Object
Procrustes's bed of regulations
Today in Moscow, there is still in progress work on a number of large-scale development projects, soon there will be new city districts. One of the projects is the residential city-block in the bottom-land of Ramenka river by Pavel Andreev. It was already highlighted by the agency of architectural new.
Paul Andreev
  • December 22, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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A decent charm of proportions
Construction of Kudrovo, a new housing estate, with population of 60 000 is one of the most ambitious Saint-Petersburg projects of complex territory development, even the economical crisis did not cease it. “Evgeny Gerasimov and partners” in association with Nps Tchoban Voss developed a master-plan and architectural concept of the North Capital new satellite town.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners, Tchoban Voss Architekten
  • December 8, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Zigzag of health
Vera Butko and Anton Nadtochi gracefully fit the project of a health clinic combined with spa-resort into Moscow area hills saving its straight line architecture integrity. A harmonious scenery.
ATRIUM
  • December 7, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Tartan pattern
Upon the project of “Sergei Kiselev and partners” there will be constructed a business centre consisting of nine variable-height buildings at the cross of Serpuhovsky Val and Shabolovka street. Designed entirely for offices and placed tightly the buildings however will not transfer the area into another “City”, thought they are very similar to is scale, coloring and character.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • December 3, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Miraculous transformation of a house
Numerous brick palaces and castles built in provinces around Moscow in 1990ies are among symbols of the period. However the fashion on massive structures “styled after” went by fast and nowadays such houses are being reconstructed. ADM bureau has recently completed such project, where they managed to turn a pseudo classical private residence into a work of modern architecture.
ADM
  • December 1, 2009
  • Anna Gerasimenko
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Crystal Revolution
Anyone who ever bought a souvenir knows that the "Russian national crafts" and "modern design" are not very friendly to each other. Is it possible to bring a new life into something that is a real ornament of the national culture and history? Arseni Leonovich, an architect from Panacom bureau reply in the affirmative. This year, in May as a guest designer at ZAO "Russian art crafts” he started the process of introduction the industry with modern design in the town of Gus-Crystal, the oldest center of the glass industry.
PANACOM
  • November 26, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Brigantine spreads sails
In May “Studio-44” got a new office, a 3 storey building in Manezhny pereulok, with a built-up 2 level mansard. It is significant for its interior with bare interior rafter system of glued wood. Critics have already compared it to an inverted Viking boat. The project received the Bronze diploma at “Zodchestvo-2009” festival.
Company:
  • November 25, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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At the cross of the two boulevard
In 2004 the project of “Novoarchangelskoe” locality developed by “Architecturium” won the contest run by “Sovremenny Dom” magazine. Five years ago the fact of running such contest was an absolute breakthrough for domestic market of countryside developments: developers realized that an architect plays a significant role in success of commercial product “countryside development” and exactly at the stage of developing a master-plan. Realization of the project-winner is a fine example.
Arhitekturium
  • November 11, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
A snow whirl for Sochi
Arrangements for the Olympic Games of 2014 are at full drive. In Imeretinskaya Valley a number of objects are being built at the moment, and a few other ones are in project. For many large countries the Olympic Games is a chance to demonstrate their national schools of architecture, but Russia is different. Russian architects are left to take personal initiative and make alternative projects for Sochi-2014. Such fighters for national atmosphere is A. Asadov’s studio and “Project-KS”, they have developed a conception of design of sport facilities named “sNezhnaya Russia”. Without breaking into the objects project they have created a smart “packing case” which is able to change the entire image.
ASADOV architects
  • November 5, 2009
  • Anna Gerasimenko
Object
The linear path of development
Contest on the reconstruction project of the famous Apraksin Dvor in St. Petersburg became one of the most famous in architectural life of 2007. Journalists readily covered opposition of the two major players of the game: Glavstroy and Russian Land development corporations. Must admit the concepts paled beside such factors and were rarely highlighted in media. While there were interesting project among them, including the one by "Studio 44". Their concept preserves the historical structure of Apraksin Dvor and enriches it with new features.
Company:
  • October 29, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Underground road
In Moscow, a couple of years ago, the reconstruction project of New Arbat was extensively discussed - the city authorities planned to hide a part of the street under the ground, and the rest ground part turn it into a walking boulevard with numerous recreation and shopping areas. The project still remains doubtful, the highway street is central and essential, but the Moscow architects liked the idea to hide roads under the ground and leave the town clear for foot-passenger. For example, the architectural concept of development of the Minskaya street has such town-planning concept, it is designed by the ABD architects and last year it won the open contest.
