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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 […]
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2010-08-02
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Hotel Yugoslavia
Hotel Yugoslavia is one of the most interesting and representative architectures of Novi Beograd. The beautiful hotel is out of service at the moment. It is still in a good shape, and most of the original furniture is in place. It has been bought by an international chain, and is waiting to be redeveloped starting […]
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2010-06-22
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Bad TV – Moscow
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2010-04-24
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El Lissitzky printing plant and Zhurgaz house
MONEY AND POWER AGAINST ARCHITECTURE El Lissitzky printing plant and Zhurgaz house are under threat of destruction. Your help in protecting these landmarks is urgently needed! In 2007 staff members of the Russian Avant-Garde Fund discovered in a Moscow archive previously unknown blueprints for the printing plant of JSC Ogonek authored by El Lissitzky, a […]
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2010-01-19
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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 […]
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2010-01-11
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Opaque city
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2009-10-18
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Kodynskoe field development
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2009-10-14
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Narkomfin denied
Bad news, the Moskostruct exhibition that was foreseen to take place in the Narkonfin, was denied the permission form the residents. Apparently, the inhabitants are tired of journalists and students visiting the place, while none of their requests about the refurbishing of the building happens. Some rupture happened during last week in the relationship with […]
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2009-09-30
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Moscow Today
Nearly two decades after the fall of Communism, Russia’s rapidly expanding economy, led by the current oil and gas boom, is transforming Moscow real estate. Construction cranes have joined the cupolas of Russian Orthodox churches and the spires of Stalinist-era edifices on the city’s skyline. Parts of the capital that were once desolate are filled […]
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2009-07-16
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MIAN
Among the actors involved in the recent history of the Narkomfin there is also MIAN, (Moscow Real Estate Investment Agency) a company among the most powerful in the sector in Russia, which has acquired a certain amount of apartments inside the building, and is trying to get the entire ownership in order to redevelop the […]
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2009-05-14