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Zaha Hadid Architects chosen to create smart city near Moscow
by Andrew Manns | 09 Nov 2018
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) have been selected to design Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoe – a mixed-used development and "satellite city" in the westernmost reaches of Moscow. The planned 400 million sq m metropolis will include myriad sporting and recreation grounds, forested parklands, and a lake, as well as cultural and artistic institutes, offices, and entertainment areas. With an aim to accommodate Moscow's rapidly growing population, the new urban centre – which is being
Nike inspired by Russia's street football culture for multipurpose World Cup sports park
by Kim Megson | 14 Jun 2018
To celebrate the start of the World Cup in Russia, sports giant Nike has partnered with KOSMOS Architects to create an outdoor football court in Moscow inspired by the traditional Russian ‘korobka’ – courtyard cages for street matches. The 4,700sq m (50,600sq ft) Nike BOX Msk in Gorky Park can be used for a variety of sports and pursuits – from basketball to gym training, running and yoga – but
FIFA World Football Museum comes to Moscow with major exhibition to celebrate World Cup
by Tom Anstey | 01 Jun 2018
Fifa's World Football Museum is opening a temporary exhibition in Moscow, Russia, through the course of this year's World Cup. To be hosted at the Hyundai Motorstudio in the Russian capital, the major exhibition – called The History Makers – will open on 9 June, five days ahead of the football tournament's kick off. The exhibition runs until 20 July, five days after the tournament's conclusion. As part of The
Rem Koolhaas and OMA reveal renovation plans for Russia's largest museum
by Kim Megson | 20 Feb 2018
Rem Koolhaas and OMA’s plans to renovate the largest museum building in Russia have been unveiled. The New Tretyakov Gallery houses an extensive and important collection of Russian art, including work from Malevich, Kandinsky, Chagall, and Soviet artists such as Aleksandr Deyneka and Vera Mukhina. The 61,000sq m (657,600sq ft) building, which includes multiple exhibition halls, was originally designed by architects N.P. Sukoyan and Y.N. Sheverdyaev in the 1960s, and
'Parachutes frozen in the sky': Historic airfield inspires Steven Holl's mixed-use Moscow district
by Kim Megson | 25 Jan 2018
Steven Holl Architects and arts collective Kamen have won an international design competition to create a 2 million sq ft (200,000sq m) mixed-use district on a former paratrooper airfield in Moscow. Fuksas Architecture and Zaha Hadid Architects were among the rival firms in contention for the vast scheme in Tushino, which will include housing, social spaces and schools alongside spas, pools, cafés and lounges. The site, situated near the Moscow
MVRDV embrace Constructivism for mixed-use Moscow 'Silhouette'
by Kim Megson | 22 Jan 2018
Dutch architects MVRDV have added to their extensive list of future projects after winning an international design competition for a major mixed-use complex in Moscow’s city centre. The scheme, called Silhouette, will consist of luxury apartments of various configurations and sizes, a sports centre, flexible workspaces, an events space and a public sky deck. The design of the 52,000sq m (560,000sq ft), 78m (256ft) tall building is inspired by the
Plans underway in Moscow for Europe's largest observation wheel
by Alice Davis | 08 Mar 2017
A giant observation wheel is coming to Moscow, Russia, with the mammoth structure set to overtake the London Eye in terms of size and stature, becoming the largest in Europe. The Giant Wheel visitor attraction is engineered and manufactured by Intamin, the company that created the same landmark for Orlando, Florida. A Russian news service reported that the investment company, Regiony, is aiming to make the wheel one of Moscow’s
'A place for endless experiment': First design images revealed for new Moscow art museum
by Kim Megson | 12 Dec 2016
The first design images of a new contemporary art museum in Moscow, located within a former military factory complex, have been revealed. The new Exhibition Centre of the state-run Hermitage Museum has been designed by New York studio Asymptote Architecture, whose co-founder Hani Rashid presented the plans at a public forum last week. The building, set to open in 2020, will be a luminous, semi-transparent, abstractly formed structure. Inside, the
Vladimir Putin approves US$4bn theme park development near Moscow
by Tom Anstey | 15 Jun 2016
The Goddard Group and Moschanko Investment Group have been given the go-ahead by Russian President Vladimir Putin to develop and build a US$4bn (€3.6bn, £2.8bn) theme park near Moscow. Called “The Magical World of Russia”, the new project has been touted as a major destination and resort theme park that will “reflect Russian and other international cultures”. The development gained the endorsement of President Putin at a recent meeting involving
Italian architects to design Moscow Bulgari Hotel in historic residence overlooking the Kremlin
by Jane Kitchen | 13 Jun 2016
Luxury hotel brand Bulgari will come to Moscow in 2019, with a hotel set in the former residence of a noble family that was also later home to musicians from the famed Conservatory P.I. Tchaikovsky. Designed by Italian architectural firm Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners – which is also working on the Bulgari Dubai – in collaboration with Russian architectural bureau Atrium, the Bulgari Hotel in Moscow is planned
Marcos Zotes designs luminous pink P-Cube to bring light to Moscow park
by Kim Megson | 06 Jan 2016
A glowing pink cube in the heart of Moscow is providing passers by an immersive spot to take stock and look out at the city. The P-Cube, designed by Spanish-Icelandic artist Marcos Zotes and his studio UNSTABLE, is a temporary installation commissioned by the city’s Polytechnic Museum to stand in VDNKh Park. The skin of the 9m (29ft) high structure is clad in a semi-transparent layer of fabric covered with
Sergey Skuratov Architects to redevelop Moscow mixed-use complex opposite Kremlin
by Kim Megson | 28 Oct 2015
Moscow’s radical urban regeneration programme has taken another step forward following the announcement that Sergey Skuratov Architects have been selected to design a large leisure and residential complex opposite the Kremlin. Describing the site of the project in the capital’s Sofiyskaya Embankment, Skuratov said: “It’s a wasteland overgrown with weeds, forgotten by residents, concealed from the glances of passers-by and completely separated from the city life still flowing around it.
