[UPDATE: Through a translator, we managed to secure an interview with Artemy Lebedev, the elusive founder of Art. Lebedev Studio] London is classic, NY is nice, Tokyo is nightmare. We’ve had them all.

From imposing government institutions to vast residential blocks and the city’s iconic metro stations, Moscow’s built landscape remains a living museum of the Soviet period. This heritage continues to ...

When the Moscow Metro was first announced in the 1930s, the city’s residents were immediately fascinated by how it might look. Station designs were reportedly displayed in shop windows along bustling ...

Known as one of the world’s grandest subway systems, the Moscow Metro is filled with materials more commonly associated with palaces or museums – marble and granite walls, bronze columns, and lavish ...