Author Archives: Natalia

Building the Revolution, in London

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Natalia

Wish I was in London right now, to see this: Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935 at the Royal Academy of Arts on view till January 22, 2012. This exhibition examines Russian avant-garde architecture made during a brief … Continue reading →

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Guided Tour #7

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Natalia

Last week’s tour… …at the edge of MVTU (Moscow Technical State University) Student Housing in Annengofskaya Roscha. Next guided tour from RKM Save Urban Heritage #7 “FROM AVANT-GARDE TOWARDS ART DECO” is this Sunday (Oct 23), meeting at metro Preobrazhenskaya … Continue reading →

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Guided Tours

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Natalia

CHECK IT OUT: The European project RKM Save Urban Heritage (RKM stands for Rome Kiev Moscow) has FREE guided tours to visit Constructivist and Avant-garde architecture around Moscow. A little about them from their site: The RKM_Guided Tours, organised by … Continue reading →

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New Favorite Book

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Natalia

I recently picked up a copy of Справочник-Путеводитель Архитектура Авангарда (Directory-Guidebook of Avant-garde Architecture) at the Schusev State Museum of Architecture (MUAR). It is officially my new favorite book. With 475 entries of architecture from the 1920s and 1930s, including … Continue reading →

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Khudyakov at Nikolaev’s House

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Natalia

Years ago, Konstantin Khudyakov studied architectural industrial design at the Moscow Architecture Institute (МАрхИ) and at one point lived at Nikolaev’s Student Commune House for three years. Flash forward to the present day, the Commune House is currently serving as … Continue reading →

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New Poster Designs

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Natalia

INTRODUCING: new poster designs!

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COLOR!

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Natalia

In photographing Soviet avant-garde architecture, I usually shoot bw film to bring out the abstract and formal qualities. This time around, I thought I’d try a different approach… Presenting: Student Commune House, in COLOR!

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Touring Nikolaev’s House

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Natalia

There is a group of architect students from Uruguay traveling the world in search of architectural monuments, and yesterday they got to know NIKOLAEV’S HOUSE (as the Student Commune House is sometimes called).

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Tatlin’s Tower

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Natalia

There’s something about that spiral design at the top of the building that reminds me of Tatlin’s Tower…

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Student Commune House

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Natalia

Last week I had an amazing opportunity to visit the Student Commune House (Студенческий Дом-Коммуна) designed by the architect Ivan Nikolaev. Vsevolod Kulish from the Moscow Architecture University (МАРХИ) is supervising the restoration of this site and he was eager … Continue reading →

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