A damaged building is seen after an earthquake struck near the coast of Ecuador, in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, April 25, 2025, in this picture obtained from a social media video. Reuters A magnitude 6.3 ...

One modernist building’s demolition led to a citywide preservation effort in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. When the House of Cinema in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, was demolished in 2017, it was an architectural ...

AN traveled to the Central Asian capital city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to see the important preservation projects underway there today, backed by international architects including Rem Koolhaas.

While Tashkent’s history reaches back over 2,000 years, the Soviet imprint in the urban fabric is present. A widescale rebuild following a devastating 1966 earthquake led to the construction of ...