Francis (Franz) Ivanovich Schuster (1832-1908) - architect, academician of architecture of the Imperial Academy of Arts .
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| A country |  Russian empire |
| Date of Birth | 1832 |
| Place of Birth | Warsaw |
| Date of death | January 13 (26) 1908 |
| Place of death | Kharkov |
| Works and achievements | |
| Study | |
| Worked in cities | St. Petersburg , Minsk , Saratov , Kharkiv |
| Architectural style | eclecticism |
| Ranks | Academician IAH (1863) [1] |
Content
Biography
He studied at the Warsaw Gymnasium, the Warsaw School of Art (graduated in 1851), an autonomous student of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1852β1855). Passed the final exam with graduates of the practical class of the Construction School with the permission of the chief superintendent of communications and public buildings).
He was recognized as "appointed to academics" (1856). Elected to academicians (1857). [one]
Architect engineer (1871, certified by the Council of the Construction School).
Work manager (provincial secretary) in the Pskov provincial construction and road committee (1855); served in the Main Society of Russian Railways and the TSK Ministry of the Interior (since 1871). The provincial engineer in Minsk (1883β1885), Saratov (1885β1890), Kharkov (1890β1908).
Full member of the Imperial Russian Technical Society, St. Petersburg Society of Architects ; Society of Engineers in London. A member of charitable and scientific societies in Pskov, Saratov and Kharkov.
Awards : the Big Gold Medal of the Moscow Polytechnic Exhibition (1872).
Major works : residential building and repair depot of the Nikolaev Railway (Petersburg, 1870s), railway bridge on the Novotorzhskaya railway across the r. The lair (1871β1882), the house of Dr. Lunts (Minsk, 1884β1885), the Stock Exchange building (Saratov, end of the 1880s), P. Maltsevβs mansion (Balakovo, Saratov Province, the end of the 1880s). He built various railway structures (1850β1870), rebuilt and reconstructed buildings in Minsk, Saratov, Kharkov (1880β1900s), built several apartment buildings in St. Petersburg (1870s).
Famous projects in St. Petersburg [2] [3] :
- Profitable house (restructuring). Horse Guards Blvd., 3 (1873) [4]
- Profitable house. Vereiskaya Street, 5 - Podolskaya Street, 6 (1875) [5] [6]
- Examples of the works of architect F. I. Schuster
House Yafimovich (St. Petersburg. Horse Guards, 3 )
Residential building. (St. Petersburg. Vereiskaya Str., 5)
Exchange Building (Saratov)
Mansion P. Maltsev (Balakovo)
Notes
- β 1 2 List of Russian artists for the anniversary reference book of the Imperial Academy of Arts, 1915 , p. 416.
- β Architects-builders of St. Petersburg, 1996 , p. 343.
- β Projects of architect F. I. Schuster in St. Petersburg .
- β Profitable house (restructuring). Horse Guards Blvd., 3
- β Profitable house (in Vereiskaya Street). Vereyskaya st., 5 - Podolskaya st., 6
- β Profitable house (at Podolskaya street). Vereyskaya st., 5 - Podolskaya st., 6
Literature
- S. N. Kondakov. Anniversary reference book of the Imperial Academy of Arts. 1764-1914 . - SPb .: Partnership R. Golike and A. Vilborg, 1915. - T. 2 (Part biographical). - p. 416. - 459 p.
- A. M. Ginzburg, B. M. Kirikov. Architects-builders of St. Petersburg in the middle of the XIX - beginning of the XX century. Reference book / Under the general editorship of B. Π. Kirikov. - SPb .: βPilgrimβ, 1996. - p. 343. - 400 p. - ISBN 5-900989-01-1 .
Links
- SCHUSTER FRANCISK IVANOVICH . Russian Academy of Arts . The appeal date is June 21, 2019.
- Projects of the architect F. I. Schuster in St. Petersburg . citywalls.ru . The appeal date is June 21, 2019.