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Key contemporary buildings in the city which can be visited on our tours include the Moscow School of Management, SKOLKOVO and The Mercury City tower, now Europe’s tallest building. Major architects featured include Zaha Hadid Architects, OMA, Foster + Partners, Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas architects, Erick van Egeraat and Adjaye Associates.
Moscow Architecture Designs – chronological list
22 Feb 2018
Tushino Buildings
Design: Steven Holl Architects
images courtesy of architectural office
Tushino Buildings
Moscow Building Photos
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Moscow Building Photographs
Architecture in the Russian Capital – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:
Zaryadye Park Competition – 12 Nov 2013
Winner announced for International Architecture Competition
image by architects
The consortium led by American architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro has been chosen the winner of the two-stage international architecture competition for Zaryadye park held in Moscow. Russian-led TPO “Reserve” came second and the dutch architects MVRDV came third.
Mercury Tower – European Property Award news – 15 Oct 2013
Architects: (designed by) Erick van Egeraat
photo © Egorkin Ilya
The tallest high rise building in Europe, located just west of the city centre on the river.
House N Modernisation – 26 Sep 2013
Design: 4a Architekten
photo : Dmitry Chebanenko
This residential building is the redevelopment of a house built in the 1990s. The architects where tasked with providing a new identity to the building.
House on Mosfilmovskaya – Emporis Skyscraper Award 2012 shortlisted – 17 Sep 2013
photo © Igor Butyrskii
MosFilm Tower
Bolshevik Factory, Moscow – 28 Aug 2013
Architects : John McAslan + Partners
image © John McAslan + Partners
The development includes office space and a new art gallery space housing the client’s collection of Russian art. The project comprises 17 buildings. The scheme included restoration of the first buildings in Moscow to boast electric light.
Zaryadye Park Architecture Competition, central Moscow
New Architectural Contest
image from Zaryadye Park Competition
Zaryadye Park Moscow
Zaryadye is a unique historic district in downtown Moscow, on the bank of Moskva river, adjacent to the UNESCO World Heritage sites at Kremlin and the Red Square. After the demolition of Hotel Russia, the site has remained abandoned for over 6 years. Vladimir Putin proposes to turn this 130 000 sqm area into a multi-functional public park.
Moscow Polytechnic Museum and Educational Centre
Design: Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas architects + Speech
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Moscow Polytechnic Museum and Educational Centre – 29 Mar 2013
Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas + Speech have won the prestigious international competition for this building design which should be realized by 2017.
Kuntsevo Plaza
Design: The Jerde Partnership
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Kuntsevo Plaza Moscow – 30 Jan 2013
This building development – a vibrant new live, work, shopping and entertainment village occupying a full city block – aims to deliver a modern “community gathering place”. The pedestrian-oriented center is made up of “geometric buildings” and topped with terraces and undulating glass features.
Europe’s Tallest Building
1 Nov 2012 – The Mercury City tower in Moscow is now Europe’s tallest building after overtaking The Shard in London. The mixed office and residential tower has topped out at 338 meters (1,109 feet).
Garage Gorky Park Temporary Structures, Moscow, Russia
Garage Center for Contemporary Culture exhibition ‘Gorky Park: From Melnikov to Ban’
photo © Nikolai Zherkov
Garage Gorky Park Temporary Structures – 22 Oct 2012
Garage Center for Contemporary Culture will present a new exhibition entitled Temporary Structures in Gorky Park: From Melnikov to Ban from 20 October to 9 December 2012 in a newly created temporary pavilion in Moscow’s Gorky Park, designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban.
Moscow City Agglomeration Competition
Design: OMA
image © OMA
Moscow City Agglomeration Development – 17 Oct + 27 Apr 2012
At the end of August nine international teams presented their final projects for the draft concept for the development of the Moscow agglomeration to a group of experts and the client, the Moscow Committee for Architecture. At the beginning of September, they were judged by an international jury.
