Baranovsky G.V.(1860-1920), architect

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BARANOVSKY Gavriil Vasilievich (1860-1920, St. Petersburg), architect, architecture historian, editor. Upon graduation from the College of Civil Engineers (1885), in 1885-1917, he served at the Construction Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; at the same time in 1897-1905, he taught at the College of Hydraulic Engineers, and dedicated himself to the issues of building legislation. The apartment buildings of G.G. Eliseev (1889-1890, 64 Fontanka River Embankment; 1891-92, currently, 14 Lomonosova Street) feature his original interpretation of Neo-Renaissance and Classical motifs. He authored several new composition and planning methods. In 1890s, he designed the interiors of the mansion of the merchants Eliseev (14 Birzhevaya Line). The private apartment house of Baranovsky was characterized by the innovative design (1897, currently, 36 Dostoevskogo Street) with decor-free facade and terraced balconies. The building of Brothers Eliseev&Co. store (1902-03; 56 Nevsky Prospect; see Eliseev Store). The building of the Russian Geographical Society (1907-09, currently, 10 Grivtsova Lane) is characterized by modernization of classical forms. The composition of the Buddhist Temple (1909-15; 91 Primorsky Avenue) amalgamates traditions of the Tibetan architecture with features of the Northern Art Nouveau. Baranovsky compiled "The anniversary digests of the former students of the College of Civil Engineers (The School of Urban Planning)" (volumes 1-2, 1892-93); in 1894-1905, he edited the Stroitel magazine (prior to1895, Nashe Zhilische), created the fundamental Architectural Encyclopaedia of the Second Half of the 19th Century (volumes 1-7, 1902-08).

References: Кириков Б. М., Федоров С. Г. Зодчий-энциклопедист: О творч. пути архит. Г. В. Барановского // ЛП. 1985. № 2. С. 29-32; Горюнов В. С., Исаченко Н. В., Таратынова О. В. Гавриил Барановский // Зодчие Санкт-Петребурга, ХIХ - начало ХХ века. СПб., 1998. С. 609-627.

Б. М. Кириков. Baranovsky Gavriil Vasilievich
Eliseev Grigory Grigorievich
Kirikov Boris Mikhailovich
the Eliseevs
Birzhevaya Line/Saint Petersburg, city, house 14
Dostoevskogo Street/Saint Petersburg, city, house 36
Grivtsova Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 10
Lomonosova St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 14
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 56
Primorsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 91
Кириков Б. М., Федоров С. Г. Зодчий-энциклопедист: О творч. пути архит. Г. В. Барановского // Ленингр. панорама, 1985
Горюнов В. С., Исаченко Н. В., Таратынова О. В. Гавриил Барановский // Зодчие Санкт-Петербурга, ХIХ - начало ХХ века. СПб., 1998 Ministry of Internal Affairs
Buddhist Temple