‘Constructivism 2.0’: chief Moscow architect pledges to protect Soviet style
1.6 million to be rehoused in huge Moscow demolition project
A tale of two cities: Ryan Koopmans photographs the old and new capitals of Kazakhstan
A tower block-inspired design studio wants to give you a portable home away from home
Almaty’s astonishingly intricate patterns
Block party: meet the people who live among the brutalist edifices of New Belgrade
Capital punishment: can Minsk move beyond its post-Soviet architectural malaise?
Concrete satire: before High-Rise, these filmmakers brought social critique to the screen
Follow of the week: unexpected sides of St Petersburg by photographer Anton Vaganov
Kirill Savchenkov: the Russian artist exploring existence in the post-Soviet city
Know your tower block: Russia or not? Take the test
Moody postcards of sprawling Soviet housing blocks photographed at ‘blue hour’
Photo of the week: a vertigo-inducing view from above Poznań‘s smog
Post-Soviet photography: a film on visual culture in the New East
Radical suburbs: Owen Hatherley on the secret history of Moscow’s mass housing experiment
Soviet housing is finally getting a smart tech makeover. All hail the ‘Smartovka’
Strange lands: how western pop videos can’t get enough of the ‘exotic’ new east
Tbilisi Architecture Biennial: can informal architecture save the city?
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