Bolshoi Moscow Competition
Design: various architects
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Bolshoi Moscow Competition – 19 Jul 2012
At the end of June, Moscow saw the fourth meeting of 10 international teams of architects, urbanists, transport engineers and other specialists working on a draft concept for the development of the Moscow agglomeration.
Garage Center for Contemporary Culture – new building in Gorky Park, Moscow
image courtesy of OMA
Garage Gorky Park
Garage Center for Contemporary Culture unveiled concepts for a new building in Gorky Park, designed by Rem Koolhaas’ OMA. A renovation of the famous 1960s Vremena Goda (Seasons of the Year) restaurant, a prefabricated concrete structure that has been derelict for more than two decades.
Pekin Hotel retoration + extension – 10 Nov 2011
Design: Woods Bagot
image from architects
Pekin Hotel Moscow
Skolkovo Innovation Center
Design: AREP – Jean-Marie Duthilleul and Etienne Tricaud – in conjunction with Michel Desvigne & Setec
image © AREP
Skolkovo Innovation Center Moscow
Moscow Architecture
Contemporary Moscow Buildings, alphabetical:
“Aeroflot – Russian Airlines”
Architect: Vladimir Plotkin
photo : Alexey Naroditskiy
Aeroflot Offices Moscow
Barvikha Villa
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
picture : ZHA
Moscow house
Barvikha Village House
Design: Mossine & Partners
photo : Alexey Naroditskiy
Barvikha Village House
City Palace Tower
Design: RMJM Architects
picture : RMJM
City Palace Tower Moscow
Crystal Island
Foster + Partners
image from architects
Moscow Tower
Dynamo Stadium Building
Erick van Egeraat
image © (Designed by) Erick van Egeraat
Dynamo Stadium
Kronverk Cinema, Lefortovo
Robert Majkut
photo : Andrey Cordelianu
Kronverk Cinema Moscow
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Building
HOK
image : Courtesy of HOK
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Moscow
Moscow School of Management, SKOLKOVO
Adjaye Associates
photograph : Ed Reeve
Moscow School of Management
Project A101
Largest European New Town Restarts
image from architects
Project A101 Moscow
Project Orange
Foster + Partners
image from architects
Project Orange Moscow – mixed-use development
Pushkin Museum Building Extension
Foster + Partners
image from architects
Pushkin Museum
Russia Tower
Foster + Partners
image from architects
Russia Tower : ‘tallest tower in Europe’ proposal
Stanislavsky Centre Building
John McAslan + Partners
picture : Yuri Palmin
Stanislavsky Centre Moscow
Tsvetnoy Central Market
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
photograph : Chris Gascoigne
Tsvetnoy Central Market : Department Store
Zaryadye Project
Foster + Partners
image : Nigel Young_Foster + Partners
Zaryadye Project : mixed-use development
New Moscow Buildings, no images / links, alphabetical:
Expocentre Exhibition Halls & Residential Tower Project, central Moscow
2007-
Zaha Hadid Archiects
Major architecture development with conference & hotel facilities and residential:
Expocentre Complex, Moscow International Business Centre
Moscow Business Centre architect : Zaha Hadid
Red October – chocolate factory site: redevelopment
2007-
Foster + Partners; Jean Nouvel; Project Meganom; Jean Michel Wilmotte; Willen & Associates; McAdam Architects
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Location: Moscow, Russia
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Moscow Architecture Exhibition – Architectural Biennale : Sketches for the Future
A101 Urban Block Architecture Competition
Open international architecture competition – total prize fund of 40,000USD
Moscow Architecture Competition
Centrosoyuz
1936
Le Corbusier
His only Russian building
Baccarat Store
Philippe Starck
Baccarat Moscow Store
Russian architect : Berthold Lubetkin
Ostankino Television Tower
Tallest free-standing structure in Europe
Perm architectural competition
Moscow Architecture Competition
Shchusev Museum of Architecture is in Moscow.
Buildings / photos for the New Moscow Architecture page welcome
