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When in an architectural bureau the question arises about the need for prompt printing of drawings to quickly send them to objects, problems often arise that are far from printing methods and types of media, and your in-house office equipment specialist is unlikely to be able to solve them

It has just been announced that David Chipperfield's project has won the competition for the reconstruction of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theater

A few days ago, the concept of the Russian pavilion in Venice was officially announced. We are publishing an essay by Ilya Utkin, the only Russian biennale laureate for all the past years

KCAP has developed a master plan for the new Talentenkampus for the city of Oss in the Netherlands

A new building of the Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, designed by KSP, opens in Nanjing

The Administrative City of President Tancredo Nevis opens in Belo Horizonte

The first half of March turned out to be richer in high-profile legislative initiatives in the field of heritage protection than in actual architectural events. And if legislative activity was in full swing in Moscow, then the epicenter of architectural activity briefly shifted to the Urals: another international competition took place in Perm. This is our next press review

Dutch architect was tasked with developing a plan for the development of Nice's surroundings for the next 30 years

Opposite the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, on the left bank of the Volga, which is still practically not built up, a modern tourist and business center may soon appear. The project of this multifunctional building was carried out by PTAM Vissarionov. Architects interpreted vis-a-vis the Kremlin as a giant glass dune

On March 10, a demonstration of projects took place in Perm, and the winner of the competition for the solution of a new stage of the Opera and Ballet Theater named after V.I. P.I. Tchaikovsky. We have already written about the jury's verdict, which chose the most neutral and economical project from the most titled participant of the competition, Englishman David Chipperfield. Now - in more detail about the background, the competition task and all the submitted projects, among which there were three English, one Danish, one Dutch and one Russian, by Sergey Skur

Bernard Chumi built a pedestrian bridge in western France

GMP bureau won the competition for the project of the Bolshoi Theater in Tianjin

Bureau "Herzog & de Meuron" presented a project for the reconstruction of the Porta Volta area in Milan

On March 16, at the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, as part of the Russian Utopias exhibition, a round table was held on the architecture of Soviet modernism of the 1960s-1980s. It was organized and moderated by Nikolai Malinin, editor-in-chief of the magazine Made in Future, as well as one of the initiators of the creation of a guide to Moscow buildings of this period. He called the discussion about one of the most controversial phenomena of Russian architecture of the 20th century “Unfinished Paradise. Soviet modernism in the mirror of puddles

Manuel Gautrand will build a multifunctional center on an 80 hectare site in the suburbs of Paris

For one of the most famous medical institutions in St. Petersburg - the VA Almazov Federal Center for Heart, Blood and Endocrinology, the Studio 44 architectural studio has designed a new treatment and rehabilitation complex, which will be used for cardiac surgery and blood transplantation. An equally unusual architectural solution was found for the center, which is unique in its equipment

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Jean Nouvel will build another summer pavilion of the London Serpentine Gallery

The complex of the National Laboratory of Genomics, built by the project of Enrique Norten, has opened near the Mexican city of Irapuato

On March 23, the ECOS Presidium again reviewed the project for the reconstruction of Pushkinskaya Square. As a reminder, it is planned to build an underground transport hub, as well as a shopping and entertainment complex at the intersection of Strastnoy and Tverskoy boulevards and Tverskaya street. Two years ago, these intentions of the Moscow authorities provoked a unanimous protest from the architectural community and the general public, and the scandalous project was sent back for revision. Now experts finally have the opportunity to thoroughly examine and