<![CDATA[MAISTERNIA: INTERIORS]]>https://www.maisternia.org/s/interiorshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k2Ba!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff46d4f1a-11c4-410c-bb69-46bcaf4a9737_1254x1254.pngMAISTERNIA: INTERIORShttps://www.maisternia.org/s/interiorsSubstackSun, 25 Oct 2026 09:36:36 GMT<![CDATA[Look Up, But Mind the Floor]]>https://www.maisternia.org/p/look-up-but-mind-the-floorhttps://www.maisternia.org/p/look-up-but-mind-the-floorMon, 17 Aug 2026 06:30:24 GMTArchitectural research usually begins with drawings, archives and polite emails. Mine began after another Russian night attack, with a cup of coffee, a telephone call to my mother and a stranger feeding cats beside an abandoned building.

I had come to photograph the facades at 12 Mykhaila Kotsiubynskoho Street. The man and I began talking, and something …

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