Tsvetnoy

This guide to Tsvetnoy in Moscow traces the site of a Soviet-era flower and food market that stood derelict for fifteen years before developer Boris Kuzinez and architect Yuri Grigorian raised a glass department store on its ruins, opening in December 2010. It follows the odd design problem British consultants faced when fitting out the food floors beneath a fixed ceiling, and the solution they built instead. Look up as you move between levels for the shifting light overhead.