ABD architects
  • October 28, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Model of the future city
Once there was a border of historical Krasnodar along Severnaya street but today it is a centre of the city and one of its major transport routes. But still it is lacking defined architecture and remains rural. The architects of "Sergey Kiselev & Partners” company designed the four office towers for the central part of the street and suggested the development concept of the area.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • October 26, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Crystal Wings
On the way to Sheremetvevo-2 airport, in the field near Melkisarovo village, installation of the “Aeroflot” company office building is completed. Three years ago we had a publication about the project here. This is a back-office of the Aeroflot (the head office will be located in a rented space on the Arbat), and at the same time this is a perfect head office. Anyway, it is hard to imagine a more appropriate office for a company involved in air transport services.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • October 12, 2009
  • Julia Tarabarina
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Students Living Do Re Mi
The forthcoming reconstruction of the Moscow State Conservatory in the name of Tchaikovsky will involve not only the famous group of buildings on Bolshaya Nikitskaya, but the hall of residence of the oldest musical institute of the country. Project of the hall was developed by th studio 14 of “Mosproekt-2”. The group of authors headed by Pavel Andreev wanted to create a house "to grow into" for students realizing the rare chance to.
Paul Andreev
  • October 5, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
“The harmonies austere” in a new version
Throughout the last year the name of the residential complex "Finansist" was appearing on front pages of St. Petersburg newspapers. The conflict was up because of the height of the new building, designed by "Yevgeny Gerasimov and Partners” studio for the 27th line of Vasilevsky Island. Defenders of the canonical panoramas of St. Petersburg demanded for reduction of the residential towers height, but legality of the three-dimensional solution had all the required approvals. "Finansist" is not only a remarkable piece of new architecture of St. Petersburg, but also is an interesting legal precedent, shedding a new light on the relationships between developers and the city on the Neva monument preservation agencies.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners
  • October 1, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Shift of poles
In Moscow on Gilyarovsky street ABD Architects bureau designed a 9-storey office complex, which silhouette resembles a pile of books. The project is an illustrative proof that a dense surrounding housing and a small area can’t be an obstacle for creating a comfortable and interesting building.
ABD architects
  • September 29, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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A horseshoe for luck
Today it is smart to talk of architects and their social responsibility, as rule, the last is narrowed to “do no harm your city" concept. But few think that architects are able and must provide pro bono services. This makes the example of "Sergei Kiselev & Partners” more valuable for the professional community. They developed the urban and architectural concept of social village in Volokolamsk district of Moscow region.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • September 25, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Special case
In 2001 there was installed a building with remarkable rounded facade by Sergei Skuratov’s project along Burdenko street, which joins the Garden Ring and Hamovniki. Today "Sergei Skuratov Architects" have another client and different requirements, but the second construction will be located almost opposite to the first one, and soon Burdenko street will gain not only a new building but a very interesting dialogue of the two creations belonging to the same master.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • September 21, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Futuristic manor
PTAM. Vissarionov have recently completed the project of the second stage of a small art-hotel “on the Turkey shore”. The architects call this object villa, and the style – biomorfizm. However, biomorizm here is not architecture, "grown" from the landscape, but the object has rather emphasized futuristic design, cleverly implanted into.
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • September 18, 2009
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia
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Within the bounds of high density
Nearby “Smolenskya metro” the architects of ADM bureau designed a residential complex with total space of 60000 sq m. But despite this impressive number and extreme narrowness of the site, the architects made a comfortable environment for all future dwellers: riverfront, pedestrian outdoors, barbecue on a roof.
ADM
  • September 17, 2009
  • Anna Gerasimenko
Object
Forge of executives
Mikhailovskaya dacha or Mikhailovka manor is one of the pearls in the necklace of the palace and park ensembles of the Great Peterhof road. It is a historical and cultural monument of federal significance and is the nearest neighbor of Konstantinovsky Palace. The last, a few years ago turned into the Palace of Congresses, probably, suggested the city authorities scenario for Mikhailovka recovery from the ruins. Under the project of architectural bureau "Studio 44" there will be constructed Graduate School of Management campus on the basis of manor of the Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich.
Company:
  • September 15, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Connectable architecture
"Multipurpose series barge" is the name given by the architects of SK&P to their contest project for Moscow-river. They also compare it with a computer USB connection. The project has two parts. The main has building-modules on the floating platform which can be connected to the standard “port” of the pier. The second is responsible for the connection of the idea with a particular place – a wooden pedestrian quay and a light bridge over the Moscow River.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • September 11, 2009
  • Julia Tarabarina
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Terraces go down to the sea
Private family type boarding house built in Sochi under Vladimir Bindeman’s project is an example of a quality and an elegant resort architecture, lack of which has been acute in this city over the over recent years. While the future Winter Olympics host is being hastily built over with large-scale residential, hotel and sports complexes, Vladimir Bindeman and his co-author Natalia Kotova have implemented their project in the very heart of the famous resort, it organically combines simplicity and comfort, refined laconism of forms and complexity of design solutions.
