Sonia Zhuravlyova
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Design
Beloved Berlin cinema Kino International gets a new lease of life with stunning €15m renovation
May 2026 | Monocle
Profile of Blond
May 2026 | Icon
Home interiors
The house that dreams in colour for The Observer
April 2026 | The Observer Magazine
Business
What can business leaders learn from stagecraft? The National Theatre says: ‘More than you think’
January 2026 | Monocle
Architecture
Architects in Iceland are showing us how to build with molten lava
August 2025 | Monocle
Design
Interview with Alex Chinnek for Icon
July 2025 | Icon
Interior design
Discover Yūgen: The Japanese aesthetic transforming modern home design
May 2025 | Monocle
Design and architecture
A Brutalist Behemoth Left Deserted for Decades Comes Back to Life for €102K
March/ April 2025, March 2025 | Dwell
Feature
Familien Kvistad designs colourful, lively and flexible office space for Frend Digital
July 2024 | OnOffice
Feature
A new collaboration between Buster + Punch and Staub elevates a British cultural icon
July 2024 | Icon
Feature
Architecture Icon: How the Noguchi Musuem advances the appreciation of its founder’s art and legacy
July 2024 | Icon
Feature
Zanat: Preserving a Woodcarving Legacy
June 2024 | WLLW
Feature
Faye Toogood’s Collection 020 takes its inspiration from painter Philip Guston
May 2024 | Icon
Feature
Vitra’s new retrospective of Iwan Baan
January 2024 | Icon
The art of himmeli
December 2023 | Konfekt
Kabelovna Studio, Prague
October 2023 | Monocle
Radio interview
Interview with Brian Clarke
July 2023 | Monocle Radio
Feature
Review of Mammertsberg hotel and restaurant
May 2023 | Monocle May issue
Feature
Paint company COAT HQ
April 2023 | OnOffice
Copenhagen cabinetmaker Malte Gormsen and forces with Norm Architects
April 2023 | OnOffice
Feature
The Malin in Williamsburg
December 2022 | OnOffice
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Interview with Eero Aarnio, profile of Tapiola
December 2022 | Icon - the Finland issue
Design feature
Office design highlights
September 2022, August 2022 | Monocle
Essay: Out in the cold
1, July 2022 | Monocle –– The Monocle Companion paperback
Opinon piece
Maternity brands should take note of Rihanna – pregnant women are sick of frumpy offerings
May 2022 | The i
Radio show
The U-Bahn turns 120
May 2022 | M24 radio show – Monocle on Design
Architecture news
News writing for Icon Eye
May 2022 | Icon
Feature
What or who will you love in 2022?
The spring issue , February 2022 | The Circus Journal
Business feature
Changing lanes
October 2021 | Monocle
News feature
A Breath of Fresh Air in Krakow
December 2020 | Sacred Groves
Radio show: On Design Extra
Monocle on Design Extra: Meanwhile spaces
December 2020 | Monocle 24 radio
Why the soulful craft of George Nakashima is having a timely resurgence
1, December 2020 | The Bruno Effect
Feature on the link between air pollution and Covid
Interview with Matt Gibberd, co-founder of The Modern House
November 2020 | Circus Journal
Food feature
Big Jo bakery
November 2020 | Monocle
Feature
What is The Human Library?
