In St. Petersburg, Russia, there is coming a new building on the old Novaja Gollandia area. It used to be a place where people where not allowed to come. No it's becoming an place with culture and a theatre. The design is from Foster and Partners.

http://www.fosterandpartners.com/content/projects/1426/109553.jpg

http://www.artinfo.ru/ru/news/images/Photo-main/New_Holland_Island_Sankt-Petersburg_Russia_2005-Foster.jpg

looks good. what is now on this place ???? it is an empty place or some old buildings on it???

looks good. what is now on this place ???? it is an empty place or some old buildings on it???

Currently its abandoned with old buildings

http://panphoto.spb.ru/files/pictures/004/pan_431.jpg

Wow, this looks great.

You can find more information and pics on http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Practice/Default.aspx then look in culture

Wow, breathtaking!

I believe it used to be an army base in the past

Information;

It is the only island in the city that is handmade. It has nothing to do with Holland (The Netherlands). It was a millitary thing, wood was dryed there and later it was transported by boats. It was transported to the harbour to make boats. The tsaar thought it was a place to beautiful for the army and wood so he made a house there in Dutch style to relax. Nobody knows if it ever was there. De tsaar was meeting people there who just travelled to The Netherlands. People where not allowed to come there, but know it's getting a renovation.

Has the construction started yet ? I read this a bout a year ago and up untill now nothing update , please post some fotos if you've got them

Some new renderings from Foster and Partners (http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1426/Default.aspx):

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/NewHollandIsland.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/NewHollandIsland1.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/NewHollandIsland2.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/NewHollandIsland3.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/NewHollandIsland4.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/NewHollandIsland5.jpg

And you can find a video here (http://www.russianland.com/projects/newholland.php).

Haaahh ! look at that... lovely , but it's a foto shop right ? anyway ,still a project in the making ,good to know it 's not been abandonning , Thanks for posting it :)

Yes, those are just renderings.

A picture from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankt_Petersburg):
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/Sbz2ifc/NewHollandArch.jpg

By the way ,that Gate is magnificient, are they gonna keep it as well as the whole classic architecture of the old structure ? if so how stable are they ? does any one know ?

Шикарный проект,правда теще не нравится.й только старые здания нравятся

Interesting concept)))

is there any news from this project?

Wow! Its amazing! It will be a new pearl of the city!

What is the last situation about this project?

Wow! That is a stunning project! And that gate is really massive.

By the way ,that Gate is magnificient, are they gonna keep it as well as the whole classic architecture of the old structure ? if so how stable are they ? does any one know ?

yeah, i too think itd be a shame to demo such a beautiful gate!

Abramovich may invest in reconstruction of St. Petersburg landmark
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100726/159949888.html

Any News??? I heard some sort of preperation has been undergone for the project.