Russia's architects have become more interested in creating public spaces than spectacular buildings, according to Moscow-based architect Yury Grigoryan, who says the country's architecture has ...

Avant-garde architectural thought enjoyed a heyday in 1920s and ’30s Russia. The Constructivist buildings of the era embodied a functionalist philosophy emboldened by Soviet Socialist propaganda that ...

Situated a few blocks away from the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad, the monument was built in the Qajar era (1789 to 1925). In recognition of its unique architectural heritage and ...

The twentieth century in Russia has been a cataclysm of rare proportions, as war, revolution, famine, and massive political terror tested the limits of human ...

Richard Pare spent two decades photographing “rarely published and virtually inaccessible” buildings by the visionary architects who worked before Stalin rose to power. Between 1922 and 1932, Soviet ...

In Russia, the term "kremlin" refers to a major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities, usually encompassing palaces, churches and government offices. here are several theories ...

One of the most prominent US specialists in Russian architecture, Professor William Brumfield, dedicated almost 50 years to exploring and documenting Russian architecture and the changes that happened ...

In the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Alexander Brodsky was the only national architect to offer a response. That says something about Russian architectural culture, suggests Owen Hatherley.

Boris Iofan’s winning proposal for Palace of the Soviets. Image Courtesy of Arkadi Mordvinov, Vyacheslav K. Oltarzhevsky/Tchoban Foundation From the famous Kitchen Debate between Nikita Khrushchev and ...