[UPDATE: Through a translator, we managed to secure an interview with Artemy Lebedev, the elusive founder of Art. Lebedev Studio] London is classic, NY is nice, Tokyo is nightmare. We’ve had them all.

When the Moscow Metro was first announced in the 1930s, the city’s residents were immediately fascinated by how it might look. Station designs were reportedly displayed in shop windows along bustling ...

From imposing government institutions to vast residential blocks and the city’s iconic metro stations, Moscow’s built landscape remains a living museum of the Soviet period — a heritage that continues ...

Moscow Metro is one of a kind. The London Underground might be older and the Shanghai Metro might be larger, but no mass transit system in the world can compare with the opulent architecture and grand ...