Khrenov A. S. (1860-1926), architect

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KHRENOV Alexander Sergeevich (1860, St. Petersburg - 1926), architect and aquarellist. Graduated from St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts (1884). In 1888, assumed the position of architect of St. Isaac's Cathedral, held a lecturing position at the school for drawing of the Society for the Encouragement for the Arts. Member of the Russian aquarellist society. In St. Petersburg built and rebuilt over 30 constructions. The design of the building of the Mutual Credit Society (8 Italyanskaya Street, 1893-94), the apartment houses at 9 and 27 Kirochnaya Street (1898), 47/11 Furshtatskaya Street (1900), 140 Nevsky Prospect (1901-02) follow the patterns of Eclecticism. Later Khrenov turned to Art Nouveau. The apartment houses at 17 (1901-02) and 5 (1908-09) Tavricheskaya Street, 18/17 Vosstaniya Street (1902-03), 4 Rubinsteina Street (1904) and 10b Second Sovetskaya Street (1904-05) are remarkable for massive bay windows, polychromic revetment, application of decorative metal and stained-glass windows, original round-shaped wells. The symmetrical houses of M.V. Vyazemskaya (4 and 6 Moskovsky Avenue, 1910-11) were erected as propylaes at the beginning of the new passage (not completed). Among constructions, dominated by Neoclassical forms is the palace of Grand Prince Nikolay Nikolaevich the Younger (2 Petrovskaya Embankment, 1910-13). Khrenov built a number of apartment houses, belonging to him, including houses Nos.3, 5, 7 and 17 Tavricheskaya Street, which played an important role in its development. Two houses, built by Khrenov, have memorial plaques, indicating the dates of construction and the name of the architects (Vosstaniya Street, 18/7 and Rubinsteina Street, 4). In the 1920s, he lived and worked in China.

Reference: Кирикова Л. А. Дома А. С. Хренова на Таврической улице // 100 лет петербургскому модерну: Материалы науч. конф. СПб., 2000. С. 143-146.

B. М. Kirikov. Khrenov Alexander Sergeevich
Nikolay Nikolaevich (Jr.), Grand Prince
Vyazemskaya M.V.
2nd Sovetskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 10, litera л. Б
Furshtatskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 47/11
Italyanskaya Street/Saint Petersburg, city, house 8
Kirochnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 27
Kirochnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 9
Moskovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 4
Moskovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 6
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 140
Petrovskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 2
Rubinsteina St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 4
Tavricheskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 17
Tavricheskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 5
Tavricheskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 3
Tavricheskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 7
Vosstaniya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 18/17
Vosstaniya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 18/7
Кирикова Л. А. Дома А. С. Хренова на Таврической улице // 100 лет петербургскому модерну: Материалы науч. конф. СПб., 2000 Academy of Arts
Academy of Arts
St. Isaac's Cathedral
Society of Russian Watercolorists
Mutual Credit Societies