Arhitekturium
  • September 1, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Eco project
Once Barvihinskaya street was quiet and picturesque Moscow suburb, today it is part of the comfortless area, extremely close to Mozhaiskoe highway and the Moscow Ring Road. Architects from SPeeCH bureau will return the street its past plentiful greens: their project of a mixed-use complex includes about 4,000 sq m of green space.
SPEECH
  • August 31, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Quayside house. The palace
“Barkley-plaza”, an office building along the Prechistinskaya quay fronts the river as well as “Danilovsky fort”. But it looks more like a palace, than a fort.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • August 13, 2009
  • Julia Tarabarina
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Quayside house. The fort
This year Sergey Skuratov has almost at the same time completed construction of the two office buildings located on Prechistenskaya and Novodanilovaskaya quays. They have a lot in common, in particular, they both appreciate presence of the river, though the author does not aim to build “real” bridges to it.
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • August 12, 2009
  • Julia Tarabarina
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"Linkor", more "Linkor"!
In the end of 2007 "Studio 44" architects built the A-class business center named " Linkor " nearby the most revolutionary symbol of St. Petersburg - "Aurora" cruiser. This complex is a lot like a ship and was built using the most innovative materials and technologies. It is reasonably seen together with "Aurora" – it is so unique and progressive, that it seems a revolution in office architecture of the city on the Neva is inevitable.
Company:
  • August 7, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Training for the Olympic Games on the bank of Shodnya river
On the picturesque bank of wandering and deep Shodnya river there is being constructed sports and residential complex "Novogorsk Olympic Village” under the project of Vladimir Bindeman’s studio. The idea is clearly shown in the project name: in the village there will be built one of the largest sports and social complex in the region, residential spaces here will be bought mainly by current and future Russian Olympic champions training in the numerous centers nearby Novogorsk.
Arhitekturium
  • August 5, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Exhibition complex
We can’t imagine any modern megapolis, a cultural and industrial center without a large exhibition complex. Even though today an exhibition is primarily a high-tech infrastructure with a full range of services, the typology of building requires a bright and catchy architecture, symbolizing success and attractiveness of such kind events. There are such complexes in Milan, Frankfurt and Paris. Now St. Petersburg is also in the list. Yevgeny Gerasimov and Sergei Tchoban designed new “ExpoForum” for the city.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners, Tchoban Voss Architekten
  • July 30, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Postindustrial house-building
ABD architects bureau is completing the project of a new residential district in Lipetsk at the moment. The client is Novolipetsky metallurgical plant – the largest and one of the most successful industrial companies in the city, this fact though does not guarantee realization of the project but requires quite a high level of living standards for the future district.
ABD architects
  • July 27, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
Symbol of executive branch transparency
Ensemble of “Nevskaya city hall” was already well known on the international contest stage. This is a city-block with a palace of the executive branch in the centre. Transparency here is the symbol of democracy, and the stone is the sign of Piter context.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners, Tchoban Voss Architekten
  • July 16, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Color sampling
Sunny coloring of the shopping center facades, designed by "Sergei Kiselev & Partners” for the South Butovo, surprisingly fine matches the character of the surrounding landscape - fresh, natural, not totally occupied by new urban housing developments.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • July 15, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Mitigating Contrast
Green spaces are very valuable in large cities. ADM bureau project of a mixed-use complex which includes a hotel, apartments and office spaces is being completed within one of such "oases" in Moscow, on the bank of Khimkinsky water basin.
ADM
  • July 13, 2009
  • Anna Gerasimenko
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Center of Perm
Administration building of Perm city has developed into a complex of the urban center in Ilya Utkin’s project. It combines the three themes: administrative building, office towers and a new traffic interchange, into a single austere Art Deco ensemble.
U-Studio
  • July 6, 2009
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Front line architecture
Modern Ostozhenka has many titles. The most known is the "Golden Mile" and conservancy area of modern architecture. The first says it’s a heart of the most expensive and the most elite real estate, and the second one symbolizes the place where we take foreigners who need a proof that housing in Moscow is not always a kitsch. But Ostozhenka is not just a street, but a district among it and Prechistenskaya bank line. There are a lot of genuine antiques, much of ridiculous kitsch, but it is lacking a quality of modern architecture, rather it was. "Sergei Kiselev & Partners” designed an emphatically modern and stylish building for one of the oldest and famous streets in Moscow.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • July 2, 2009
  • Anna Martovitskaya
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Story of the form
Numerous awards and popularity of the project of flower-villa in Turkey inspired architects from bureau of Vissarionov to experiment with private housing, this time located nearby Moscow. Authors believe the contest project of the house-transformer, a futuristic model of mobile, smart house, was the incubator of the ideas.
