On June 13, the Pushkin Museum celebrated its centenary (in a new style). On the eve of this date, the president of the Shukhov Tower Foundation, the great-grandson of the famous engineer Vladimir Shukhov, proposed creating a permanent museum of engineering art in the empty space between the upper and middle tiers of the metal-glass floors of the Pushkin Museum. These first three-level translucent ceilings in the world were designed by the great engineer and architect Vladimir Shukhov. Another option for the location of the museum is in the "five-leafed leaf" of the British architect Norman Foster near the main building of the Pushkin Museum, if it will be built. Also, Vladimir Shukhov calls for the adoption of a resolution of the Russian government to provide international expertise and scientific restoration of the Shukhov Tower in Moscow.
The UrbanUrban blog writes about the projects of the Givrum.nu team, which finds temporary use for the vacant premises of Copenhagen. So, a concert venue, a cafe, a gallery, a cinema, a library, workshops and much more appeared at the caramel factory. The site became iconic and after the end of the lease period, the project moved to two other buildings.
atticus-flinc talks about the 27-storey Antilla private home of Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai. This is the first home in the world to be worth more than $ 1 billion. It has a cinema, three helipads, nine elevators, two floors of gyms and swimming pools, six floors of parking, and four floors of a garden. And it's all designed for a family of four.
The public movement "Arhnadzor" informs about the begun reconstruction of the one-story wing of the former Moscow real school at 9 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya street, building 4, during which the building was practically demolished. As "Arhnadzor" found out, work on the territory of the united protected zone of cultural heritage objects was illegal, because it was not coordinated with the city supervisory authorities. The public movement calls on the city authorities to toughen the punishment for illegal demolition and reconstruction of historic buildings up to the introduction of a procedure for confiscating objects from unscrupulous owners and tenants. A similar situation occurred in Pskov next to one of the most iconic monuments of the city - Gremyachya Tower. There, for the purpose of further reconstruction, a two-story house of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries was dismantled. The wooden Ilyinsky Church in Belozersk, Vologda Oblast, was also under threat of destruction, writes anton-p-maltsev. A competition has been announced for the restoration of the monument. According to the terms of reference, the assembly of the church is estimated at 16 million rubles and must be completed in just three months, which is impossible given the complexity and volume of work.
In the village of Pechetovo, Tver Region, the Church of Demetrius Thessaloniki is being rescued. The Rural Church Foundation invites volunteers to take part in the cleanup, which will take place on July 14. It will be necessary to cut down trees on the roof, examine the temple, carry out work to strengthen the iconostasis and general cleaning. The theme of cult architecture is continued by local historian Alexander Mozhaev, speaking about the churches of the time of Ivan the Terrible, including the Church of the Ascension of Christ in Kolomenskoye and the Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed.
And Theory and Practice publishes the story of an MArchI student about her internship at the Rotterdam office of the Cityförster architectural company.
