20/01/2008
Professor Ricky Burdett visits Moscow the city to investigate claims that its architectural treasures are being destroyed or ignored in the rush to modernise.
In the midst of Moscow's huge building boom, Professor Ricky Burdett visits the city to investigate claims that its architectural treasures, including important early Modernist buildings, are being destroyed or ignored in the rush to modernise and forget a painful past. Also, Lord Foster gives an account of his projects in Moscow, including the tower that will be Europe's tallest.
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