Igor Aleksandr Pokrovsky (1926-2002) - Soviet and Russian architect and artist, full member of RAASN and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts (since 2001 ) [1] . Chief architect of Zelenograd ( 1964 - 2002 ). People's architect of the USSR ( 1991 ). Laureate of the USSR State Prize ( 1975 ). Member of the CPSU since 1955 .
| Igor Alexandrovich Pokrovsky | |||
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 Sculptural composition "Architect" | |||
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| A country |  USSR →  Russia | ||
| Date of Birth | March 4, 1926 | ||
| Place of Birth | Moscow , USSR | ||
| Date of death | June 22, 2002 (aged 76) | ||
| A place of death | Moscow , Russian Federation | ||
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| Worked in the cities | Moscow , Zelenograd | ||
| Town-planning projects | Zelenograd | ||
| Awards | People's architect of the USSR | ||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards and Prizes
- 3 Famous works (co-authored)
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
A graduate of the Moscow Architectural Institute of 1950 (workshop of B. S. Mezentsev ). One of the founders and permanent music director of the satirical ensemble of the Central House of Architects "Kohinor" (1953-1998).
Awards and Prizes
- USSR State Prize ( 1975 ) - for architectural complexes of Zelenograd
- RSFSR State Prize in Architecture (1967) - for the architecture of the Moscow Palace of Pioneers
- Prize of the President of the Russian Federation (2002) [2]
- USSR people's architect [3] ( 1991 ); Igor Alexandrovich Pokrovsky and Alexander Grigorievich Rochegov became the last gentlemen of this title [3]
- Honored Architect of the RSFSR (1980) [2] .
On March 4, 2009, in Zelenograd, in the boulevard zone of the New City, the sculptural composition “Architect” was opened (sculptor Sergey Mantserev), the prototype of which was Igor Alexandrovich Pokrovsky [4] .
Famous works (co-authored)
- 10-14-storey residential buildings on Semenovskaya Embankment ( 1952 - 1956 ).
- metro station " Krasnopresnenskaya " ( 1955 ).
- layout of Zelenograd (from 1962 to 2002 ).
- Palace of Pioneers on the Sparrow Hills ( 1959 - 1963 )
- The new building of the Moscow Art Theater (now the Moscow Art Theater named after M. Gorky ) on Tversky Boulevard ( 1966 - 1972 );
- The Bayonets Memorial Complex ( 1964 );
- The building of the Soviet / Russian Embassy in Paris .
Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren on the Sparrow Hills
Memorial complex “Bayonets”
Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the years of World War II
Notes
- ↑ New members of the Academy of Arts // Culture, No. 10 (7267) March 15-21, 2001
- ↑ 1 2 List of recipients of the Prize of the President of the Russian Federation Archival copy of March 5, 2016 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ 1 2 Honorary title "People's Architect of the USSR" // Website "Orders and medals"
- ↑ On birthday, the architect Pokrovsky received a sculpture // Ekaterina Shokurova, Zelenograd.ru, March 04, 2009
Links
- Pokrovsky, Igor Alexandrovich - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- The sculptural composition "Architect" on the site "Sights of Zelenograd"