“Fair Enough” The Russian Pavilion at 14th Biennale di Venezia

Brendan McGetrick interview at GreekArchitects.gr – Since 1914 Russia has established itself as the world’s largest and most radical urban laboratory. Decades of aggressive experimentation have produced architectural solutions for almost any demographic need or social ambition. These efforts are undertaken at great cost, and their usefulness is often undersold.  Full Story >>> by GreekArchitects.gr & […]

The Russian Empire’s Architecture

“At the height of its power the Russian Empire stretched across 15 times zones, incorporated nearly 160 different ethnicities, and made up one sixth of the entire world’s landmass. What started as a few small principalities was shaped into an indomitable world power by the sheer force of its leaders. However, building the infrastructure of […]

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The Slidehouse

Врезанный в ландшафт, буквально скользящий по склону дом…Полностью автономный дом работающий на гидро\солнечной энергии, одновременно технологический и затерянный в природе.Владельцу такого дома остается только завидовать.Slidehouse project это идеальное решение для лесного загородного дома. by Hodor & Petrash

Zuev Workers Club (1928) by Illya Golosov

The Zuyev Workers’ Club in Moscow is a prominent work of constructivist architecture. It was designed by Ilya Golosov in 1926 and finished in 1928. The building was designed to house various facilities for Moscow workers, and utilises an innovative glazing treatment at its corner which has proved very photogenic and so the building has […]

GosPlan Garage (1934-1936) by Konstantin Melnikov

Gosplan or State Planning Committee was the committee responsible for economic planning in the Soviet Union. Gsoplan Garage was designed by Konstatin Melnikov in 1932-1934. by Housingdotcom Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov (Russian: Константин Степанович Мельников; August 3 [O.S. July 22] 1890 – November 28, 1974) was a Russian architect and painter. His architectural work, compressed into […]

Melnikov House (1927-1929) by Konstantin Melnikov

Melnikov’s House located at 10 Krivoarbatsky Lane, Moscow, Russia, was built in 1927-29. It is believed to be the peak of that renowned architect’s creative work. All over the world the building is known as Melnikov’s House – it is properly seen as one of the main symbols of the 20th century architecture and a […]

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Beauty in The Beast: Photography of Brutalist Architecture

Photography of Brutalist Architecture from Trnava and Piestany in Slovakia, as well as Boston City Hall; UMass Dartmouth; CCRI Warwick; Brown University Science Library; Fall River Government Center. Photo and slideshow by Viera Levitt Music: Proverb by Steve Reich Funding for this project provided in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council […]

Memory museum by zaarchitects

Memory museum is a public domain, treasury for the future – preserves meaningful things, media content and DNA capsules of each dead person for the future generations. More >>> by zaarchitects.com name: memory museum status: competition location: Singapoore, ERP 25 CTE / Merchant Road function: museum, DNA storage plot area: 0.95 ha architects: Dmytro Zhuikov, […]

Piraeus Tower Competition. Interviews with the winners (3 video)

We present you the interviews that the distinguished participants of the architectural competition Piraeus Tower 2010 gave on GreekArchitects.gr 1st Prize – Matthias Hollwich, SBA and Marc Kushner, AIA. Windscraper Ever since the first air-conditioning system was installed in 1902, our interior world became independent from the world outside. Although this is sometimes called ‘efficient’, […]

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

University, Institute, of, Science, Technology, Skolkovo, future, city, skolkovo foundation, model, visualization, skolkovo Arch, architecture, Moscow, Russia post by science & education