Our selection contains discreet and not so channels, in which there is no mountain of pictures or a stream of consciousness, but there are interesting buildings and inspiring projects, witty notes, useful data and announcements. Together, they may well qualify for an independent architectural newspaper with several headings.
Russian Architecture
About myself: "Everything about architecture, design and urban space in Russia"
Why read: the channel's authors briefly tell and show the most "juicy" Russian projects from St. Petersburg to the Primorsky Territory, and at the same time delight with new names. Also published a lot of interiors and design objects, recordings of interesting interviews and lectures
Subscribers: 1849
Publications: every 2-3 days
Other channels with new architecture: Modern architecture ***
Placemaking
About myself: "Anna Siprikova, urbanist, playmaker, ideologist of the" Made by Citizens "project, project manager at Project fop Public Spaces, New York"
Why read: Anna shares documents and research data on pedestrians, cyclists, transportation and public spaces. You can find a link, for example, to a French manual on how to organize pedestrian traffic during road works. There are also examples of successful public spaces and announcements of international conferences and grants.
Subscribers: 1169
Publications: every 3-7 days
Other Urban Channels: Urban data from Urbica, Urbanism, City for People, City and People, City of the Future, Strelka Magazine. ***
Intelligent Architecture
About myself: "On architecture and interior design"
Why read: a channel-collection of links to the best materials from well-known publications like Strleka Mag, Archspeech or Arzamas, and to texts from Medium, Yandex-Zen and even Livejournal platforms. The range of topics is wide: from various collections to analytical materials or a guide to architectural styles
Publications: every 7-14 days
Subscribers: 2411
Other digest channels: A mountain of information. ***
Soft Culture
About myself: "Channel about education, events and useful resources for architects from softculture.cc"
Why read: the channel publishes announcements of exhibitions and festivals, lectures and films, book presentations and meetings with architects. And also links to your own practical materials: lecture notes, tips for working with SketchUp or Revit, or submitting graphics
Publications: everyday
Subscribers: 1463
Other educational channels: maketik, Engineer Toropov, Student Council of the Moscow Architectural Institute, BIM-elective of SPbGASU. ***
Fragments
About myself: “Channel of the architect Julia Kaptur. Fragments of projects, thematic digests, selections"
Why read: a person with good taste publishes photographs of interesting and, as a rule, miniature projects, accompanied by a short text. Also, the channel regularly contains links to nice and useful collections like "100 textures for Photoshop" or "a list of accounts where you can publish student work", as well as lists of books, films created by Julia herself, collage lessons in Photoshop and interiors
Publications: every 3-4 days
Subscribers: 5763
Other channels with inspiration: See It / Architecture, Archily, architecture.plus.font. ***
Small houses
About myself: "My name is Asya and I really love architecture"
Why read: The channel is hosted by Asya Zolnikova, one of the authors of the arch: speech magazine, in the most rare “author's column” format. Asya approaches architectural phenomena or specific buildings phenomenologically: she writes about how temples turn into libraries, about the role of elevators in the emergence of skyscrapers, about the influence of design on architecture. In addition to notes, quotes and links to good longreads, the channel has a lot of "game" posts: "ruin pubs", a winery made of decommissioned boats, architectural "quotes" from films, professional jokes, etc. list
Publications: every 2-3 days
Subscribers: 5804
Other channels popularizing architecture: “It's ugly and tasteless”, Walden7, Archlikbez, Luxury Problems. ***
Archimatika
About myself: “Channel of Alexander Popov, head and co-founder of the architectural company of the same name. Ideas and developments - everything that inspires us, what we are proud of and what we want to share with you"
Why read: A rare genre - we practically did not find architectural companies' channels in the telegram. Here are reports on work and awards, as well as news seen through the eyes of a large Kiev bureau
Publications: Existed since November 2018, there were 9 publications in December
Subscribers: 41 ***
About space
About myself: "Texts and Theories about Design and Architecture"
Why read: the architect Sergei Kolchin from the Le Atelier bureau publishes excerpts from books he has read, the authors of which are practitioners or theorists of architecture. Quotes from Le Corbusier and Norman Foster, Victor Papanek and Dejan Sudjic, Charles Jencks and Theodor Adorno
Publications: 1-2 per month
Subscribers: 381 ***
Moscow. Details of
About myself: "A project about a little-known, outgoing Moscow"
Why read: sometimes fascinating stories about historical buildings that survive in modern Moscow. Lots of details, palimpsests, textures and details that make up the charm of authentic old architecture
Publications: everyday
Subscribers: 4711
Other channels about heritage and local history: Architectural excesses, Fake Empire, St. Petersbirds, Old Moscow, Moscow Canal, white stone city. ***
Architectureraces
About myself: "Only architecture and history of Kazan, Tatarstan and the Volga region"
Why read: the content is based on a pair of photographs taken from the same angle, but with a difference of several decades. Collages like these help you get a feel for how the city is changing. The author also proposes to vote for the appearance of modern buildings, teaches to determine the age of buildings by brickwork and makes architectural riddles
Publications: everyday
Followers: 1327
Other regional architecture channels: EKB300, Nizhny Novgorod leaf. ***
Losko
About myself: "Channel of the online magazine Losko"
Why read: "Pocket" version of a full-fledged magazine with projects, biographies, architectural photography and selections. Plus materials accompanying the specificity of the messenger: links to good third-party materials and interesting near-architectural news
Publications:
Subscribers: 4411
Other mini-magazines: MAG Architecture, Strelka KB, Architecture and Design. ***
