Philip Nikandrov

About

With over 20 years of international experience in architecture and master planning, Philip Nikandrov is a leading Russian architect with substantial expertise in large scale, complex, and unique projects of high-rise typology. His design approach creates the route between contextualism and minimalism, reaching the complexity through simplicity. The strong identity in his concepts is always rooted in architectural metaphors derived from site context, history of the place and cultural background of the project in a way that the final form creates the symbol, project logo and recognizable icon on the skyline.

On joining the international company RMJM in 1997, Philip served as senior designer and project architect in some of the most prestigious projects, working in the firm’s offices in the UK, Middle East and later in Russia. In 2011, after 15 years at RMJM serving as director and European Studio co-principal, Philip joined the leading Russian design company GORPROJECT as its chief architect and principal designer, managing a number of high-rise projects in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg. As design team leader, Philip successfully participated in many prestigious international and regional design competitions, and one of the most notable amongst his large-scale projects from competition to realization was Okhta Centre(2006-2010) and later Lakhta Centre(from 2011), Gazprom HQ in Saint-Petersburg with a 465m tower component, which is currently under construction and will rank as Europe’s tallest skyscraper targeting LEED Gold certification for its achievements in sustainable design. As chief designer and project architect Philip, has conceived and delivered the iconic Evolution Tower (2004-2015) in Moscow City, a finalist in the 2015 CTBUH Best Tall Building Awards. He is currently working on the design of an adjacent plot, where a civic piazza with amphitheater forms the main open public space of the Moscow City business downtown, with its centerpiece building featuring the world’s largest clock observed from the surrounding towers.

Mr. Nikandrov is an author of many high-profile publications and participant of international conferences (including UNESCO World Heritage, CTBUH and others) and architectural exhibitions.