October 2020 | The Oldie
Health/environment feature
The fundamental connection between air pollution, the coronavirus and health
October 2020 | AIrly
News feature
“I didn’t want to die”
August 2020 | Lacuna Voices
News feature
UK seasonal farm labourer
July 2020 | Summer of Solidarity
Radio show: On Design Extra
Monocle on Design Extra: Alexander Girard
July 2020 | Monocle 24
Interview: urbanism
Interview with Michael Berkowitz
June 2020, May 2020 | Monocle
Interview
Philippe Sands: ‘I’m standing up for what is right’
May 2020 | The Jewish Chronicle
News
News writing for The Jewish Chronicle
May 2020 | The Jewish Chronicle
Architecture feature
My Modern House: Steven Ackroyd and Laura Goulden on the small-space design of their converted synagogue in Hackney
March 2020 | The Modern House
Culture
Unpublished interview with Quentin Blake
March 2020 | The Independent
Feature
Great lengths – the history of lidos
February 2020 | Circus Journal
Podcast
Podcast: Fanya and the Forest
January 2020 | The Europeans
Essay
Cleaning up Krakow
December 2019 | Monocle | The Forecast 2020
Interview
My Last Meal: Kenzo
November, November 2019 | Monocle
Essay
Cookbooks throughout the ages
November 2019 | Monocle
Architecture feature
Work in the living room
November 2019 | Monocle
Business feature
In good supply: ensuring ethics in the mobile phone supply chain
October 2019 | Positive News
Picture gallery
The evolution of war-zone medicine
October 2019 | Wellcome Collection
Architecture feature
Aripaev, Estonia’s biggest business newspaper
September 2019 issue, September 2019 | Monocle
Home tour – architecture feature
Round Edge House, Tel Aviv
September 2019 | Dwell
Architecture feature
Building blocks
August/September, August 2019 | Circus Journal
Feature
Meet the man building a community around saying yes
July/August, July 2019 | Positive News
Architecture feature
The colourful, quirky office space for tech start-up Appodeal
July 2019 | OnOffice
Radio show: On Design Extra
London’s Metroland
May 2019 | Monocle 24
Interview for Monocle
Interview: Eero Aarnio for Monocle
June issue, May 2019 | Monocle
Design & architecture feature
The Preservationists – Farnley Hey for Dwell
May 2019 | Dwell
Cover feature
Cover feature – Space10 in Copenhagen
The Modern Issue, April 2019 | OnOffice
Interview
Harold Tillman: The man who reinvigorated the British fashion scene
April 2019 | The Jewish Chronicle
Office design
Martini HQ in Milan
April 2019, March 2019 | OnOffice
Design feature
Apartment Sacha for Dwell
March 2019 | Dwell
News feature
Deborah Lipstadt on antisemitism
January 2019 | The Jewish Chronicle
Business feature
HQ Audit – La Fabrica, Ricardo Bofill
120, January 2019 | Monocle
Food feature
Food start-ups: Saltverk in Iceland and Sweet Root in Lithuania
December 2018 | The Forecast | Monocle
Radio show: On Design Extra for Monocle 24: Brains and Braun
November 2018 | Monocle 24 Radio Station
Back in Action – report from Salon du Design in Geneva
November 2018 | Monocle – Winter Weekly (issue 1)
Architecture feature
An Austrian Family Embraces a Plush 1970s Home in Need of a Little Love
November/December 2018, October 2018 | Dwell
Architecture feature
I meet Dollar Shave Club for OnOffice magazine
October 2018 | OnOffice
Radio
On Design Extra: post-war prefabs
October 2018 | Monocle 24 Radio Station
Feature
Prefab gardens
September 2018 | The Lady
Architecture feature
A Major Restoration Rescued This Midcentury Landmark in Belgium
September 2018 | Dwell
Feature
World at your feet
116, August 2018 | Monocle
News and travel feature
Back on top –– riding Sarajevo’s new cable cars
July 2018 | Monocle
News
News writing for the Brent and Kilburn Times
July 2018 | Brent and Kilburn Times
Travel feature
Time Out: 11 things to do in St Petersburg
June 2018 | Time Out
School’s in Session
