Book for the anniversary of the XXX years of the architectural workshop "Evgeny Gerasimov and partners"
The book to the anniversary of XXX years of the architectural workshop “Evgeny
Gerasimov and partners” (created in 1991 by architect Evgeny Gerasimov)
presents an extensive catalogue of selected works (projects and realized
constructions) with articles by Anna Martovitskaya.
Anna Martovitskaya is an architectural reviewer,
author of the modern architecture guides of a number of European cities, chief
editor of the publishing project «Todigest» and architectural journal «Speech»,
leading the YouTube channel “Arkhiblog Anna Martovitskaya”. We can see a unique
author’s view on the place of the famous buildings of the arch-workshop in St.
Petersburg and Moscow architecture, and an attempt to build a dialogue between
the historical development and modern architecture. The chronological order
unfolds the history of residential houses, museums, banks, hotels, public
centers, which are already familiar with the architectural «organism» of the
city. The project description incorporates artistic analysis, historical
background and author’s metaphorical characteristics.
Architects and designers of the workshop “Evgeny
Gerasimov and partners” (partners - Evgeny Gerasimov, Tatyana Komaldinova, Zoya
Petrova, Karen Smirnov, Victor Khirvich) created more than 80 projects and
buildings for Saint-Petersburg and Moscow. Among the bright works are the
overpass of the Ushakov interchange, the office building on the Ostrovsky
Square, the administrative and business center “Nevskaya City Hall”, the Jewish
St.Petersburg Community House, the Congress and Exhibition complex “Expoforum”,
“House by the Sea” (together with architect Sergei Tchoban), Art View House on the embankment
of the Moika River, «Russian House» in Baskov Lane, residential complexes
Futurist on Barochnaya Street and Neva Haus on Petrovsky Avenue in Petersburg,
as well as multifunctional complexes “Tsarev Garden”, “Silver Fountain Moscow”
and Alcon Tower in Moscow.
Many works of the workshop were honored with
prestigious architectural awards in Russia and abroad.