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Threatened El Lissitsky’s printing plant We have been visiting our friends at the Zhurgaz house, to see how is going their struggle to preserve their home and the close El Lissitzky’s typography. The planned new high rise building has been built up, although in recent times the construction has been stopped. The destitution of mayor Luzkhov left in disgrace his […] jo pixel No responses 2011-12-20
Burning Moscow – El Lissitzky printing plant An interview with Elena Olshanskaya (chairman of Zhurgaz condominium management) jo pixel No responses 2011-02-08
Demolishing Moscow News about demolitions costantly come from Moscow, were the efforts of citizens and organizations as Arhnadzor, can’t stop the pressure of real estate market oligarchy, of which the main esponent is the wife of the mayor itself. No surprise that in this situation, organs due to preserve architectural heritage, as the Moscow heritage committee (Moskonansledie) […] jo pixel No responses 2010-08-02
Moskonansledie The main goal of our third and conclusive visit to Moscow was to meet and interview some representatives of Moscow Government, and namely Moscomansledie, the municipal agency in charge of preserving cultural heritage in the Russian Capital. It is the only relevant actor in the story of the Narkomfin, which we did not have the […] jo pixel No responses 2010-08-02
Back to Moscow We are back again to Moscow. This time hot weather is accompanying us; an unusual hot season slows down even the constant flux of Muscovites in the streets. The Narkomfin itself seems to suffer even more the brightness of the sun light in the cracks of the walls. The big trees around the building are […] jo pixel No responses 2010-07-10
The construction of Narkomfin jo pixel No responses 2010-07-06
Architectural review n.1357 jo pixel No responses 2010-05-11
Bad TV – Moscow jo pixel No responses 2010-04-24
A letter from Moscow Our friend Elena wrote us to inform about some sad developments of their campaign against speculation in Moscow. She is part of a committee of citizens struggling to defend their building, an interesting example of civil architecture of the constructivist period, from damages and abuses deriving from new development projects. Recently they discovered that the […] jo pixel No responses 2010-01-11
Opaque city jo pixel No responses 2009-10-18