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At the very edge of the residential area of Strogino, architect Alexei Bavykin designed a high-rise residential building called "Golden Autumn". This is a light pale yellow tower, covered with a giant golden "leaf", pointing, like an arrow, in the direction of the city center

Printing project documentation is a process no less important than anything that happens to a project before meeting a printer. Could the printer mess up the project? Probably not. But it's easy to make life difficult for those who prepare and use blueprints

Shigeru Ban to build a temporary concert hall for the earthquake-stricken Italian city of L'Aquila

Nicholas Grimshaw wins Virginia Pedestrian Bridge Design Competition

On April 15, in the Oval Hall of the Library for Foreign Literature, the ceremony of awarding the third prize named after Alexei Komech for a socially significant civic position in the preservation of cultural heritage took place. The award was awarded to the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, the founder of the first public movement for the preservation of the historical appearance of the Northern capital Alexei Kovalev

The architecture of the Zarechye residential complex uses and plays out in every possible way the geometry of the circle - it, if I may say so, is drawn not with a ruler, but with a compass. In it you can see an attempt to comprehend the theme of the "round house" re-discovered by Melnikov, or even a version of Malevich's interpretation of Suprematism, but the main thing in this project is not geometry, but his emotional mood, which goes back to the great architectural dream of the last century - the dream of constructing a wonderful life

Our interlocutor is the new director of the Museum of Architecture, Irina Korobyina, who accepted this post 10 days ago. In her interview to the Archi.ru portal, Irina Korobyina told that she is now getting to know the staff and funds of the famous museum, and about her plans to transform the "engine room" of the ship called MUAR, to the holidays on the upper deck of which we are all so accustomed

UNStudio bureau presented an installation in one of the Milan stores as part of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile

The winners of the competition for the design of the new building of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo have been announced

The Contex XD2490 Scanner has become one of the best-selling scanners since its announcement in September 2009. On April 15th, Contex brings you a new opportunity for users interested in scanning, copying and sharing large format documents

The capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, is today one of the most dynamically developing cities in the entire post-Soviet space. The construction boom continues here, despite the economic crisis, for which Baku has already been unofficially nicknamed "Caspian Dubai". The city owes this title to the stars of world architecture - Zaha Hadid, BIG Architects, Heerim Architects & Planners, etc., who have designed more than one ambitious building for the capital of Azerbaijan. Several bright and innovative companies

Completed construction of the V Tower of Vila Arets in Eindhoven

At Mosbuild 2010, Alkon-Trade-System was awarded the Premuim Partner certificate of Schueco, the world leader in the production of aluminum profiles

KCAP Bureau Wins Competition for Master Plan for New Development of Shaoxing City in East China

In the center of Jena, construction began on a complex designed by J. Mayer H. Architects

Rem Koolhaas took part in the competition for the project of a "cultural forum" in The Hague, which will replace the demolished Dutch Dance Theater - one of the first projects implemented by OMA

The main news of mid-April, undoubtedly, was the heated public discussion that flared up around the adoption of the updated master plan for the development of Moscow until 2025. And if earlier opponents of this document expressed their position, mainly in the press, now it has come to high-profile public speeches and even rallies. Read more about this and other events in the architectural life of April in our press review

Brasilia turns 50

WORKac Presents Edible Yard Design for Elementary School in Brooklyn

Last week, the Central House of Architects hosted a solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the competition for young architects "Perspective - 2010"