ArchitectureCompetitions.com
“Circular Skylight Loop and Aluminum Cladding Enhance Tranquil Retreat Experience”

A featured architecture project highlighting a collaborative design by Ellina Poltavtseva where a distinctive circular skylight and aluminum cladding create an immersive natural light experience that enhances the tranquil retreat environment.

DETAIL Magazine (Detail.de)
“Detail Students’ Award Goes to the USA”

Published coverage noting that the Biotic Air Unit 2071 research installation — co-designed by Ellina Poltavtseva as part of a UC Berkeley student team — won the prestigious DETAIL Students’ Award for its innovative use of natural materials from concept through installation.

KooZA/rch Blog
“Valley of Wonders”
An early student project featuring Ellina Poltavtseva in a collaborative design exploring how a hypothetical settlement can be integrated sensitively into a dramatic natural landscape without threatening the environment.

Architect-US.com Blog
“XI’AN TRAIN STATION (Not all landscapes should be green!)”The Architect-US blog highlights Ellina Poltavtseva’s conceptual competition design for a train station featuring an inventive artificial landscape made of sculptural recycled materials, reimagining traditional station infrastructure as part of a future urban environment.

Architect-US.com Blog
“Ellina Poltavtseva – Bathhouse”

A profile of Ellina’s Bathhouse project, presented as an architectural reinterpretation of public bath culture that prioritizes community interaction and emotional experience through sculptural forms and spatial exploration.