Asketik creates stark white coffee shop in Soviet silk factory
Russian studio Asketik has designed a cafe with bright white interiors in Moscow, offset with many indoor plants to soften the industrial space. More
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Sci-fi ceiling illuminates Russian florist in constructivist building
Architect Eduard Eremchuk looked to visuals from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey when designing the Guapa Flower Shop in a historic building in Rostov-on-Don. More
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"Dictatorship in the 21st century looks like London or New York"
Moscow shows us that cities created by dictatorships can also have beautiful buildings and welcoming public spaces, says Owen Hatherley. More
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Ridged panels of pink metal appear throughout Moscow's Rare Pastrami Bar
Gleaming sheets of pink corrugated metal contrast with rough plaster walls inside this Moscow restaurant designed by Crosby Studios. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects designing smart city outside Moscow
Moscow's new Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye district, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and Pride Architects, will be a "people-centric" sustainable smart city. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects to design concert hall for Ural Philharmonic Orchestra
Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Concert Hall in Yekaterinburg, Russia. More
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Gastrobar O restaurant combines Russian and Scandinavian style
Bureau Rhizome's interior for this contemporary Russian restaurant is influenced by a neighbouring Danish design school. More
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Europe's tallest skyscraper revealed as it nears completion
The RMJM-designed Lakhta Centre in St Petersburg is Russia and Europe's tallest building – standing 462 metres high. More
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Ruetemple creates small spartan apartment in Moscow
Space-saving oak furniture and white-washed walls feature in this minimalist apartment in Moscow renovated by architecture studio Ruetemple. More
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12 stadiums that will host matches at the World Cup 2018 in Russia
With the FIFA World Cup 2018 kicking off today in Russia, here's a look at all 12 of the stadiums that will be hosting games over the next month. More
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Moscow's historic Luzhniki Stadium refurbished for World Cup 2018
The opening game of the FIFA World Cup 2018 takes place today inside Russia's national stadium, which has been overhauled by Moscow studio Speech. More
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Archetype use rich-toned walls and furnishings for redesign of Moscow flat
Splashes of burgundy, blue and emerald green appear throughout this apartment in Moscow that Russian practice Archetype has redesigned to feature an "aristocratic" colour palette. More
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Twelve Architects unveils Rostov-on-Don airport in time for World Cup in Russia
Platov airport in Rostov-on-Don, designed by Twelve Architects, has completed ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2018, when the city will be hosting games. More
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Asymmetrical walls divide up blue and white apartment in Moscow
Russian studio Shkaf Architects inserted asymmetrical and diagonal walls to make the most of the space within this one-bedroom apartment in Moscow. More
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Garage Museum creates life-size recreation of Andy Warhol's studio The Factory
The Garage Museum in Moscow is hosting an exhibition dedicated to an anti-modernist manifesto from the 1960s, featuring full-scale mockups of Andy Warhol's famous studio and a conceptual cubist home. More
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Zaha Hadid's only house finally completes in Russian forest
New photographs and a movie reveal Zaha Hadid's only completed private residence – a house in the Barvikha Forest near Moscow, for a man she called the "Russian James Bond". More
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"Zaha's vision allowed me to have all I wanted" says client of Hadid's only house
Zaha Hadid was "an architectural genius" says Vladislav Doronin, the client behind the only house the late Iraqi-British architect ever built. More
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Twelve Architects reveals plans for Siberian airport with tented roof
Pitched roof elements reference traditional reindeer herder tents in Twelve Architects' design for Novy Urengoy Airport, in Russia. More
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Herzog & de Meuron reveals plans for "horizontal skyscrapers" in Moscow
Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled plans for two apartments blocks built on stilts, as part of its redevelopment of an abandoned brewery on the banks of the Moscow River. More
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Pink furry walls and vibrant yellow surfaces brighten Russian clothing store
Pink furry changing rooms and bright yellow walls feature in Eduard Eremchuk's design for a concept shop in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, which references the work of artist James Turrell and fashion designer Alexander McQueen. More
