Architecture & Urban Environment
From New Tashkent to Alatau: Why Central Asia Is Building New CitiesFeride Mahsetova, Philipp Meuser
Tashkent and its multitude of ornamentsEvgeny Sklyarevsky
The pattern of civilization from ornaments
Evgeny Sklyarevsky
Evolving Cities of Central Asia: New Life for Old Cities
Feride Mahsetova
Everything is going according to the master plan: how standard rural housing is changing the face of Uzbekistan's suburbs
Feride Mahsetova
Cement of Power: Deconstructing the Architectural "Grand Style" of Central Asian "Stalinkas"
Philipp Meuser
Why is it easier to build a new capital in the CIS than to "fix" the old one? Explained by Philipp Meuser
Philipp Meuser
What do Kazan and the shift settlements of the Trans-Siberian Railway have in common? We explore with German architect Philipp Meuser.
Philipp Meuser
Meet Uzbekistan’s Central Exhibition Hall – a Modernist marvel whose better days are long past
Rushena Seminogova
When Women Create: Three Stories about Uzbekistan's Women Architects
Rushena Seminogova
Tashkent House of Cinema: A Wrecking Ball for a Landmark Soviet Modernist Building
Rushena Seminogova
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