Report
Between the USSR and the West
We publish Grigory Revzin's article, the curator of the Russian pavilion on XI Venetian biennial. The text is intended for the catalogue of the Russian pavilion and in many respects explains a curator plan
  • July 14, 2008
  • Grigory Revzin
Object
Village-pearl
Name of the project of a village in area by Moscow “Zhemchuzhina Il’inki” [Pearl of Il’inka] is not just a metaphor. The settlement is designed alike to a shell with a “pearl” inside – here the architectural image totally accords with village's name. When people attracted by advertising will come here they will see a “real pearl in a real shell”.
ASADOV architects
  • July 10, 2008
  • Anna Gerasimenko
Report
Nikolay Lyzlov. Interview by Grigory Revzin
We continue to publish interview to architects-participants of an exposition of the Russian pavilion in Venice. Texts of these interviews will be included into the catalogue of the Russian pavilion
Architectural workshop Lyzlov («AML»)
  • July 8, 2008
  • Grigory Revzin
Object
Facade without facade
Anatoly Belov, continuing to study paradoxes of classics by Ilya Utkin, found a “facade without façade” in the project of a country house nearby the summer residence of Academy of sciences in Zvenigorod
U-Studio
  • July 7, 2008
  • Anatoly Belov
Object
Fortress-chameleon
To the east from Paveletsky railroad station, in the place of the former factory there is already cleared out territory for construction of a large (112 600 sq m) business centre by the project of “Sergey Kiselyov and Partners” studio. Austere glass-brick architecture of this complex will make its 11storey volumes less marked – and at the same time it creates a high priced office space, half hidden, fenced off from motley industrial area, they has been transforming it into an office city block for a few years now
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • July 4, 2008
  • Maria Fadeeva
Object
Romance of a flight
Tall blind fences with huge constructions behind shut from the outer world – this is the image of most sites in Russian cottage settlements where land is freely sold without. But this is not about the new project by “Panakom” bureau developed for “Vaututinki” village – the house is bravely unfolding towards the road, fence is low, and full glazing is applied not only from the inner yard side
PANACOM
  • July 2, 2008
  • Maria Fadeeva
Object
“Extra floor”
It is easy to see, few projects of Russian architects developed the theme of large scale accommodation set by curator of the recently closed Moscow biennial –much more than beautiful elite city blocks. The project presented by ICube bureau as part of “Kvartalny vopros” [City block problem] is one of the exceptions. Architects suggested a witty variant of reconstruction of panel microdistrict by building up the urban space between 1storeyed infrastructure houses
iCube Architectura
  • July 1, 2008
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia
Interview
Lord Norman Foster. Interview by Vladimir Belogolovskiy
We continue the publication of a series of the interviews intended for the catalogue of Russian pavilion XI Venetian biennial. We remind that in a pavilion exposition participate 16 Russian architects and 10 foreigners who build in Russia. One of them – Norman Foster, whose bureau Foster+Partners conducts seven projects in Russia at the moment
  • June 30, 2008
  • Vladimir Belogolovsky
Object
Dynamic small town
Project of Olympic training school carries on the line of schools with cheerful architecture started by board school in Kozhuhovo. This is a conglomeration of various constructions, a fan of architectural ideas – as always bright and at the same time answers the peculiarities of urban and nature environment. To bring together such dynamic architecture with the surrounding is not a simple task, but A. Asadov's studio has long been working on this city blog - forming within a specific part of Mytischy a unique – colorful – town
ASADOV architects
  • June 27, 2008
  • Anna Gerasimenko
Object
Symmetry without symmetry
Studying paradoxes of Ilya Utkin's art, Anatoly Belov discovered in the project of country house «Gorki-2» symmetry without symmetry
U-Studio
  • June 26, 2008
  • Anatoly Belov
Object
Architecture of a mechanism
We have already told about the project of a retail centre "Vremena goda" on Kutuzovsky prospect. Tis a very technically advanced construction, its south façade turned towards the highway is a computer controlled mechanical showcase. The building is completed, the up-market retail centre is opened and anyone can see it
Creative Union ‘Reserve’
  • June 23, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Aleksey Bavykin. Interview by Yuliya Tarabarina
We continue the publication of texts of interview to the architects participating in an exposition of Russian pavilion XI Venetian biennial. Interviews will be placed in the catalogue of the Russian pavilion
Bavykin architects
  • June 11, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Circles on water
Project of the city block in microdistrict "Uzhny" in Domodedovo combines free arrangement of an English garden where picturesque parkways stretch along the banks of small rivers – and in an equal measure some classical and popular form of round houses. So there appears a unique space for living – it focuses on nature, but it is modest due to inner yards
ASADOV architects
  • June 4, 2008
  • Elena Petukhova Julia Tarabarina
Sergey Kiselev. Interview by Yuliya Tarabarina
Archi.ru is the official information partner of the Russian pavilion on XI Venetian biennial. This material begins a series of interview to architects-participants of an exposition of the Russian pavilion which will be published in "the Venetian" catalogue. So it has turned out that the exhibition of the architectural company "Sergey Kiselyov and partners" which have been named by "architects of year" last summer becomes a part of "Arh-Moskvy" starting in the nearest Monday.
