Moscow’s most memorable stories do not always belong to its largest buildings. A low stone platform on Red Square, a bronze dog beneath the city
A row of bronze ducklings can hold your attention as effectively as a grand façade. So can a dog lying in a metro vestibule, a familiar
On a Moscow facade, you may notice a bird before noticing the building itself. A curved wing, an imaginary creature’s face or a coloured ceramic
A Moscow building can look old without having survived from the period its forms suggest. The Izmailovo Kremlin is a modern cultural complex in a historical
Moscow's history can be read through three relationships with water: bringing it into the city, taking it away after use and making it a
A Gold Coast architecture walk becomes more interesting when you compare different ideas of city living. At the Charnley-Persky House, a compact townhouse makes an
Uetliberg offers a change from Zurich's streets to woodland and a view from above within a half day. You do not have to hike
A pedestrian bridge changes the way you see Moscow. From a bank, your gaze follows the water; in the crossing, a broader space opens sideways; at
On Tverskaya, a building's present position does not always tell you where it originally stood. Savvinskoye Podvorye, now at 6 Tverskaya, Building 6, and
Moscow's unusual houses are easy to remember through nicknames: Egg, Ship and Centipede. Yet the names describe different architectural decisions. One building developed from
Moscow’s two botanical gardens answer different wishes. Apothecary Garden suits a compact, attentive encounter with plants near the centre. The N. V. Tsitsin Main Botanical
Longchamp works best as a small world of its own. Come for the monumental fountain and curved colonnades, choose either fine arts or natural history, then
