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Seeing Red

Controversy continues surrounding Cooper Union’s postponement of student exhibition about Soviet design school Vkhutemas

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Not Back in the U.S.S.R.

Cooper Union postpones exhibition on Soviet design school Vkhutemas, citing Russia’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine

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Path Toward Reconstruction

Newly established task force will address how to rebuild war-torn Ukraine’s infrastructure

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Architect of the State

A new book explores the life and career of Boris Iofan, the Jewish Soviet architect who designed for Stalin’s regime

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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Daily digest: Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin closes for a cleaning, a Putin statue lands in Central Park, and more

The Strelka Institute in Moscow, where a new research initiative, The Terraforming is based
A Door Closes…

Moscow’s Strelka Institute pauses operations, possibly permanently

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Code Red

UNESCO sounds a clarion call to protect Ukraine’s historic sites

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No End In Sight

As war rages, Ukraine’s collective memory is at risk

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Sympathy, Solidarity, Shock

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, architects speak out

rendering of a brick mixed-use building in moscow. MVRDV halted the project over the invasion of ukraine
On Hold

In a statement of anti-war solidarity, MVRDV halts all Russian projects

view of the bronze building from the center of the city, the new russian copper company headquarters
Tons Of Triangles

Foster + Partners’ Russian Copper Company headquarters echoes its namesake material

A black and white photo of Vkhutemas students in a classroom learning about tower design
Design For All

Avant-Garde as Method tracks the secret history of the Soviet Russian Bauhaus

A virtual Venice Architecture Biennale
In Brief

Russia is the first country to move its Venice Architecture Biennale pavilion online

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This Time It’s Personal

Russia and America cross-pollinate at the Canadian Centre for Architecture

Signage for the Architecture of Migration conference
Global Circulation

Can the role of architecture be redefined in the era of mass migration?

Monumental ruins show the city of Palmyra
Restoring the Ruins?

Russia and Syria announce joint project to restore ancient city of Palmyra

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Going Down (Maybe)

A Russian World Cup stadium could sink into a swamp

Exterior photo of the Aga Khan prize-winning museum, low-slung and clad in limestone
Khan-tinuing Education

The 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture winners split a $1 million prize

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