Foster’s Orange would squash Soviet masterpiece

By and Rory Olcayto Rory Olcayto Rory Olcayto2008-04-11T00:00:00

The 1980 building under threat

Source: Yuriy Lapitskiy

Russian architecture experts have condemned an iconic design by Norman Foster because it involves the replacement of a Soviet-era building considered by some as the “best in Moscow”.

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