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • May 23, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
The house-arch
There has been started construction of an office building on Mozhaiskoe highway by the project of Alexey Bavykin. The author says he has managed to add considerable changes on the last stage of the project and they made it possible to develop better the subject so important for the architect
Bavykin architects
  • May 20, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Small town by a busy highway
The project of a block on crossing of the Moscow Ring Road and Lykovsky proezd is a mini-town that consists of several different parts. Together, and separately they are comprehensively designed, and their exterior varies with fancy plasticity of the volumes
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • May 16, 2008
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Report
The concept of Russia’s pavilion at the Venice biennale has been announced
At the press conference held today there has been announced the idea of the exposition of Russia’s pavilion at the 11th Venice bienalle. The author of the idea is Gregory Revzin, for the first time he decided to show modern architecture at biennale, actual constructions and projects that will be realized
  • May 13, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Spontaneous private world
“Panakom” studio suggests a harmonious legend for their new project in Nikolskaya Sloboda – they gave the features of the four elements to the four constructions. There have shaped an ornamentally developed world image, surprisingly fine in its static state. The architects are back to common for them austere style, with concrete ornaments and ornamental cuts out.
PANACOM
  • May 13, 2008
  • Maria Fadeeva
Object
Art-Deco on Ozerovskaya
The project of a business centre on Ozerovskaya combines the “palace” layout and absolutely true reminiscences of art-deco, in totally creating a very majestic and even gala image
SPEECH
  • May 7, 2008
  • Maria Fadeeva Julia Tarabarina
Object
A ship in front of the Lavra
Nowadays many Russian companies work in Kiev – publishing houses, restaurateurs and developers, architects. One of the latest examples is the contest project by Sergey Skuratov on reconstruction of the territory of a former footware factory located in the Kiev’s historical centre right in front of Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra. The architects import to the Ukrainian capital not only their style with elaborated ornaments of facades and attention to texture of materials, but also their own experience of a block development that considers a city’s interests
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • April 23, 2008
  • Maria Fadeeva
Object
Alive and monumental
By Sergey Skuratov’s project, winner of the private contest, there will be built a new residential accommodation in Kiev, five towers lifted onto the high stylobate. Its architectural image combines European gloss and popular nowadays streamlined forms with allusions to the antiquity of the Kiev’s land, playing in front of the audience a delicate and good version of a geological cataclysm
Sergey Skuratov architects
  • April 16, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
On foot, by water, by air
The contest project of a mixed-use complex on the embankment of the Moscow-river, in front of the City, in the variant suggested by Dmitry Aleksandrov looks like a reflection on the idea of “main elements”: he makes accent on water surface in the river, lifts the ground onto the roofs of the buildings and manipulates with the space enlarging it twice
Alexandrov and partners
  • April 14, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
“The flying ship”
The studio of A. Asadov is finishing the project of a new residential accommodation on Nakhimovsky prospect. The architectural solution is derived directly from the specific of the site. Struggling with underground difficulties the architects had to lift the two buildings, connected by the two sylobates, on 8 meters over the ground turning the giant complex into a kind of fairy-tale “flying ship” with the two towers-mast and glass sails
ASADOV architects
  • April 8, 2008
  • Elena Petukhova
Object
A martian reservation in Pecherskie Peski
The concept of a mixed-use centre “Ostrov” in Nizhny Novgorod completely answers its typology – it really has a lot of various purposes. Exteriorly the complex looks like a giant liner “ingrown” into the ground of peninsular in front of the Pechersky Monastery
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • April 7, 2008
  • Anna Martovitskaya
Object
The modernist building of the Central House of Artists and the State Tretyakov Gallery or “Apelsin” by the Foster’s studio? Short interviews with the top Moscow architects
We asked the noted Moscow architects and general public members the two questions: Do they like the Foster’s project “Apelsin”? And whether we ought to save the existing building of the Central House of Artists and the State Tretyakov Gallery, built in 1960’s by the architects Nikolay Sukoyan and Yuri Sheverdyaev?
