Alexey Shchusev

Alexei Viktorovich Shchusev (Romanian Aleksei Victorovici Sciusev, Russian Алексей Викторович Щусев, scientific transliteration Aleksej Viktorovič Ščusev; * 26 Septemberjul / October 8 1873greg in Chisinau, Moldova, .. † May 24, 1949 in Moscow, Russia ) was a Romanian - Russian architect.

Life

Shchusev built the Lenin Mausoleum, drew up plans for the reconstruction of destroyed cities after the Second World War and planned the city concept in the development of Moscow.

Alexei Shchusev created from 1914 to 1926 the Kazan station in Moscow, in a style similar to the old Russian style architecture and so developed a strict monumental style. In the early 1920s he turned to constructivism and taught at the Institute Vkhutemas. Between 21 and 24 January 1924 his leadership, the first, consisting of oak, Lenin's Mausoleum was built in Moscow. In the summer of the same year he built a wooden extension of the mausoleum. In 1930, the government decided, due to the poor durability of the building material for a durable construction made ​​of fine stone and Labrador dark red granite.

Planned in the early 1930s and built Shchusev Hotel Moskva, a showpiece of imperial architectural style of the Stalin era.

The Lubyanka in Moscow was expanded to its current volume according to his plans in 1940 to 1947. The delay was due to the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

After the Second World War, the architect developed with the help of a multi-member teams of architects plans for the reconstruction of destroyed cities. This includes, for example, Chisinau. Among his most famous late works, the Moscow Metro station Komsomolskaya belongs to the ring line, for which he was in 1951, already posthumously honored with a state premium mare.

Shchusev was honored with the Lenin Order and was given a total of four times the Stalin Prize.

The Moscow Museum of Architecture ( MUAR ) was named in honor of the architect.