Architects from Studio Avoid have created a modern interpretation of a traditional village, inspired by the cave-like houses of local residents. Ksenia Oshchepkova EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The new Grotto Retreat Xiyaotou complex in Hebei Province is so called for a reason: it consists of several buildings that the authors of the project, architects from Studio Avoid,…
We tell you how faith, plants, favorite food and other aspects influenced the life and work of Luis Barragan. AD Russia EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte 1. Religion Luis Barragan was a devout Catholic and believed that the buildings of temples, chapels and monasteries were full of eroticism. 2. The House of Antonio Galves Every house should have…
A maximum security prison in Greenland looks like an art center or gallery, and those serving their sentences there have a view of a picturesque fjord. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The Danish studios Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Friis & Moltke worked on an unusual project — a high-security prison where convicted of serious crimes will…
In 2021, Italy celebrates the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, its most famous poet, the author of the Divine Comedy, who is called the father of the modern Italian language. In honor of this, in the “last refuge of the poet”, the city of Ravenna, where he was exiled from his beloved…
The expedition team of the Trajectory Foundation built an authentic replica of the mill in the village of Gafostrov, which has stood on this site since 1886. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte Gafostrov is an abandoned village, which, thanks to the work of enthusiasts, has acquired the status of a historical settlement. The buildings remaining in…
An amphitheater, a workout area and a cozy square in the renovated Riviera Park designed by the architectural bureau ab2.0. Teresa Poghosyan EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte In Soviet times, the Riviera beach was one of the most popular in Sochi. But over time, due to the lack of comfortable pedestrian connections with the cape, the infrastructure fell…
The Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron presented the first images of the ST/SongEun building. An office and cultural center is planned to open in the capital of South Korea in September this year. Nadezhda Pavlova EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The lower levels of the new building house an exhibition space for the SongEun non-profit Foundation for…
The construction of a new 13-storey museum dedicated to the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch has been completed in Oslo. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The Spanish studio Estudio Herreros has built a new museum on the waterfront in the Bjorvik district, which will house the world’s largest collection of works by Edvard Munch. It will also…
Next weekend Moscow will celebrate its 874th birthday. On a huge area of 2500 km2, it is easy to find examples of European Gothic, buildings in the spirit of the East, examples of the architectural past, and fantasies about the future in the form of futuristic buildings. We admire the views of the capital and…