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This project started from a noble idea of preserving wood and a desire to push the limits of log construction. We bought a land plot with a pile of logs left from an old disassembled house. You should know that I was born in Karelia so love for forest is in my blood. I didn’t have the heart to saw the log shell up for firewood.
Project name
K4_cabin
Architecture firm
Snegiri Architects
Location
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Photography
Irina Istomina, Dima Tabu, Denis Legotin
The bathroom of a private house in the woods of Saint Petersburg, Russia. This project was conceived as a conceptual work on the unity of nature and man by integrating plants into the living space.
Project name
Oneness with nature
Architecture firm
Fiodar Bulynionak / Fred Render
Location
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Monochrome color palette, micro-cement floor, limited general lighting in favor of local lighting, veneer ceiling, use of textiles as a partition. The combination of all these details, that reveals a holistic, exciting picture of a minimalist interior, was created exclusively for its owner.
Project name
JPS
Architecture firm
Item Design
Location
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Lako is a living box inside the snowy jungle designed by Shomali Design Studio. We tried to use a solid and simple form to make a powerful and safe feeling. On the other hand, making harmony with the surrounding by extending the sloping roof to the ground was our main goal.
Project name
Lako
Architecture firm
Shomali Design Studio
Location
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion, Adobe After Effects
Victor B. Ortiz Architecture: Ybyrá Corporate Tower’s design intent was to create a simple silhouette that would showcase the beauty of timber construction, both in its straight, conventional structure, and on its sinuous curves with laminated timber. 
Project name
Ybyrá Corporate Tower
Architecture firm
Victor B. Ortiz Architecture
Location
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height
122 meters
Saari Mois (the Sarskaya Grange) is the name of an ancient estate, gifted by Peter the Great to the future empress Catherine I in 1710, on which by the time of Catherine II had been built one of Europe’s most beautiful park residences of the Baroque period - Tsarskoe Selo.
Project name
Rooftop Villa Saari Mois
Architecture firm
The Svetozar Andreev Architecture Studio «Hotei-Russia»
Location
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Photography
Svetozar Andreev 2021
Architectural bureau Kerimov Architects has designed a 280 sq. m house in Repino, Leningrad region, Russia. The clients are a family couple who chose a calm forest site for a permanent stay far away from the hustle of a city.
Project name
In harmony with nature: a house for two in Repino
Architecture firm
Kerimov Architects
Location
Repino, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds max, Adobe Photoshop
The Iranian architecture firm Shomali Design Studio led by Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali has designed Aablako, a forest house planned to be built on outskirts of Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Project name
Aablako
Architecture firm
Shomali Design Studio
Location
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion