The motherland of constructivist architecture, Moscow is home to many of the world’s best examples of the former hallmark Soviet style. However, many constructivist buildings such as the Narkomfin and ...

In a recent blog post, Kyle Pearce (@mathletepearce) raised the question “good at math or good at memorization?” Unlike most middle school math teachers, Kyle asks his students to wrestle with complex ...

Moving to a new city often means missing family. To avoid this feeling of absence as much as possible, Alexandra Potapova’s client gave his parents a very special gift: He purchased them an apartment ...

Architectural education has always been fundamentally influenced by whichever styles are popular at a given time, but that relationship flows in the opposite direction as well. All styles must ...

Located in the heart of the Urals is the city of Yekaterinburg, the world’s largest “open air constructivist museum.” Yekaterinburg is home to a rich collection of monuments to constructivism, the ...

A brief but intense period of design and construction in Russia from 1915-35 is examined at The Royal Academy’s Building the Revolution exhibition, writes Abigail Gliddon Soviet-era experiments in ...

As fund managers continue their search for value in a low yield market environment, some are starting to take a new route to encouraging yield. In “constructivist” funds, managers have begun a more ...