In the former capital city of Almaty, the move to catalogue Soviet buildings is an attempt to create an alternative history of one’s own.
In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, the Soviet avant-garde looked to Hollywood. We discuss this unlikely story with Owen Hatherley.
We only had to look at our English urban spaces to predict that riots would someday sweep across our nation. Our cities have parallel areas, suitable for both the privileged and the underclass, occupying the exact same space: collapse was inevitable
Sometimes, the self-referential, apolitical worlds of art and architecture intersect with politics in unexpected ways. In mid-December, as the students occupations spread, on the same day as the 'Day X 2' demonstration across central London organised by student protesters against cuts and fee rise
