SPEECH is a Russian architectural office. It was founded in 2006 by architects

Sergei Tchoban Sergei Tchoban (German: Sergej Tschoban; born 9 October 1962) is a German Architect and artist working in various cities in Europe. He is managing director of the architectural firm TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten and founder of the Tchoban Foundation, wh ...

and Sergey Kuznetsov. The bureau specializes in designing buildings and complexes with various functional purposes, developing urban concepts, as well as designing interiors. Projects by SPEECH have been implemented in numerous cities in

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, and others) as well as abroad (

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History of Formation

SPEECH architectural office was formed in 2006 as a joint project of the architects

and Sergey Kuznetsov through the merger of two companies – Tchoban and Partners and S. P. Project. Initially the bureau was called SPEECH Tchoban / Kuznetsov, but after Sergey Kuznetsov was appointed Chief Architect of

in 2012 and left the company, Sergei Tchoban became the sole architect and managing partner, and the name of the bureau was shortened to SPEECH.

Main buildings

*2011 – Granatny 6 residential complex, Moscow. *2011 – Palace of Water Sports for the 2013 Universiade in Kazan. *2012 – Aquamarine office and business complex on Ozerkovskaya embankment in Moscow. *2014 – “V lesu” microcity, Pyatnitskoe highway, Moscow region. *2015 – Russian pavilion at

Expo 2015 Expo 2015 was a World Expo hosted by Milan, Italy. It opened on May 1 at 10:00 CEST and closed on October 31. Milan hosted an exposition for the second time; the first was the 1906 Milan International. The Bureau International des Expositi ...

in Milan *2015 – VTB Ice Palace, Moscow.

Projects in progress

*Facades of the new museum complex of the

State Tretyakov Gallery The State Tretyakov Gallery (russian: Государственная Третьяковская Галерея, ''Gosudarstvennaya Tretyâkovskaya Galereya''; abbreviated ГТГ, ''GTG'') is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered th ...

, Moscow *Museum and Educational Center of the Polytechnic Museum and the

Lomonosov Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

(together with the bureau

Massimiliano Fuksas Massimiliano Fuksas (born January 9, 1944) is an Italian architect. He is the head of ''Studio Fuksas'' in partnership with his wife, Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas, with offices in Rome, Paris and Shenzhen. Biography Fuksas was born in Rome in 194 ...

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Urban planning projects

SPEECH architectural office has extensive experience in the development of architectural and urban planning concepts and design projects.

Exhibition and educational activities

Projects by SPEECH have been featured at exhibition venues. For four consecutive years starting with 2012, SPEECH participated in the INTERNI exhibition in Milan. It presented there the installations: The Eye of the Architect (2012), Golden River (2013), U_cloud (2014), and Living Line (2015).

Professional awards

Buildings and complexes built according to designs by SPEECH bureau have won numerous national and international professional awards. *In 2015, the building of the Museum for Architectural Drawing (Berlin, Germany) was awarded the 3d prize of The German Annual award, Heinze Architekten AWARD 2015 and received the status of Winner of the category Architecture and Urban Space of German Design Award.http://gallery.designpreis.de/en/gdagallery/show/Project/museum-for-architectural-drawings.html/

References

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External links

official siteSPEECH: encyclopedia of architectureSPEECH architecturail office's page on the site archi.ruMuseum for Architectural DrawingRussian pavilion at EXPO-2015SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov - Architekturtransfers
Architecture firms of Russia Companies based in Moscow Companies established in 2006