Architecture of St Petersburg 2013

Press release

ARCHITECTURE OF ST PETERSBURG 2013

2–8 April 2013

St Petersburg

Organisers

Association of Architectural Studios

St Petersburg Union of Architects of Russia

Guild of Architects and Engineers of St Petersburg

St Petersburg PRO ARTE Foundation for Culture and Arts

Venue

The Russian Museum of Ethnography

4/1 Inzhenernaya ul., St Petersburg

Opening at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Open daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Free admission

The 4^th Contemporary Architecture Biennale 2013 presents the best projects and actual constructions made by St Petersburg architects over the last two years.

The exposition presents new urban constructions, residential and public buildings restored and reconstructed objects, interiors and urban design. The participants include 20 architectural studios that are members of the Association of Architectural Studios and the engineering companies from the Guild of Architects and Engineers of St Petersburg. The historical section of the show focuses on the achievements of Igor Yavein (1903-1980), an expert in construction of transport infrastructure.

The education section of the exhibition boasts lectures by leading St Petersburg and foreign lecturers from the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Lithuania as well as a film programme made of archive materials from the Shchusev State Museum of Architecture.

The Architectural Annual featuring the best projects and constructions of St Petersburg architects of 2011-2012 will be presented at the opening.

Contemporary Architecture Biennale was first held in 2007. Over these years it has shown dozens of works by St Petersburg Architects to thousands of visitors. The lectures draw wide attention as they are not limited to professional talks and invite all visitors for open discussions.

Non-profit Partnership Association of Architectural Studios was established in 1999. It is a club for professional architectural teams to discuss the ongoing urban construction issues they are facing. The association that presently includes twenty members publishes St Petersburg Architectural Annual featuring the current works of St Petersburg architects. wwwHYPERLINK "http://www.oam.su/".HYPERLINK "http://www.oam.su/"oamHYPERLINK "http://www.oam.su/".HYPERLINK "http://www.oam.su/"su

St Petersburg PRO ARTE Foundation for Culture and Arts was established in 1999. It is focused on research and promotion of art of the 20^th and 21^st centuries. Since 2004 it has organised, in terms of the Contemporary Architecture programme, over 100 lectures of Russian and foreign architects as well as 20 lectures and conferences. wwwHYPERLINK "http://www.proarte.ru/".HYPERLINK "http://www.proarte.ru/"proarteHYPERLINK "http://www.proarte.ru/".HYPERLINK "http://www.proarte.ru/"ru

The lectures have been supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Russian Federation, SICA Dutch Centre for International Cultural Activities, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, General Consulate of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in St Petersburg, European Commission, Danish Cultural Institute in St Petersburg.

The film programme was prepared with the assistance of the Shchusev State Museum of Architecture.

For more information please contact:

PRO ARTE Foundation (812) 233 00 40, 233 05 53, www.proarte.ru

Association of Architectural Studios (812) 571 45 57 wwwHYPERLINK "http://www.oam.su/".HYPERLINK "http://www.oam.su/"oamHYPERLINK "http://www.oam.su/".HYPERLINK "http://www.oam.su/"su

Russian Museum of Ethnography (812) 570 57 15, 570 57 68 www.ethnomuseum.ru

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