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Kengo Kuma Wins Competition to Design the New Kamal Theatre

Christele Harrouk — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:00:00 +0000

The Open International Competition for the Development of an Architectural Concept for the Galiasgar Kamal Tatarian State Academic Theatre has announced its results. The consortium including Kengo Kuma & Associates was granted the first place, while the second place went to a proposal led by Asif Kahn Studio and the third place to Coop Himmelb(l)au and his team.

URAM Indoor Extreme Park / KOSMOS Architects + Legato Sports Architecture

Andreas Luco — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000

The largest extreme park in Europe opens in Kazan. The new indoor sports center stands in the open part of the extreme all-season park that was already completed in summer 2020 by Legato Architects. Legato, the creators of the open extreme park Uram, invited KOSMOS Architects to work together on the building of the sports center. Uram (means “street“ in Tatar) is the center of street youth culture, which combines sports and educational, social, and cultural functions under one roof.

The Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academy Theatre Competition Announces Finalists

Dima Stouhi — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 06:30:00 +0000

The jury of the Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academy Theatre's open competition has announced its list of 8 international finalists. The competition called for the development of an architectural concept that takes into account sustainable development and Kazan's history, creating a theatre that blends harmoniously into its surroundings while becoming a new unique landmark.

URAM Extreme Park / Legato Sports Architecture

Valeria Silva — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0000

URAM Extreme Park is the largest extreme park in Russia, built in 2020 by Legato Sports Architecture. The architects faced a difficult task — to build a park that: 1) combines all the sports facilities necessary to prepare extreme athletes for high-level competitions, such as Olympic Games, 2) has simple extreme zones where amateur athletes will be able to develop their riding skills, 3) fits into the context of the historical city center of Kazan, 4) will become an open and free public space for urban recreation.

National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan / XOPA

Paula Pintos — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000

The National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan is located in a building erected in 1987 for the Kazan branch of the Lenin Central Museum. The building, clad in Armenian tufa stone thus resembling the image of a waving Soviet flag, is one of the centerpieces of Kazan and a significant example of late Soviet architecture. After the collapse of the USSR, the National Cultural Center "Kazan" was located there, which also housed a Kazan City Museum until recently. The most notable achievement of the project, whilst being respectful to the material and spatial features of the original design, was to transform a somber and outdated structure into a vibrant and lively public space.

Second Russian Biennale for Young Architects Winners Announced

Maria Erman — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 07:45:00 +0000

On October 26th, 2019 the jury of the Second Russian Architecture Biennale for Young Architects announced the winners of this year’s competition. The jury members chose the best four of 30 projects by the finalists for the Gold and Silver Prizes. Special prizes were presented by the Russian Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services and the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan; there were also two special mentions awarded by the jury.

White Flowers Boulevard / Project Group 8 + PARK

María Francisca González — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 02:00:00 +0000

White Flowers Boulevard is a public space in Kazan on Absalyamov street, designed with the residents of the district in 2018. The park is located on site of a former parking lot. The constant conflict between cars and pedestrians was dangerous, as there was no pedestrian route from houses to bus stops and the school. Within the project, a landscape was formed, fertile land was brought and more than 1000 large-sized trees and perennial shrubs were planted. At all stages of the project, local residents, communities, teachers and students from local school took an active part. The key events of the participatory design process were two large city-wide meetings — a meeting for the preparation of the design assignment and discussion of the preliminary concept.

JTP Designs New Russian Eco-City District in Kazan

Eric Baldwin — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 05:00:00 +0000

London-based practice JTP won the competition to create a 760ha masterplan for a new eco-city district in Kazan, Russia. Working with OXO Architects, Terra Scape and XTU Architects, the team proposed the development outside the regional capital of Tatarstan. Dubbed Ecopolis, the design centers on a series of "green fingers" that connect to a landscape ring around the district.

LEVS Architecten Infuse "Dutch Approach" in New Residential Area in Russia

Lauren Crockett — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 14:00:00 +0000

Dutch firm LEVS Architecten won an international competition to design a new residential zone near the Russian city of Kazan. The winning design encompasses the 180-hectare masterplan for the area as well as its architectural content. Along with VLUGP landscape, LEVS used a "Dutch Approach," embracing pedestrian networks, green space and "spirited architecture." The extent of the project will form its own neighborhood, titled "Machaon Valley," and is intended to be fully realized by 2025.

Turenscape and MAP Chosen to Redevelop Kazan's Kaban Lake Embankments

Karissa Rosenfield — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:25:00 +0000

Russian-Chinese consortium Turenscape and MAP architects was announced as winners of a major competition to redevelop the Kaban lake system embankments in Kazan, Russia. Their winning concept, “Elastic band: The Immortal Treasure of Kazan” aims to establish a "continuous system of landscapes along the bank line, which will preserve the cultural and historical memory and become a basement for future stage-by-stage development."

10 Shortlisted to Re-Envision Kazan's Kaban Lake Embankments

Karissa Rosenfield — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:08:00 +0000

Ten finalist have been shortlisted as part of an open, two-stage competition set to redesign the Kaban lake system embankments in Kazan. Held under the authority of the Republic of Tatarstan Government, the competition will now ask the remaining teams to work on other town-planning projects in the Republic of Tatarstan held within the three context of the Water-Conservation Zones Year - in Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Almetyevsk and other cities. Visiting sessions with the President of the Republic will be organized to introduce the context of the competition to the finalists.

Palace Of Water Sports In Kazan / SPEECH

Daniel Sánchez — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Palace of Water Sports is planned in the territory of Universiade Park and included in the complex of sport constructions being built in Kazan city as part of the preparation for holding the Summer Universiade in 2013. Apart from the role the complex plays for sports, it also has social value. After the end of the Universiade, the students of Tatar State Academy of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism, as well as other residents of the city, will play sports and enjoy recreational swimming here.