The team of the Tom Sawyer Fest Historical Environment Restoration Festival has been expanding its geography for a long time. At the end of 2020, professionals and those who are simply not indifferent to the fate of ancient houses in Russia returned the historical appearance of the merchant Ryabinin’s mansion in Chelyabinsk. But the history…
In the second half of June, St. Petersburg becomes the tourist capital of Russia. For those who are walking along the modern streets of St. Petersburg today, and those who only dream of going there, we tell you about the VKontakte group”Petersburg | Retrospective”, which introduces the past of the city. AD Russia EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte…
The Colectivo C733 design association has erected a shopping center in the north of Mexico, which was inspired by the old Mexico City market, built in 1688. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte A group of designers known as Colectivo C733 has completed the construction of a shopping center in the small town of Matamoros. Its design…
The project is completely designed by a robot. Evgeny Ionov EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The team of Professors Achim Menges and Jan Knippers presented the installation of Maison Fiber, fully designed by a robot. You can see it on the territory of the Arsenal, where the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale is taking place. © ICD/ITKE/IntCDC/University of Stuttgart…
Yesterday, at a virtual ceremony, Sir David Ajaye received the Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and became the first black architect to receive this award. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The RIBA Gold Medal is one of the most prestigious awards in the field of architecture. It is approved personally by…
Pritzker laureate Jean Nouvel built an office building in the French Quarter of Shanghai with a pedestrian street inside. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The Henderson CIFI Tiandi building was designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel architects for the development and investment company CIFI Holdings. The site was located in an area that was part of the…
The Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry worked on the new galleries and public areas of the museum. Evgeny Ionov EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The museum, designed by architects Horace Trumbauer and Julian Abele, first opened to the public in 1928. The building received a typical American neoclassical appearance and became famous in many ways thanks to its…
On June 11, in Kensington Gardens in London, at the Serpentine Gallery, according to tradition, a pavilion will open, which will become the twentieth building erected here by renowned architects. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte In 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the opening of the Serpentine Pavilion had to be postponed. Therefore, the Counterspace studio…
An ultra-high skyscraper will be built in St. Petersburg according to the project of the Kettle Collective bureau. It will be slightly lower than the Burj Khalifa, but it will accommodate the world’s highest observation deck. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The design of the new skyscraper was carried out by the Scottish office Kettle Collective….
In the Dao region in the north-central part of Portugal, a new Taboadella winery has appeared, with a farm, a 40-hectare vineyard and an impressive building designed by Carlos Castaneira. Ksenia Oshchepkova EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The history of Taboadella goes back to the I century AD — even then wine was produced here. One of the…