  • March 31, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Report
Twice more ambitions. The contest in Perm has got the two winners
Results of the open architectural contest on the project of new museum centre in Perm, organized by the Centre of Modern architecture, have been summarized. The main award was shared between the Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati and Boris Bernaskoni The third award was given to Zaha Hadid. Peter Noever is happy for he “has survived”, Peter Zumthor suggested to construct a special museum for Perm wooden sculpture, and preferences in style are changing, but not in favor of digitality
  • March 26, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Image of the Kremlin
The mixed-use complex on Leningradskoye highway is the architectural concept designed by the studio of Dmitry Aleksandrov in 2005 but how it often happens it remained uncertain whether the work would be continued or not. This is the reason why there have never been any articles on the project, though if consider it thoroughly, there appears an interesting combination of size and laconism in it, and this refers the audience to the works of Leonid Pavlov, one of the best architects of modernism of Brezhnev period, or to the projects of Ivan Leonidov, the famous avant-gardist, or to Ledoux
Alexandrov and partners
  • March 24, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
The Narkomfin commune-building on Novinsky boulevard will become a boutique-hotel.
It seems the epic of sadly famous house-commune of Narkomfin on Novinsky boulevard have come to its final: the building will not be demolished, but renewed and there will be a boutique-hotel. The joint project of the group of companies “MIAN”, the new owner of the building, and of Aleksey Ginzburg, the grandson of the famous architect-constructivist, together with the studio OOO “Ginzburg Architects”.
  • March 19, 2008
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia
Object
The hidden house
The new administrative business centre, recently built on Malaya Dmitrovka by Pavel Andreev’s project, is modestly hiding behind the historical building of the 19th century urban house and it does not break the present facade line of this old street
Paul Andreev
  • March 18, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
A forest small fish
It must be very interesting for architects to work in modern Russia – they constantly have to learn new types of real estate, at that very often they do that in collaboration with developers. One of such new typologies is a business class countryside settlement of mid-rise buildings. There are few such projects today and one of them is completed by “Panakom” studio
PANACOM
  • March 17, 2008
  • Maria Fadeeva
Object
Towers on the crossing
The complex “Miraks-Plaza” is a most large object that is being built today, designed by the architectural company “Sergey Kiselev and the Partners”. It is very large, the total floor space is 368 square meters. And the site for construction development is problematical. Yuri Luzhkov looking at the site said: ”…a most complicated one in Moscow, even in Russia”
Sergey Kisselev & Partners
  • March 7, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Byzantine house
The project of the building on Granatny pereulok looks like a resumption of Sergey Tchoban’s graphic-ornamental searches started in St. Petersburg. Being grafted in Moscow the themes undergoes a number of changes, puts on stone and brings to life Byzantine memories which get an absolutely new interpretation here.
SPEECH
  • March 5, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Avant-garde construction
The contest project of area in Budva in first variant resembles fancies of Russian avant-garde architects of 1920’s: tribunes and mausoleums. The second variant is more fantastic and modern – but both of them have a common feature: they are penetrated with grating of the construction, and this makes the buildings transparent, penetrable and quite theatrical.
Architectural workshop Lyzlov («AML»)
  • March 3, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Business-park as a wall
This business park concept for Ufa is like an element of some huge compound wall, that includes various volumes united with a long atrium.
iCube Architectura
  • February 28, 2008
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia Julia Tarabarina
Object
Zarechie
To build a town-garden is a classical dream of any architect. It is well-known that this theme was favorite in 1920’s among avant-garde masters – just remember Mayakovsky lyrics. Yuri Vissarionov presented his own vision of this dream in the town-planning concept of Zarechie territory.
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • February 21, 2008
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia Julia Tarabarina
Object
“Rafinad”: utopia in miniature
Construction of the building that its authors – the architects from Nikolay Lyzlov’s studio – called “Rafinad” has been finished on Stromynka. By present day standards this is a very small building, designed in a rare genre of architectural miniature that is not very popular in modern Moscow.
