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Foreign architects had a notable place in Russian and Soviet history, especially in the last quarter of the 18th century (Charles Cameron, Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Carlo Rossi and others) and in the first quarter of the 20th century (Mies van der Roe, Erich Mendelsohn, Ernst May and others). This list includes foreign architects whose primary, and ...
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, and until his death in 1953, Zelenko worked in various Soviet educational institutions, notably in setting architectural standards for schools and kindergartens. Zelenko collaborated in the Museum Commission (1919–1931), designing exhibitions for children (1925–1929) and promoting Alfred Lichtwark 's ...
The Theme Building is a structure at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), considered an architectural example of the Space Age design style. Influenced by "Populuxe" architecture, it is an example of the Mid-century modern design movement, later to become known as "Googie". [2]
Member of the California State Assembly and of the Los Angeles City Council in the 1940s and 1950s [1] [2] Renato de Albuquerque: Brazilian founder of Albuquerque & Takaoka: Horatio Allen: American railway engineer Braden Allenby: American civil engineering professor John Wolfe Ambrose: American engineer and namesake of the Ambrose Channel in ...
As deadly wildfires raged in Southern California, Save Iconic Architecture, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit founded by Jaime Rummerfield and Ron Woodson, interior designers with close ties to the ...
One of the most successful and prolific architects of the 1860s–1880s, Kaminsky was a faithful eclecticist, equally skilled in Russian Revival, Neo-Gothic and Renaissance Revival architecture. He is best remembered for the extant Tretyakovsky Proyezd shopping arcade and the cathedral of Nikolo-Ugresh monastery in present-day town of Dzerzhinsky .
He is currently Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. [2] A protégé of the late Herbert Muschamp, Ouroussoff replaced his mentor as the New York Times architecture critic in 2004 after his stint at the Los Angeles Times. He wrote the newspaper's obituary for ...
Ma Yansong (Chinese: 马岩松; pinyin: Mǎ Yánsōng); is the principal architect and founder of MAD Architects, a global design practice with offices located in Los Angeles, Rome, and Beijing. Renowned for his bold designs, Ma has led MAD in the creation of many significant structures around the world, including the Lucas Museum of Narrative ...