Russia

The territory surrounding the Krasnodar Stadium has been extensively landscaped, with curving terraced gardens and precisely planted trees. The stadium rises in the background

Krasnodar FC Stadium in Russia by Von Gerkan, Marg and Partners

Krasnodar FC by German practice GMP summons an echo of national grandeur with its travertine-clad pilasters

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‘Everything you do is a political act’: Owen Hatherley’s AR Bookshelf

Owen Hatherley reveals Southampton’s secrets, how to solve the housing crisis and why Brutalism mania has gone too far

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Retrospective: Alexander Brodsky
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St Petersburg: the city of three revolutions
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Battle scars: Kulikovo Polye Museum in Tula, Russia by Sergey Gnedovsky
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Dachaland: the Russian dacha
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Battle scars: Kulikovo Polye Museum in Tula, Russia by Sergey Gnedovsky
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Dachaland: the Russian dacha
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Moscow's ‘Program 200’: You've got to have faith, faith, faith
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Outrage: ‘Sites of social condensation are being dismantled, neglected or sold off to the highest bidder’
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Making sense of Narkomfin
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Seeds of discontent: can architecture be revolutionary?
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Constructive renewal: Izvestia building, Moscow by Ginzburg Architects
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Perestroika of life
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