Architectural workshop Lyzlov («AML»)
  • February 14, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Turn of expansion. Moscow Biennale will teach life
On the 7th of February, at the press conference, held in the Central House of Artists, it was officially announced about the first Moscow Architecture Biennale focused on mass housing projects
  • February 8, 2008
  • Irina Filchenkova Julia Tarabarina
Object
Business-park “Baltia”
The studio “Aleksandrov and partners” designed project of an elite business-park with A and A+ class offices, which will be 11 km from “Baltia” route, nearby Rublevskoe highway. The project, considering high level of comfort, plans an incompact development with wide greenery zone and cascade of lakes. The required number of square meters will be gained due to setting the two high dominants– 21 and 25storey towers – into small-buildings composition.
Alexandrov and partners
  • February 5, 2008
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia Julia Tarabarina
Object
From monumentality to media
In the place of the existing Cheremushkinsy market there will be a modern retail and entertainment complex with a rounded building above with offices and hotel, and a panoramic restaurant on the upper level. The hotel’s façade will be turned into a huge screen that consists of led-lights.
ASADOV architects
  • January 29, 2008
  • Elena Petukhova
Object
Digital mountain scenery
The resort area of Yalta is the place where gorgeous nature and rich cultural context create an inviting atmosphere for any kind of art. Full of historical allusions and many times praised in literature, it remains to be a honey pie for architects. Yuri Vissarionov got into the spirit of resort romantic mood and filled with this flavor the elite residential complex project in Yalta
Architectural bureau of Yuri Vissarionov
  • January 28, 2008
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia
Object
Facade-Museum
The office-building project on Nametkin street combines a plain rectangular volume with the remarkable idea of “collection” of different office facades fragments, gathered in the architecture of a single building like in a “museum”.
iCube Architectura
  • January 22, 2008
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia Julia Tarabarina
Object
The old and the new
Business centre project Forum-Plaza is the solution that balances on the edge between conservative and absolutely modern approach to architecture. However, it is soft, keen and considered enough to become one of the examples of harmonious match of both
SPEECH
  • January 17, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Avant-garde dominant
The construction of the “VDNH” [Exhibition of Economic Achievements] tower was finished last year. The 35-storeyed dominant, which architecture is complying with the spirit and the letter of Russian rationalism, is a remarkable mark in the panorama of the north part of Moscow, at the same time it does not suppress the closest surrounding.
Bavykin architects
  • January 8, 2008
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
The Bank on Brestskaya street
In one of the most “architectural” Moscow streets, the 2d Brestskaya, a little further from the crossing with Bolshaya Gruzinskaya, the facing of new building bank, designed by Pavel Andreev, is almost finished.
Paul Andreev
  • December 29, 2007
  • Julia Tarabarina
Object
Ice stalagmite
One of the peculiarities of the modern Russian architecture is the so-called investment construction. A client finances construction of a cultural object – a theatre, concert hall or school, and in return he is allowed to add to - as they say ‘practical for the city’ - something profitable, like shops or office centers. As a rule, spaces of the commercial part, growing around ‘cultural’ core, are larger and that is a challenge for the architects how to arrange appropriately the complex of such different, even conflicting, buildings.
iCube Architectura
  • December 28, 2007
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia Julia Tarabarina
Object
City over tunnel
On the 7th of November the mayor of Moscow approved one of the largest and most innovative projects for the past time – the project of the multi-use complex right over the Kiev direction of Moscow Rail Road. Specialists of different Project and Research Moscow Institutes were engaged into the work because the project was large and it was urge to solve a great number of technical issues. The team of architects under the guidance of Aleksandr Asadov was engaged into developing of the volume-space issue of the project.
ASADOV architects
  • December 21, 2007
Object
Chameleon
Due to unique construction of façade that changes its color, and to transparent consoles-“shopwindows” extended from body of the building, the new car dealer centre, ADM studio’s project, may become a significant object among modern buildings that have appeared behind Moscow Ring Road for the past years.
ADM
  • December 19, 2007
  • Natalia Koriakovskaia Julia Tarabarina
Object
House-Coral
The layout of new project by Panakom closely resembles corals from the last Gucci collection. The architects turned the house into an alien settlement - separate clusters are joined by the rounded hall with a “companion cabin” and “power block” in the middle, each “box” has a way out.
PANACOM
  • December 18, 2007
  • Maria Fadeeva