INDEPENDENT UK – A new institution opens in Moscow, backed by a Kremlin-friendly businessman and a leading international architect, which hopes to raise a new generation of thoughtful and tasteful urban planners, and help save the city from architectural Armageddon. Over the past two decades, Russia’s oil wealth has driven a frenzied construction boom in the capital. Historically significant buildings have been left to rot or simply torn down, and hundreds of poorly designed,cheaply built office blocks and luxury housing towers have sprung up around the city. Read More
