Grigory Borisovich Barchin

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Grigori Borisovich Barchin ( Russian Григорий Борисович Бархин ; also Gersch Berkowitz Barchin , Russian Герш Беркович Бархин ; born March 8 . Jul / 20th March  1880 greg. In Perm ; † 11. April 1969 in Moscow ) was a Russian-Soviet architect. It is of particular importance because of its membership of the Soviet avant-garde of the twenties. At the end of the twenties he turned to a classical language of forms.

His son was the architect Mikhail Barchin , who often worked on his designs.

Life

Barchin was born in Perm in 1880.

Barchin studied from 1897 to 1901 at the architecture department of the Odessa Art School . In 1908 he completed his training at the Art Academy in St. Petersburg . From 1908–11 he worked in R. Klejn's office on the interior design of the Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow. 1911-15 he was the city architect of Irkutsk . 1920-25 he was head of department in the Moscow Committee for State Buildings (Moskomgosoor) and in the WSNCh . 1925-28 he was the main architect of the Moscow newspaper Izvestia building . 1928-41 he worked in the project planning office Giprogor , Mosproekt , the planning department of the Mossoviet and the institute for theater buildings.

Barchin died in 1969 and was buried in the Vvedenskoye cemetery on grave site No. 25.

Works (selection)

  • 1926–28 Izvestia building in Moscow.
    1915–16 sulfur and nitric acid plants in Rastjapino
  • 1924 Competition design for the Lenin People's House in Ivanovo-Voznesensk (with M. Barchin)
  • 1925 competition design for the Palace of Labor in Ekaterinoslaw (with M. Barchin)
  • 1927 competition design for the main post office in Kharkov (with M. Barchin)
  • 1926–28 Izvestia building in Moscow (with M. Barchin)
  • 1929 competition design for the theater in Rostov-on-Don
  • 1931 Competition design for the Great Synthetic Theater in Sverdlovsk (with M. Barchin)
  • 1932 competition design for the Palace of Labor MOSPS in Moscow (with M. Barchin)
  • 1934 competition design for the theater in Minsk (with M. Barchin)
  • 1935 Design of the main pavilion of the Moscow Agricultural Exhibition 1937 (with M. Barchin and A. Barchina)
  • 1937–39 type design for a circus with 2,500 seats (with M. Barchin)

Literature and Sources

  • Selim O. Chan-Magamedow: Pioneers of Soviet Architecture . VEB Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1983.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grigory Borisovich Barkhin (1880–1969) - Find A ... Retrieved November 8, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Barchin, Grigory Borisovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barchin, Gersch Berkowitz; Бархин, Григо́рий Бори́сович (Russian); Бархин, Герш Беркович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian architect
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Perm
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1969
Place of death Moscow