<![CDATA[MAISTERNIA: OUR NOTES]]>https://www.maisternia.org/s/our-noteshttps://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: OUR NOTEShttps://www.maisternia.org/s/our-notesSubstackThu, 10 Sep 2026 08:21:29 GMT<![CDATA[A Telephone for a Table]]>https://www.maisternia.org/p/a-telephone-for-a-tablehttps://www.maisternia.org/p/a-telephone-for-a-tableMon, 10 Aug 2026 18:31:39 GMT

Hi, you may have noticed that I failed to appear in your inbox this morning.

Kyiv had several Russian rockets to receive, an appointment nobody had put in the diary, so I welcomed them in the traditional manner, with a cup of tea and a considerable amount of shock.

Once the city had settled, I returned to my Monday architectural work and used the pauses …

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]]><![CDATA[What Kyiv Teaches the Body at Night]]>https://www.maisternia.org/p/what-kyiv-teaches-the-body-at-nighthttps://www.maisternia.org/p/what-kyiv-teaches-the-body-at-nightMon, 03 Aug 2026 06:01:24 GMTVitayu, and hello to all the rather wonderful people who agreed last week to let Maisternia into their inboxes.

The workshop opened its doors on 27 July with its first article. I pressed publish, attempted to behave like a calm professional, and then checked the subscriber count with a frequency that no responsible architect would permit during a structu…

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]]><![CDATA[What an Architect Sees When Kyiv Burns]]>https://www.maisternia.org/p/what-an-architect-sees-when-kyivhttps://www.maisternia.org/p/what-an-architect-sees-when-kyivMon, 27 Jul 2026 06:31:00 GMTVitayu. I am , an architect living in central Kyiv. This means I spend my days arguing politely with millimetres and my nights discovering that Russian missiles have very little respect for planning permission.

I had imagined that my first note from Maisternia would begin with a drawing. Perhaps I would show you a floor plan, explain the logic of a mater…

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