MiGs, Stars & Magic Books: A Brief History of Trespassing in Moscow
An illustrated guide to urban exploration in the Russian capital.
Monday 30 March 2020
Office block located on Petty France in Westminster. Designed by Fitzroy Robinson & Partners, with Sir Basil Spence. Completed in 1976.


Residential and shopping centre in Bloomsbury. Designed by Patrick Hodgkinson. Completed in 1972.




An eight-storey annex to Camden Town Hall, on Euston Road. Designed by the borough’s in-house architecture team. Completed in 1974.


A modern building replacing the older Imperial Hotel (designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll) on Russell Square. Designed by C. Lovett Gill & Partners. Completed in 1970.



A complex of public venues on the South Bank of the River Thames. Designed by architects Leslie Martin, Robert Matthews and Peter Moro. Completed in 1951.






Brutalist hotel on Tottenham Court Road. Designed by Elsworth Sykes. Completed in 1977.



An illustrated guide to urban exploration in the Russian capital.
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