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Building Belarus: Office Culture, New Designs and Pop-Ups

Eric Baldwin — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 07:30:00 +0000

The new architecture of Belarus responds to an interplay of history and culture. Regional forces have defined the built environment and its evolution, and in turn, shaped the lives of the Belarusian people. Since the landlocked country attained its independence in 1991, it has had the most development in its cities, where two thirds of the population live. Over the last ten years, a range of new buildings have begun to paint a picture of its emerging design culture.

Explore Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone Through the Lens of Darmon Richter

Eric Baldwin — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:35:00 +0000

British researcher Darmon Richter has completed a series of journeys into the Exclusion Zone of Chernobyl. Captured through the book Chernobyl: A Stalkers’ Guide, Richter's documentation explores an area the size of a small country, and in turn, ventures deeper than any previously published account. Through a series of photographs, his work reveals forgotten ghost towns and monuments lost deep in irradiated forests.

Yerevan-Based SNKH Studio Designs the 2020 Garage Screen Cinema in Moscow, Russia

Christele Harrouk — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 06:30:00 +0000

The new Garage Screen cinema designed by SNKH Architects was just unveiled in Moscow. The winning project of the second Garage museum of contemporary art competition for the design of a pop-up summer cinema “resembles an inverted Bedouin tent”. Selected out of 136 submissions from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia, the intervention is not instantly recognizable as a cinema, reinventing the usual design.

Eastern Bloc Architecture: Trailblazing Churches and Controversial City Buildings

Lucía de la Torre — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 03:30:00 +0000

This article is part of "Eastern Bloc Architecture: 50 Buildings that Defined an Era", a collaborative series by The Calvert Journal and ArchDaily highlighting iconic architecture that had shaped the Eastern world. Every week both publications will be releasing a listing rounding up five Eastern Bloc projects of certain typology. Read on for your weekly dose: Trailblazing Churches and Controversial City Buildings.

Eastern Bloc Architecture: Colossal Libraries

Lucía de la Torre — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 03:30:00 +0000

Eastern Bloc Architecture: Scientific Superstructures

Danae Santibañez — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:00:00 +0000

ArchDaily & Strelka Award: Last Day to Vote and Decide the Winners

Maria Erman — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 06:00:00 +0000

Readers of ArchDaily and Strelka Mag have selected a shortlist of 15 architectural projects nominated for the joint ArchDaily & Strelka Award, which celebrates emerging architects and new ideas that transform the contemporary city. The second stage of voting, which will last until August 15, will decide the three winners.

ArchDaily & Strelka Award: Vote Now to Decide the Winners

AD Editorial Team — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 09:30:00 +0000

ArchDaily, Strelka Institute, and Strelka KB have selected a long list of 50 architectural projects nominated for the joint ArchDaily & Strelka Award, which celebrates emerging architects and new ideas that transform the contemporary city. Now the readers of ArchDaily and Strelka Mag can vote for their favorite project to decide the finalists.

Saint-Gobain Announces Winners of the 14th Edition MultiComfort House Students Contest

Nicolás Valencia — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 08:00:00 +0000

Students from South Africa, Belarus, and Germany have been chosen as the winners of the 14th edition MultiComfort House Students Contest, a contest created in 2004 and organized by Saint-Gobain. Entrants were to develop a project based on the principles of the multi-comfort concept, that is, "an optimum indoor environment ensuring the right level of fresh air, thermal, visual and acoustic comfort provided in a sustainable and energy efficient manner," as explained by the organizers.

The Fossilized Soviet Architecture of Belarus, in Photos

Isabella Baranyk — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 09:30:00 +0000

The history of what is now the Republic of Belarus is a turbulent one. It has been part of the Russian Empire, occupied by the Germans during both World Wars, divided between Poland and the Soviet Union, and finally declared its independence in 1991. Although Belarus is now an independent nation, it is also an isolated dictatorship that has in some ways remained unchanged since the 1990s, and is largely seen both culturally and architecturally as a sort of time warp, Europe's most vivid window into life in the Soviet Union.