Slava. The glory issue.

Hi, I’m Slava.

Short for Viacheslav. It means “glory”. No pressure.

I’m 27 and I live in Vienna. I started out in Novosibirsk, Siberia, where I spent almost five years running projects for an architecture bureau: offices for a tech company in three cities, a mountain resort in Altai, a private school, and homes that are smarter than most of us before coffee.

My favourite one is a public-transport stop that runs on solar panels. My degree is in industrial management for the energy sector, so making buildings and cities run cleaner is the part of the job I actually geek out about.

Off duty I’m chasing good light with a camera, training, or planning the next trip. I speak Russian, German and English, in descending order of confidence.

Portrait of Slava in a white tank top against a dark green wall, hand on chin — Deep in thought. Mostly about lunch.

Things I ran

Project manager at DDBuro, an architecture bureau, from 2019 to 2023. Schedules, budgets, suppliers in three countries, and everyone’s deadlines.

2GIS officesNovosibirsk, Moscow, St. PetersburgOne client, three cities, coordinated as a single project.
URBI officeUnited Arab EmiratesCoordinated across borders and time zones.
KLEVER Resort & SPAAltai mountainsRenovation and new build.
ProSchoolNovosibirskA private school with the Solnyshko kindergarten under the same roof.
Solar transit stopAltaiA smart public-transport stop powered by solar panels. Concept development.
Smart homesHouses and apartmentsElectrical, control and building systems that talk to each other.

Now based in Vienna. Always up for a good idea.

The evidence

Slava in an olive jacket on an empty beach at golden hour, looking to the side — Golden hour doesn’t chase itself.

Slava in sunglasses, a tank top and shorts on a street corner in front of an orange building — Dressed to match the architecture.

Slava walking on a beach in a grey T-shirt and denim shorts, looking down at the sand — Looking for the plot. Found sand.

Slava at a cafe table sipping a cold drink through a straw, glancing sideways — Side-eye, powered by caffeine.

Slava leaning by a train window in warm sunlight — Window seat, main-character lighting.

Silhouette of Slava on a beach, turned towards a low sun over the hills — Sunset doing the heavy lifting.

Silhouette of Slava from behind, standing on rocks and facing the sea under heavy clouds — Me against the ocean. It’s a draw.

Selfie in sunglasses in front of the Karlskirche in Vienna — Baroque behind me, deadlines too.

Slava on a courtyard terrace in a striped shirt, tie and shorts, wearing sunglasses — Business on top, weekend below.

Slava bending over a chair in front of a whiteboard with German exercises — German class. Still stretching my vocabulary.

Slava in a crowd at an arena under blue stage lights — Waiting for the drop.

A motion-blurred photo of Slava laughing on a metro platform — Too fast for autofocus.