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about us

We create remarkable projects of diverse typologies and contribute to the world’s culture.

ATRIUM design services LLC is a forward-thinking global architecture & design studio based in Moscow and Dubai.

The studio is founded by Anton Nadtochiy and Vera Butko, who have more than thirty years of architecture and design experience working in Europe, Asia and Middle East solving architectural problems of different typologies and scales in four key directions: Architecture, Design, Education and Digital.

During its existence, the studio has accumulated a lot of experience in implementing completely different architectural tasks. ATRIUM serves as the General designer and provides a full list of design services — from the development of the architectural concept to the release of working documentation. Well-chosen staff of the company allows the workshop to undertake the most ambitious work.

With a team of 150+ multidisciplinary specialists ATRIUM has the ability to create any complex projects — from territory planning to the development of interior and landscape design projects.

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The architectural studio’s projects are published in professional journals, catalogues and guidebooks. Tatlin publishing house has released two monographs dedicated to ATRIUM.

Many of our projects have been recognised by the professional community at international awards, and the studio itself has won numerous open architectural competitions.

ATRIUM history

1994–1999

ATRIUM’s individual architectural language began to take shape in its first private house and apartment projects, where the key principle was the creation of complex form and spatial structure. Inspired by the discoveries of the Soviet avant-garde and its abstract aesthetic, the architects sought to create spaces governed by a single architectural idea — one that unites the entire project and shapes both its key images and the design of individual elements and details.

2000–2010

The philosophy of abstract form found its clearest expression in private house projects. They brought together the ideas of deconstructivism and parametric architecture that were relevant at the time, and laid the foundation for the studio’s later architectural experiments. The creation of a distinctive form that reflects the qualities of the contemporary world — dynamism, complexity and multiplicity — remains one of the key aims in ATRIUM’s work today.

2010–2015

At this stage, ATRIUM moved beyond a local Moscow practice and established itself as a studio capable of working with complex architecture, urban environments and major competition briefs at the same time.

Alongside the delivery of landmark projects in Moscow — Barkli Park, Vodny and Planeta KVN — the studio began to work actively in other Russian cities, from Krasnodar to Yakutsk. An important milestone was its collaboration with leading international studios, including MVRDV, Maxwan, Massimiliano Fuksas, Atelier PRO, and later Antonio Citterio and ARCHEA.

This period marked ATRIUM’s shift from the authorial plasticity of a single building towards a more complex and layered approach, where architecture was understood as part of a wider urban, cultural and public context.

2015–2020

In the second half of the 2010s, ATRIUM significantly increased the scale and complexity of its practice. The studio increasingly acted as general designer, taking responsibility for the full cycle of work — from concept to completion. It was during this period that educational architecture became one of the studio’s key areas of expertise. The defining project was Letovo School, where ATRIUM acted as Russian co-author and general designer during the implementation stage.

At the same time, the studio developed major residential and public complexes, public spaces and elements of new urban infrastructure: the quarters and Green River Park within the Symbol Residential District, Four Points by Sheraton in Krasnodar, and projects in Kazakhstan, Yakutia and other regions.

During this period, ATRIUM’s architecture became not only an expressive form, but also a tool for programming spatial scenarios — residential, educational, public and landscape.

2020–today

In the first half of the 2020s, ATRIUM fully established itself as an interdisciplinary studio working at the intersection of architecture, research, digital environments and cultural initiatives. Alongside new residential, public and educational projects, the studio systematised its experience in the research book Architecture of Development, dedicated to the design of contemporary schools. At the same time, ATRIUM began to explore new formats of architectural expression — from the ATRIUM Virtual Gallery in the metaverse to the anniversary pavilion Meta-formation at ARCH Moscow, where architecture was presented as an immersive and interactive environment.

During these years, the practice expanded both internationally and typologically, with projects in Central Asia and the MENA region, new residential quarters, cultural spaces, schools and kindergartens.

Today, ATRIUM is a large author-led studio with a strong research-based and technological position, capable of working both with the real urban fabric and with new digital formats.

about the founders

The history of ATRIUM began in 1994, when Anton Nadtochiy and Vera Butko started their joint architectural practice. Their partnership became the source of the studio’s further development.

Anton Nadtochiy and Vera Butko, the workshop’s managers, are members of the Moscow architects’ Union, are professors of the international Academy of architecture (Moscow branch), winners of Russian and international competitions, and have experience teaching at the Moscow architectural school of architecture MARCH.

Their works were evaluated by professionals in the field of architecture, real estate, green construction and interior design. Between 2015-present day, the their works were evaluated by professionals in the field of: architecture, real estate, green construction and interior design. So they were awarded a number of competitions, festivals and awards: WAF Visualization Awards and a special mention by the jury in the category “Projects — Education” at the World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam, International Property Awards, FIABCI Prix d’Exellence Awards, “Quality architecture”, “Architectural Innovation”, Architecture & Design Leaders, Build School Awards, Best Office Awards, CRE awards, RCSC awards, Ecotectonics Award.

author-led architecture

today, as the studio works at a large scale, ATRIUM continues to see itself as an author-led practice, with the founders personally involved in its projects

For each brief, Anton and Vera seek to find the ideal form and give it meaning. One of ATRIUM’s key ideas — space can inspire — defines not only its architecture, but also the way the studio thinks about the project, the client, the city and the user.

The key to ATRIUM’s development lies in the transformation of the architectural studio into an experimental think tank. Every public activity becomes a way to shape a position within the current professional agenda and expand the studio’s own expertise.

ATRIUM is committed to developing the professional environment and the quality of architecture in Russia. We therefore openly share our experience: we teach at the Moscow Architecture School MARCH, give talks and lectures at leading professional platforms, take part in exhibitions, and support educational and research initiatives.

Aesthetic merits can formulatethe new quality of life