TUNOSHNA airport terminal key architectural image by Nikita Kolbovskiy

Architectural Image Direction

KEY
ARCHITECTURAL
IMAGES

For projects where image matters.

Nikita Kolbovskiy

Architecture as image
synthesising atmosphere, scale and narrative for projects before the building exists.

Selected Projects
TUNOSHNA — international airport architectural image by Nikita Kolbovskiy
01

International Airport

TUNOSHNA

A regional airport terminal imagined as civic infrastructure — clear, atmospheric and built to be remembered before it exists.

Client

Kremnev Atelier

2025
MDM — reconstruction architectural image by Nikita Kolbovskiy
02

Reconstruction

MDM

A modernist landmark reintroduced to the city as an active urban stage.

Client

WALL

2019
MOON FRIEND — multi-purpose centre architectural image by Nikita Kolbovskiy
03

Multi-purpose Centre

MOON
FRIEND

A public building in open landscape, defined by distance, silence and a strange familiar presence.

Client

Blank Architects

2020
PROSTOR — refurbishment architectural image by Nikita Kolbovskiy
04

Refurbishment

PROSTOR

Industrial memory reassembled through light, rhythm and public everyday use.

Client

Nowadays + Progress

2014
LILAC HOUSE — residential architectural image by Nikita Kolbovskiy
05

Residential

LILAC
HOUSE

A private house shaped through calm volume, soft light and a precise relation to its garden.

Client

DK Architects

2016
BC PAPER — offices architectural image by Nikita Kolbovskiy
06

Offices

BC PAPER

A business centre shaped through urban pressure, clear massing and controlled glass presence.

Client

WALL

2019
SOCIAL HOUSING — residential architectural image by Nikita Kolbovskiy
07

Residential

SOCIAL
HOUSING

A social housing proposal shaped through calm geometry, domestic scale and the quiet dignity of shared space.

Client

MArchi

2019
UNDER THE ELECTRIC CLOUDS — speculative architecture architectural image by Nikita Kolbovskiy
08

Speculative Architecture

UNDER THE ELECTRIC CLOUDS

A speculative structure imagined as a ruin before completion: unstable, exposed and already dissolving.

Client

Personal project

2016
MANU L JEWELS — interior details architectural image by Nikita Kolbovskiy
09

Interior Details

MANU L
JEWELS

A material-image study where light, surface and tactility carry the frame more than the object itself.

Client

Manu L Jewels

2016
FAT FACADES — construction details architectural image by Nikita Kolbovskiy
10

Construction Details

FAT
FACADES

Facade-system imagery focused on material hierarchy, light behaviour and assembly logic.

Client

FAT Facades Ltd

2018

Profile

NIKITA
KOLBOVSKIY

Architect with independent visual practice since 2008

M.Arch, Yaroslavl State Technical University. Former lecturer and course developer in architecture, CG and architectural graphics. Key architectural images for competitions, presentations, development decks and public-facing project narratives. Image direction: atmosphere, light, scale and context shaped into a precise visual language.

Collaborations with architectural studios, developers, institutions and selected brand projects. Featured across architectural media and visual culture platforms.

Recognition

  • Diploma of the Russian Arts AcademyDesign of a memorial sign, 100th anniversary of the Komsomol — Moscow, 2018
  • Avangard AwardNominee — Best young architects of Russia — Arch Moscow, 2013
  • Best Diploma Projects of RussiaWinner — Arch Moscow, 2011
  • Archiprix InternationalBest diploma projects of the world, finalist — MIT, Cambridge, 2011

Clients & collaborators

ADM Architects Arch Moscow DK Architects FAT Facades Kremnev Atelier Manu L. Liza Malafeevski Marchi Master’s Plan Nowadays Progress SUPERPOSITION Syntaxis WALL

Publications

Archi.ru RBC VWArtclub Ronen Bekerman

Method

HOW A
PROJECT RUNS

A commission usually begins at concept stage — when the building is still a sequence of decisions rather than a fixed object. The earlier the involvement, the more the image can do for the project: it shapes the brief, not just illustrates the result.

A typical engagement runs three to six weeks from brief to delivery. One to four key images per project. Each developed personally — composition, atmosphere, light, post-production. No outsourcing, no parallel teams, no junior pipeline.

Practice is kept deliberately selective — around ten projects a year. Enough to stay in dialogue with each one to the end.

Project

DOSSIER

A compact selection of key architectural images for quick review, forwarding and project discussions.

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Other

DIRECTIONS

Architecture · Digital art · Photography · Writing

I work across architectural imagery, digital art and spatial concepts. Commissioned practice ranges from key architectural images to selected brand and interdisciplinary work.

kolbovskiy.com

Available for selected projects

MAKE
IMAGE
MATTER

Competitions · Presentations · Development imagery

Currently considering briefs for Q3 2026 and onward.