Renzo Piano's power station regeneration will create art and culture hub at the heart of Moscow's Red October district
by Kim Megson | 20 Oct 2015
The Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) has been commissioned to convert a historic Moscow power station into a brand new venue exhibiting contemporary Russian arts and culture. The firm - which has recently completed work on the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York - will create the new art space for the V-A-C Foundation on a two hectare plot in the Russian capital’s Red October district. The project
Hollywood stars gather for launch of Rem Koolhaas’ art museum in Moscow
by Jason Holland | 15 Jun 2015
The OMA-designed Garage Museum of Contemporary Art has launched in Moscow, Russia, with stars including George Lucas, Woody Allen, Miuccia Prada, Stella McCartney, Harvey Weinstein and Karlie Kloss on hand for the opening night. The building will house the gallery founded by Dasha Zhukova – wife of Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich – and becomes the capital city’s first post-Soviet and not-for-profit contemporary art space. Architect Rem Koolhaas and
Hamleys adds to retail experience with theme park concept in new Moscow toy store
by Tom Anstey | 07 Apr 2015
Global toy retailer Hamleys has taken the first step to becoming an experience brand after opening a mini theme park in its new Moscow store – also the largest toy shop in Europe. The new retail concept was developed by design studios Fitch and Paragon Creative within Moscow's Detsky Mir building. Hamleys Moscow offers shoppers and visitors nine “worlds of play”, including Enchanted Forest, Imagination, Lego World, Magic Kingdom, Metropolis,
Work progresses on new home for FC Dynamo Moscow
by Chris Dodd | 25 Jun 2014
Russian football club FC Dynamo Moscow will be given a new home once the VTB Arena is completed in 2016, with the stadium being created as part of a progressive VTB Arena Park project in the Russian capital. Designed by Manica Architecture, the 33,000-capacity stadium is part of an overall US$1.5bn (€1.1bn, £884m) development to create a leading sporting venue alongside an expansive leisure area five miles from the city’s
Moscow arts centre to move to new site
by Pete Hayman | 03 May 2012
Image: A former restaurant will house the new centre Garage Center for Contemporary Culture has announced plans to move to a new location at Gorky Park in Moscow, Russia, in the first of a two-phase development later this year. The first stage includes the creation of a new temporary home designed by Rem Koolhaas' Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) alongside Russia-based Form Bureau. Due to open later this year, the
TPL to design new Moscow golf academy
by Pete Hayman | 25 Oct 2010
Surrey-based design practice Thomson Perrett and Lobb (TPL) has been selected to draw up plans for a new golf academy for Moscow, Russia. The academy will be located at the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, which is one of largest sports facilities in Europe and caters for more than 40 different activities. A nine-hole, par three golf course will be included as part of the TPL-designed academy, along with a driving range,
Dutch architect secures Moscow stadium project
by Tom Walker | 23 Jul 2010
Netherlands-based architect Erick van Egeraat has won an international design competition and secured the commission for the VTB Arena Park in Moscow. The 300,000sq m VTB Arena Park will include the complete redevelopment of the home of Dinamo Moscow football club. The mixed-use project is set to be one of the largest sport projects in Russia in recent years. VTB Bank will provide an investment of around €500m (US$644m, £421m)
Rezidor reopens Moscow's Hotel Ukraina
by Martin Nash | 06 May 2010
Rezidor has reopened the former Hotel Ukraina in Moscow, USSR, as the Radisson Royal Hotel Moscow. The 206m-tall building is one of what are known as Josef Stalin's 'Seven Sisters' (Stalinskie Vysotki) skyscrapers, built between 1947 and 1953. Comprising a 34-story hotel building and two 11-storey apartment blocks, it stands on a bend in the Moscow River, across the water from the White House Parliament building. Following a three-year renovation,
New Moscow hotel designs unveiled
by Pete Hayman | 26 Jun 2009
An internal nine-storey atrium, designed in the style of a Fabergé egg, is at the heart of designs for the proposed new Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Moscow, Russia, which have been unveiled by architects HOK. The 250-room, five-star property, which will be situated on the city's Tverskaya Road, is to be housed in a renovated 19th century manor house and features an 'upside-down' design that will invite visitors to check-in
US$620m Freestyle Park for Moscow
by Tom Walker | 26 Nov 2008
Russia-based MT Development has announced that it will be building a new RUS16.8bn (US$620m, £406m, 472m euro) leisure attraction in the capital Moscow. To be called Freestyle Park, the 280,000sq m (3 million sq ft) sport and leisure destination is expected to attract five million visits annually. The attraction aims to cater for all ages by providing a range of events, from extreme sports to gaming facilities. Activities will include
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