldwide famous architects as Kisho Kurokawa, Norman Foster, Manfredi Nicoletti, Bureau BIG signed in its image. Institute of Astana master plan every year sets new international contest. This year the architectural studio of A.Asadov was invited to participated in such on the project of a Palace of Schoolchildren Art. The architects named “Palitra” their complex consisting of colored buildings.
ASADOV architects, , GrandProektCity
  • April 28, 2010
  • Anna Gerasimenko
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Within the circle of happiness
Architecture of "Zarechie" residential complex employs and variously plays with geometry of the circle – so to say, it is not sketched with a ruler, but a pair of compasses. Here you can see a try to comprehend the idea of "round house" uncovered again by Melnikov, or it is another interpretation of Malevich's suprematism, but geometry is not core in project, it emotional spirit, which comes from the great architectural desire of the last century – designing of a beautiful life .
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • April 19, 2010
  • Julia Tarabarina
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Autum yellow leaf
At the very edge of Strogino residential area the architect Alexey Bavykin designed a high-rise apartment building named "Golden Autumn". This is a light tower covered with a giant golden "leaf", which like an arrow points toward the city center.
Bavykin architects
  • April 14, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Pearl of Drava
In Slovenian city of Maribor there is ended an international open competition on three objects at a time - the embankment of the Drava river, pedestrian bridge and an art gallery new building. More than 400 architects participated in the contest, each could present one or more projects. Vladimir Bindeman’s studio "Arhitekturium" considered most interesting the chance to work on appearance of an art gallery and the cultural and exhibition center was interpreted as a giant elliptical, carefully inserted in the newly created district.
Arhitekturium
  • April 9, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Portals in the park
Sergei Skuratov, was the only Russian architect, invited to participate in recently held international contest on design of Perm Opera and Ballet Theater new building. His theatre project was the largest in scale and most elaborated in terms of functionality, architectural and planning stage. Dressed in matte, frosty glass and bronze copper, complex designed by Skuratov really looks like a northern theater.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • April 2, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Water Stadium
In 2013 in Kazan there will be held the 27th Summer Universiade – the World Student Sports Games. It requires 40 sports facilities, many of which will be built specifically for the Universiade. One of the most important is the Palace of water sports designed by SPEECH architectural studio, they won the contest as well as Arup and PSO "Kazan." This facility combines the clean energy of classical modernism forms with delicate textures and technical capabilities of modern architecture.
SPEECH
  • March 29, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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With surgical precision
The architectural studio "Studio 44" designed a new treatment and rehabilitation complex for one of the most well-known St. Petersburg medical institutions - Federal Heart, Blood and Endocrinology Centre in the name of V.A. Almazov. There will be conducted cardiac surgery and hemo transplantation. An uncommon architectural solution was found for a uniquely equipped center.
Company:
  • March 24, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Glass Dune
Along the left bank of the Volga river, opposite to Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, not yet developed, soon there will grow a modern tourist and business center. The project of this mixed-use facility was designed by PTAM Vissarionov. The architects interpreted Kremlin vis-а-vis as a giant dune of glass.
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • March 22, 2010
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia
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New generation DNA
After the triumph of the boarding school in Kozhukhovo which brought a number of prestigious professional awards to the architectural studio "Atrium" and reputation of social-oriented developer to the "DON-Stroi" company, their co-operation simply had to be continued. Anton Nadtochy and Vera Butko designed children educational campus, consisting of a school for 1100 students and two pre-school facilities, for the 12th district of Shchukino. It’s been dominated by DON-stroi "Alye Parusa" for a few yeas now.
ATRIUM
  • March 2, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Sectional Elevation
Vladimir Bindeman’s studio "Arhitekturium" designed "Kiparis" hotel for Hostinsky district in Sochi. Because of the considerable relief drop the 7storey building looks like a 3storey one, but due to the distinguished boomerang shape it can be a new sign of the area.
Arhitekturium
  • February 25, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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House with gryphons
“Evgeny Gerasimov and Partners” designed a building, resembling both a Venetian palace by the water and a romantic castle, for Krestovsky island, which for a few years now has been seized with an elite housing development boom.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners
  • February 19, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya Julia Tarabarina
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Further Mathematics
Marfino residential district located in the north-east of Moscow, made into the recent history as a huge area of typical housing development. However, it was not such before: the concept was totally changed a few times, from elite to “economy-class” real estate. "Sergey Kiselev & Partners” was in charge of the next to last reincarnation of Marfino.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • February 17, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Mission "Luxe"
Reconstruction of "Tsentralnaya" hotel is one of Moscow projects fated to raise heated debates. Defenders of historical objects call it just “destruction of the monument”, but the officials name it “restoration and development”. Pavel Andreev, the architect and author of the project takes a philosophical approach to such opposition of terminology, saying that monuments will always be reconstructed and the story of "Central" just proves it.
Paul Andreev
  • February 12, 2010
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Cosmos under the ground
Last autumn, in Kaluga, there was held an open contest on the second stage project of The State Museum of Cosmonautics History in the name of K.E. Tsiolkovsky. Vissarionov’s PTAM arranged the new constructions of the museum mostly under the underground, in the natural slope.
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • February 11, 2010
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia