"I'm not building for Putin" says Wolf D Prix in defence of Russian projects
Coop Himmelb(l)au co-founder Wolf D Prix has defended his studio's decision to continue working in Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine. More
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David Chipperfield Architects and Zaha Hadid Architects suspend work in Russia
Architecture firms David Chipperfield Architects and Zaha Hadid Architects have announced they are halting work on projects in Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine. More
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Russian architects condemn Ukraine invasion in open letter
More than 6,500 Russian architects, designers and urban planners have signed an open letter to condemn the invasion of Ukraine and "demand the immediate end of violent war". More
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Nido adds pale wood and stone furnishings to compact Moscow apartment
Russian studio Nido mixed different volumes and neutral sandy colours to add depth to this minimalist apartment in Moscow. More
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Renzo Piano converts Moscow power station into GES-2 House of Culture
Italian architect Renzo Piano has transformed a former power station in Moscow into a contemporary arts centre for the V-A-C Foundation named GES-2 House of Culture More
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SANAA to reconstruct Moscow's Hexagon pavilion for Garage Museum
The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow has announced a collaboration with Japanese studio SANAA to restore a ruined 1920s pavilion and turn it into a major new gallery space. More
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Office architecture
Office architecture
Sergei Tchoban uses Corten steel to create huge basket-weave facade
Undulating panels of Corten steel create a woven effect across the facade of a seven-storey office block in St Petersburg designed by architect Sergei Tchoban. More
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Tubular holiday home cantilevers over hill in Russian art park
Moscow's chief architect Sergey Kuznetsov has completed a pipe-shaped cabin, constructed like the hull of a ship and balanced on the edge of a slope in Russia's Nikola-Lenivets Art Park. More
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IKEA Sundvik furniture allegedly made from illegal Russian wood
Investigative research organisation Earthsight has released a report that claims the pine found in IKEA's Sundvik children's furniture range comes from trees illegally felled in protected Russian forests. More
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Kettle Collective plans to build world's second tallest tower in Russia
Scottish architecture practice Kettle Collective has unveiled designs for a 703-metre-high supertall skyscraper in St Petersburg, Russia, which would be the second tallest building in the world. More
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Foster + Partners reveals copper-coloured office in Yekaterinburg
Architecture studio Foster + Partners has designed an appropriately coloured office block for the Russian Copper Company in the city of Yekaterinburg, which is the studio's first project in Russia. More
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Elena Lokastova creates bright jewellery showroom in Moscow attic space
Russian architect Elena Lokastova has turned the attic space of a Moscow office building into a jewellery showroom with green-carpeted interiors, informed by the patinated copper dome of a monastery that can be seen from the window. More
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Office architecture
Office architecture
UNStudio bisects St Petersburg office with zigzagging atrium
Dutch architecture firm UNStudio has revealed its design for an office in St Petersburg, Russia, which will contain an atrium that rises diagonally through the building. More
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Doughnut-themed cafe in Russia has walls and furniture that look almost edible
Designers Eduard Eremchuk and Katy Pititskaya have created a cafe in Voronezh, Russia, that embodies "the essence of a doughnut" through delicious-looking, purple velvety walls and squidgy seeming furniture. More
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Blockstudio creates Parisian ambience in Moscow apartment
Russian practice Blockstudio has mixed different materials, textures and time periods within this new-build Moscow apartment to create the feeling of a lived-in Parisian interior. More
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"Architects must defend public space" says Elizabeth Diller as she celebrates Moscow park's al-fresco sex appeal
Architect Elizabeth Diller has revealed the "stealthy" way that Diller Scofidio + Renfro creates public spaces – and disclosed how it was accused of corrupting Russian youth after an outbreak of open-air sex in Moscow's Zaryadye Park. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects reveals design of Moscow metro station
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its design for the Klenoviy Boulevard Station 2, which is being built in the south of Moscow as part of the expansion of the city's metro system. More
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SNKH creates pop-up cinema within "inverted Bedouin tent" in Moscow
Armenian architectural studio SNKH has created a pop-up cinema informed by Bedouin tents outside the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow. More
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PLP Architecture reveals titanium-clad headquarters for Yandex in Moscow
UK-based PLP Architecture has unveiled its design for a 12-storey office for Russian search engine Yandex in Moscow, which will be clad in titanium to create "a beacon" for the company. More
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House in Russia hidden beneath artificial green hill
Russian studio Niko Architect has sunk a Teletubby-style house underneath an artificial hill punctuated by conical skylights that pop out of its planted roof. More