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • June 29, 2009
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia
Object
Islands over the sea
Studio of A.Asadov have recently designed for Sochi one of their most daring and even most fantastic projects – hotels-islands raised upon supports above the water surface. These complexes are able to compete with the project of “Federation Islands”, plus solve a number of issues of the resort and future Olympic Games city. But the question is – will they dare to build them?
ASADOV architects
  • May 4, 2009
  • Anna Gerasimenko
Object
Routine of the world behind a mirror
Construction project of the new buildings for IMET RAN will probably remain on paper. But it is remarkable because vividly represents the new wave of contextual architecture – large mirror-buildings which “absorb” surrounding, reflect it and create “another”, theatrical reality of the city.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • April 14, 2009
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Pacified contrast
“Le Grand” building is interesting with its intricate approach to the context, it takes a few traditional ideas at a time, intensifying them with hi-tech metal. Contrast of the new and the old. Sited on Nevsky prospect. But the contrast is quieted and that is the highlight of the building.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners
  • March 26, 2009
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Eco-techno-park
Recently the Town Planning Department of Cheboksary city passed the reconstruction project of territory of research and production complex “Elara”, designed by A.A. Asadov's architectural studio. In Cheboksary city there will be built a modern technopolis which will gather science laboratories and processing departments with as “green” architectural solution as possible.
ASADOV architects
  • March 25, 2009
  • Anna Gerasimenko
Object
European embankment
In St. Petersburg, on the 10th march, there was announced the winner of the international contest on the project of an unprecedentedly huge for our times of the “real” (survived the crisis) objects – the mixed-use complex European Embankment. The winner project considerably ahead from the rest was designed by the studios of Evgeny Gerasimov and Sergey Tchoban.
Evgeniy Gerasimov & partners
  • March 18, 2009
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Fusion and parting
Development history of the “Fusion-park” project is a fine example how architecture depends from idea. First, the main was a museum, and mixture of forms was the theme. Then, after the museum was enclosed in body of the building, the image of complex has changed: “fusion” was replaced by opposition of “residential theme” and “work theme” in the two nearby buildings.
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • March 16, 2009
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
A fairytale place
Kempinski hotel complex in Nizhni Novgorod is bright and diverse. Its architectural image is deep with its color, ornament, and is built around a golden tree with a firebird. It is easy to tell ornamental and fair specific of the place. So fantastic and colourful Nizhni Novgorod appears city according to the architects SPeeCH.
SPEECH
  • February 25, 2009
  • Julia Tarabarina
Colorful soul
Construction of “Centre of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology” was started last year. Since it was approved by the Prime Minister, Putin, it has become quite popular. Must say, architecture of the centre, no doubt, vital from the medicine point, seems special - its colorfulness does not only entertain children but everything is planned so that it gives hope for recovery.
ASADOV architects
  • February 18, 2009
  • Anna Gerasimenko
Object
A square symphony
Playing with scale and simple forms, Nikolai Lyzlov managed to transform atrium of an office building into something Cyclopean and bewitching, a fantasy of Piranesi. They planned to realize the building, but the crisis changed plans and probably it will remain on paper. It would be interesting to see it constructed. However the project seems to be interesting on paper as well. Like Piranesi’s.
Architectural workshop Lyzlov («AML»)
  • January 29, 2009
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
A high-rise symbol of the People's Friendship
Vissarionov’s bureau have designed a public and business centre in Ufa, which includes the two biomorphic towers and a “folded” basis, laid on the bank of Belaya river. It occupies a city block and creates a strong town-planning accent of this part of the city.
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • January 21, 2009
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia
Object
Rule of a garden
Project of the residential complex for 20 thousand people “Gardens of cultures” has the three components: urban conveniences, nature and allusions to architecture of various European countries. That is not easy. But it appears to be achievable and even possible to create a balanced image which smartly applies classic methods within modernism.
SPEECH
  • January 14, 2009
  • Anna Savkina
Object
Gostiny Dvor by Lavra
Ilya Utkin chose urban regeneration for the reconstruction project of rough modernist building of “Mir” cinema built right opposite to Troitse-Sergieva Lavra in 1970. The building will be entirely transformed and become more like a Central Russian bazaar. Though the building will change, the aim is different. It would transform a part of Zagorsk town back into Sergiev Pasad. But the project will not be realized.
U-Studio
  • December 30, 2008
  • Anatoly Belov