Adam Menelaws

Adam Menelaws ( WL Borowikowski , around 1790, Russian Museum )

Adam Menelaws ( Russian Адам Адамович Менелас * 1753 in Edinburgh , † August 31 ^{. Jul} / 12. September 1831 ^greg. In St. Petersburg ) was a Scottish - Russian architect .

Life

In 1784 Menelaws was invited to work in Russia . He came to Tsarskoye Selo and worked for Charles Cameron . From mid-1785 he worked in Torzhok and Mogiljow with Nikolai Alexandrowitsch Lwow .

From 1800 Menelaws was the architect of Count Razumovsky . In 1798 Menelaws became the architect of the School of Practical Agriculture in Tsarskoye Selo. After Lvov's death in 1803, Menelaws carried out his own construction projects for private clients in the Ukraine , near Moscow and Moscow. From 1816 he was the architect of Count Stroganow for the Marino manor near Tosno .

Menelaws was buried in Tsarskoye Selo.

Works

Gorenki manor of Count Razumovsky, Balashikha

Razumovsky mansion, Moscow

Dacha of the lady of state MW Kochubei (1817–1824), Tsarskoye Selo

Arsenal (1819–1834), Alexander Park, Tsarskoye Selo

White Tower (1821–1827), Alexander Park, Tsarskoye Selo

Krasnoselsky Gate (1823–1824), Alexander Park, Tsarskoye Selo

Chapelle Pavilion (1825–1828), Alexander Park, Tsarskoye Selo

Summer residence of Nikolais I's cottage (1826–1829), Alexandrija Park, Peterhof
Farmhof (1828–1830, rebuilt several times by AI Stackenschneider ), Alexandrija Park, Peterhof
Egyptian Gate (1829–1832), Tsarskoye Selo

Web links

Literature by and about Adam Menelaws in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

↑ Union List of Artist Names: Menelaws, Adam (accessed November 17, 2019).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Kuznetsov SO : Адам Менелас на российской земле. Возможные пути интерпретации творчества архитектора императора Николая . In: Философский век. Альманах. - Вып. 6. Россия в николаевское время: наука, политика, просвещение . St. Petersburg 1998.
^ Cross, Anthony Glenn: By the Banks of the Neva: Chapters from the Lives and Careers of the British in Eighteenth-century Russia . Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-521-55293-1 .

personal data
SURNAME	Menelaws, Adam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Менелас, Адам Адамович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish-Russian architect
DATE OF BIRTH	1753
PLACE OF BIRTH	Edinburgh
DATE OF DEATH	September 12, 1831
Place of death	St. Petersburg

[1] Union List of Artist Names: Menelaws, Adam (accessed November 17, 2019).

[kus1-2] Kuznetsov SO : Адам Менелас на российской земле. Возможные пути интерпретации творчества архитектора императора Николая . In: Философский век. Альманах. - Вып. 6. Россия в николаевское время: наука, политика, просвещение . St. Petersburg 1998.

[3] Cross, Anthony Glenn: By the Banks of the Neva: Chapters from the Lives and Careers of the British in Eighteenth-century Russia . Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-521-55293-1 .