Boris Mikhailovich Iofan (Russian: Борис Михайлович Иофан, IPA:[ɪɐˈfan]; April 28, 1891 – March 11, 1976) was a Soviet architect of Jewish origin,[1] known for his Stalinist architecture buildings like the 1931 House on the Embankment and the 1931–1933 winning draft of the Palace of the Soviets.
Boris Mikhailovich Iofan (Russian: Борис Михайлович Иофан, IPA: [ɪɐˈfan]; April 28, 1891 – March 11, 1976) was a Soviet architect of Jewish origin, known...
was especially important to the Soviet state for propaganda purposes. BorisIofan's victory in a series of four architectural competitions held between...
Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin, between 1933 (when BorisIofan's draft for the Palace of the Soviets was officially approved) and 1955...
only choice. It coexisted with moderately modernist architecture of BorisIofan, bordering with contemporary Art Deco (Schuko); again, the purest examples...
as the National, the Metropol and the Loskutnaya. It was designed by BorisIofan, who lived in the building from 1931 to 1976. (He also designed the Palace...
Soviet pavilion at 1937 World Expo in Paris. He lost the contest to BorisIofan. By 1937, mounting criticism against "formalism" led to the virtual excommunication...
but uninspiring. Joseph Stalin had already made his choice in favor of BorisIofan, and was suspicious of Shchusev's motives: "Shchusev's project is the...
The leading architect BorisIofan bid for the skyscraper project in 1947 but the job was assigned to Lev Rudnev, because Iofan made a mistake placing...
architecture in the 1930s can be found in Patterson's 'Problem-Solvers' thesis. BorisIofan Constructivist architecture Dulwich Picture Gallery and Mausoleum Giuseppe...
Deyan (4 August 2022). "Stalin's Architect: The Remarkable Life of BorisIofan". The MIT Press Reader. Jargin, Sergei (23 May 2010). "Moscow libraries:...
while using fairly routine construction methods. The winning entry by BorisIofan marked the start of eclectic historicism of Stalinist Architecture, a...
treated several Russian leaders. The sanatorium was designed by architect BorisIofan, and completed in 1935. It was designated as a clinic for leading government...
Postconstructivism. The last major Russian constructivist building, by BorisIofan, was built for the Paris World Exhibition (1937), where it faced the...
and others). The project executed by architect BorisIofan, was adopted as a basis. Later BorisIofan, Vladimir Gel'freykh and V. Shchuko with their architectural...
novelty in German pavilion. The architect of the Soviet pavilion was BorisIofan. Vera Mukhina designed the large figurative sculpture on the pavilion...
Venice. The last, closed, stage of the contest was won by BorisIofan. On May 10, 1933, Iofan was announced as the winner and officially instructed to...
Architectural Drawing, Berlin. 2021 Stalin’s Architect: The Rise and Fall of BorisIofan. Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin. 2022 AKIRA – The Architecture...
Tel Aviv, Israel), was a successful Israeli architect. Erez Israel BorisIofan (Russian: Борис Михайлович Иофан) (28 April 1891, Odessa, Russian Empire–11...
Cooperative) building, Ivanovo 1932 - Palace of the Soviets, Moscow (awarded to BorisIofan) 1932 - House of Books (Ogiz publishing building), Moscow OSA Group Selim...
1991 Oslo Central Station, Oslo – John Engh Palace of Soviets, Moscow – BorisIofan, 1931–1933, 160 architectural design entries (never built) Commisariat...
win and completed one of the Metro jobs. Palace of Soviets was won by BorisIofan, construction began with enormous publicity but was terminated by German...
design contest stage. Zholtovsky shared contest prize with BorisIofan and Hector Hamilton; Iofan's draft was later selected. Zholtovsky, however, refused...
among the finalists, if not the winner. But on February 28, 1932, when BorisIofan’s neo-classical entry was announced as the winner of the second public...
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