Tag Archives: russia

15 Jan 09

White Death by Robert Edwards

White Death by Robert Edwards Amazon uk | usa As a British citizen I was brought up with the popular blockbuster WWII films and jingoistic historical notion of  WWII being a kind of good versus evil battle. The idea is still somewhat preserved now with the Third Reich being the last word in totalitarian regimes, [...]
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11 Jan 09

Curbed goes to Moscow

Joey: That’s about 5 buildings in one. Lockhart: And 6 of them are ugly. (via)
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7 Mar 07

Worlds Tallest Log Cabin

  (photograph by Dmitry Beliakov) For the one-time gangster who built it, it is nothing less than “the eighth wonder of the world”. The less charitably disposed dismiss it as a glorified barn, fire hazard and eyesore. But on one thing everyone agrees: Nikolai Sutyagin’s home is certainly different. Dominating the skyline of Arkhangelsk, a [...]
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12 Dec 06

Gazprom City Controversy

On the 1st December RMJM won the gazprom city competition in St.Petersburg. But an interesting development was that the Architects walked off the jury before the winner was announced. Norman Foster and Rafael Viñoly walked off the jury that chose RMJM’s designs for the massive Gazprom City development in St Petersburg. The two stars joined [...]
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2 Aug 06

Russia roundup

A few interesting Russian links follow, Andrew Moore a great photographer with a lovely photoset of Russia. Check out archi.ru which has an english section with good articles,a good place from which to explore further. Moscow Museum of Architecture (I think its the oldest museum dedicated to architecture in the world- but correct me if [...]
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