April 2018 | Monocle Salone del Mobile newspaper
Feature
War and Peace – Russia
111, February 2018 | Monocle
Radio
Sweet Root interview, Vilnius
January 2018 | Monocle 24 Radio
News
Unique archive of secret Yiddish books return to Lithuanian library
December 2017 | The Jewish Chronicle
Radio feature
THE MENU: Food Neighbourhoods 61: Lithuania, Vilnius
November 2017 | Monocle 24 Radio Station
News
Crowd turns out for the Great Yiddish Parade in London’s East End
November 2017 | The Jewish Chronicle
Q&A
Q&A with Gabriela Carrillo of Taller de Arquitectura Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Carrillo, Mexico
107, November 2017 | Monocle
Feature
The Age Advantage
91, October 2017 | Positive News
News
Mother tells of family’s attempt to escape Hurricane Irma
September 2017 | The Jewish Chronicle
News
Simon Schama one of three Jewish authors on Baillie Gifford Prize longlist
September 2017 | The Jewish Chronicle
News
CST warns community to be vigilant after Parsons Green terror attack
September 2017 | The Jewish Chronicle
News
Documentary maker’s pride as dementia film picks up awards
September 2017 | The Jewish Chronicle
Feature
Gearing Up
Issue 106, September 2017 | Monocle
Interview
House Proud
3, August 2017 | Monocle
Iran bans two footballers who played match against Israeli team
August 2017 | The Jewish Chronicle
David Grossman to appear at Edinburgh Book Festival
August 2017 | The Jewish Chronicle
Montreal to rename street honouring doctor who supported Nazi eugenics policy
August 2017 | The Jewish Chronicle
Board anger over council’s refusal to cut links with pro-Palestinian group
August 2017 | The Jewish Chronicle
Millionaire Lloyd Dorfman donates huge sum to Royal Academy
July 2017 | The Jewish Chronicle
Canada U-turn on Israel wine ban
July 2017 | The Jewish Chronicle
Feature
The Future of Money
July 2017 | Newsweek
Feature
The Eco Office
July 2017 | Reclaim
Feature
Concrete Jungle — Zürich
Issue 104, June 2017 | Monocle
Feature
Back to the Future
June 2017 | Reclaim
Feature
The Golden Gate
April 2017 | Reclaim
Feature
House Rules
March 2017 | Reclaim
Feature
Breath of fresh air — Côte d’Azur
January 2017 | Monocle
House of Straw
January 2017 | Reclaim
News
Will the Austrian election make Norbert Hofer Europe’s next far-right leader?
December 2016 | The Jewish Chronicle
News
Limmud: Syrian refugees tell story of loss and hope
December 2016 | The Jewish Chronicle
Film
Property Prospectus Film: Uzupis
Film script, October 2016 | Monocle Films
Feature
People’s Republic — Vilnius
Issue 96, September 2016 | Monocle
Feature
Standing on solid ground — Zlin
Issue 96, September 2016 | Monocle
News
Family appeals for operation for Amelia
September 2016 | The Jewish Chronicle
News
Schoolmates sock it to rival chess finalists
July 2016 | The Jewish Chronicle
Feature
Saaremaa
Issue 94, June 2016 | Monocle
Feature
War, prefabs and an unlikely friendship – between opposing soldiers
June 2014 | The Guardian
Feature
The people’s palaces: 70 years on Britain’s prefabricated houses are still home to many
June 2013 | Independent
News
Shop relying on customer integrity proves that honesty pays
January 2013 | Positive News
Feature
Russia’s Ban On ‘Homosexual Propaganda’
October 2012 | Huffington Post
Feature
When luck comes to town
July 2012 | The Times
Review
Chi Yu, Marylebone, London
December 2011 | The Times
Review
Glassworks Spa, the Varsity Hotel, Cambridge
October 2011 | The Times
Travel writing
Get a taste for the gaucho life in Argentina
June 2010 | The Times
Frankie Boyle on loves, hates and gobstoppers
November 2009 | The Times
YCE: Bad Idea
July 2009 | Dazed
The men inside the horse
June 2009 | Independent
Credo: Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
February 2009 | Independent
Credo: Barbara Jemec
January 2009 | Independent
Inside the Cinema Museum
March 2008 | Timeout