"Dictatorship in the 21st century looks like London or New York"
Moscow shows us that cities created by dictatorships can also have beautiful buildings and welcoming public spaces, says Owen Hatherley. More
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Ridged panels of pink metal appear throughout Moscow's Rare Pastrami Bar
Gleaming sheets of pink corrugated metal contrast with rough plaster walls inside this Moscow restaurant designed by Crosby Studios. More
Zaha Hadid Architects designing smart city outside Moscow
Moscow's new Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye district, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and Pride Architects, will be a "people-centric" sustainable smart city. More
Ruetemple creates small spartan apartment in Moscow
Space-saving oak furniture and white-washed walls feature in this minimalist apartment in Moscow renovated by architecture studio Ruetemple. More
Moscow's historic Luzhniki Stadium refurbished for World Cup 2018
The opening game of the FIFA World Cup 2018 takes place today inside Russia's national stadium, which has been overhauled by Moscow studio Speech. More
Archetype use rich-toned walls and furnishings for redesign of Moscow flat
Splashes of burgundy, blue and emerald green appear throughout this apartment in Moscow that Russian practice Archetype has redesigned to feature an "aristocratic" colour palette. More
Asymmetrical walls divide up blue and white apartment in Moscow
Russian studio Shkaf Architects inserted asymmetrical and diagonal walls to make the most of the space within this one-bedroom apartment in Moscow. More
Garage Museum creates life-size recreation of Andy Warhol's studio The Factory
The Garage Museum in Moscow is hosting an exhibition dedicated to an anti-modernist manifesto from the 1960s, featuring full-scale mockups of Andy Warhol's famous studio and a conceptual cubist home. More
Zaha Hadid's only house finally completes in Russian forest
New photographs and a movie reveal Zaha Hadid's only completed private residence – a house in the Barvikha Forest near Moscow, for a man she called the "Russian James Bond". More
Herzog & de Meuron reveals plans for "horizontal skyscrapers" in Moscow
Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled plans for two apartments blocks built on stilts, as part of its redevelopment of an abandoned brewery on the banks of the Moscow River. More
MVRDV designs constructivist-inspired tower block for Moscow
Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has won a competition to design a 78-metre tall mixed-use building with a red ceramic facade, to be a symbolic gateway to Moscow. More
Denis Esakov uses drone photography to capture Moscow's landmark buildings from above
Photographer Denis Esakov has used a drone-mounted camera to trace the history of Moscow's architecture, featuring buildings from the city's constructivist era alongside contemporary designs by architects including Zaha Hadid and David Adjaye. More
Information technology pavilion in Moscow features circuit-board-patterned walls
The fibreglass-concrete facades of this technology centre in Moscow, designed by architecture practice WALL, are imprinted with a pattern based on the conductive tracks of circuit boards. More
Ruetemple suspends netted areas in suburban Moscow home
Russian architecture studio Ruetemple has renovated a family home in Moscow, creating an open living space using suspended nets for children to play in and bedrooms that overhang the central communal area. More
Design Museum's Imagine Moscow exhibition explores six unbuilt Soviet landmarks
Six radical designs for the Moscow skyline – proposed in the wake of the October Revolution, but never built – are showcased in an exhibition opening today at London's Design Museum. More
Studio Bazi's tiny self-designed home features a wooden "sleeping box"
To make the most of space in this micro apartment in Moscow, Studio Bazi added a raised wooden volume that contains the sleeping quarters, but also creates disguised storage space. More
Competition: win a copy of the Constructivist Moscow Map
Dezeen is giving five readers the opportunity to win a copy of a map detailing constructivist architecture in Moscow. More
Zaha Hadid Architects wins contest for new addition to "Russia's Silicon Valley"
Zaha Hadid Architects has been selected to design a building for a technology park near Moscow, the first major project the firm has secured since the death of its founder last month. More
Crosby Studios completes Moscow restaurant with Memphis-inspired exterior
The exterior of this Moscow restaurant features a Memphis-inspired pattern, while the interior contains a mixture of old and new details designed to evoke the experience of dining in Israel (+ slideshow). More
Ruetemple adds children's playhouse to bedroom in Russian summer house
To allow parents more time in bed, Russian architecture studio Ruetemple has added a play area above the master bedroom at this summer house to keep the children occupied (+ slideshow). More