Center of Contemporary Architecture
The Center of Contemporary Architecture (C:CA) was founded in Moscow in 2001 by the Russian Academy for Architectural and Building Science, Moscow Architectural Institute (MArchI), Moscow Art History Institute and Architectural Gallery as a cultural non-governmental organization. C:CA is focusing its attention on the quality of current architecture when everything is run by ruthless rules of the real estate market. C:CA aims to create a new vibrant informational structure, that would help the development of the Russian architecture and its incorporation into the world culture process. The main C:CA tasks are: to support of the innovative ways in Russian architecture to stimulate the creative potential of Russian architects to draw public attention to architectural problems to spread currently absent knowledge of architectural masterpieces in the global architectural information exchange to develop international professional connections, supporting the architectural community of Russian province. C:CA is a non-governmental and non profit organization, supported by Ford Foundation and other organizational and private sponsors. Irina Korobina heads C:CA since 2001, when she was appointed as a Director. Initiatives Architecture on TV This one of priority directions of activity C:CA activity. Within four years C:CA run out the weekly TV show "Architectural gallery", author Irina Korobina.