Architecture nominee

The Lakhta Center tower, designed by RMJM in 2012 and realized in 2018 in Saint Petersburg is the tallest building in Europe. The concept of a super-tall skyscraper being erected in the city known for its historical skyline caused intense public discussions and the site was chosen so that the new structure would not interfere with the iconic cityscape. The tower stands on the outskirt of the city surrounded by parks, lakes, woods, apartment blocks and small country houses. In his series of photographs Yuri Palmin explores the context of Lakhta Center and treats the building as a materialized exclamation sign in the narrative of everyday life.

Architecture photographer since 1989. Collaborated with titles such as AD Magazine, Vogue, World Architecture (UK), RIBA Journal (UK), Icon Magazine (UK and USA), Domus (Italy), Abitare (Italy), Speech (Germany — Russia), Project Russia, etc. Author of illustrations for books about contemporary and historic Russian architecture.

Featured solo exhibitions:
1991: Zurich + Moscow, Moscow, Zurich
1995: New Constructionism, Art Manezh, Moscow
2000: Instrumenta, Moscow (together with A. Kirtsova)
2001: Museum of Architecture, Moscow, solo
2002: LA DEFENCE, Arch-Moscow
2004: Berlinwallpaper, Krasnoyarsk (together with Vl. Efimov)
2006: Participation in the Venice Biennale of Architecture (together with A. Brodsky)
2008: Ornaments, Museum of Architecture, Moscow
2009: Echo of a Wooden Era, Museum of Architecture, Moscow
Awarded SIlver Camera special prize, Moscow House of Photography (Moscow, 2001), winner of architecture and design exhibition Arch-Moscow (2002)