The Center of Contemporary Architecture (C:CA) was founded in Moscow in 2001 by the Russian Academy for Architectural and Building Science,

Moscow Architectural Institute Moscow Architectural Institute (State Academy) - MArchI (russian: Московский Архитектурный Институт (Государственная Академия) - МАрхИ) is a famous architecture school located in Moscow, ...

(MArchI), Moscow Art History Institute and Architectural Gallery as a cultural non-governmental organization. C:CA is focusing its attention on the quality of current architecture when everything is run by ruthless rules of the real estate market. C:CA aims to create a new vibrant informational structure, that would help the development of the Russian architecture and its incorporation into the world culture process. The main C:CA tasks are: :* to support of the innovative ways in Russian architecture :* to stimulate the creative potential of Russian architects :* to draw public attention to architectural problems :* to spread currently absent knowledge of architectural masterpieces in the global architectural information exchange :* to develop international professional connections, supporting the architectural community of Russian province. C:CA is a non-governmental and non profit organization, supported by Ford Foundation and other organizational and private sponsors. Irina Korobina heads C:CA since 2001, when she was appointed as a Director.

Initiatives

Architecture on TV

This one of priority directions of activity C:CA activity. Within four years C:CA run out the weekly TV show "Architectural gallery", author Irina Korobina. Broadcast on Cultural TV Channe. 150 episodes have run as part of the series in the last four years, focusing on such issues as urban development analysis of European cities (especially Moscow), portraits of the world’s and Russia’s star architects, information on architectural events in Moscow and international events such as the Venice Biennale and the

Pritzker Prize The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international architecture award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produ ...

, a report on the most important buildings of the 1920s.

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External links

C:CA / Center of contemporary architecture official website
Architecture organizations Organizations based in Moscow Organizations established in 2001 2001 establishments in Russia Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences Non-profit organizations based in Russia