# The Russian James Bond

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://paragraph.com/@brandondonnelly), 2019-02-12

aman, architecture, capital-group, design, moscow, oko-group, vladislav-doronin, zaha-hadid

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This is last year's news and some of you may have already seen it, but here is [a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkEPkKF0XGA) of [Zaha Hadid's](http://www.zaha-hadid.com/) only completed private residence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkEPkKF0XGA

It was built in the Barvikha Forest near Moscow. The client, Vladislav Doronin, is a real estate developer. He owns/runs [Capital Group](https://www.capitalgroup.com/), [OKO Group](http://okogroup.com/), and [Aman](https://www.aman.com/). Zaha used to call him the Russian James Bond.

The central idea behind the house is the raised master bedroom suite. Vladislav wanted to wake up and only see trees and sky. And so Zaha raised the bedroom 22m above grade.

Look at it in section (those stairs!):

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/0cbb546d09e49f779eda8da0008a83a4.jpg)

It wouldn't be my first choice, but I can appreciate its boldness. What are your thoughts on this house?

_Image:_ [_Dezeen_](https://www.dezeen.com/2018/04/12/zaha-hadid-architecture-vladislav-doronin-capital-hill-residence-moscow-russia/)

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://paragraph.com/@brandondonnelly/the-russian-james-bond)*