In the history of building, Alexey Dushkin is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Alexey Dushkin as Soviet architect (1903–1977).
Alexey Dushkin was born at Klynova-Novoselivka in 1904. His recorded nationality is Russian Empire. He trained at Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.
Modernism rejected ornament and historical style, arguing that a building should express its structure and its function - a claim contested ever since.
He is recorded as architect.
His work is associated with constructivism and art deco.
Among his best-known works are Lenin's head in Ulan-Ude, Kropotkinskaya and Mayakovskaya. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
Recognition followed: Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
That the work was built in Russian Empire shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Alexey Dushkin died in 1977, aged 73. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Lenin's head in Ulan-Ude
- Notable work: Kropotkinskaya
- Notable work: Mayakovskaya
- Notable work: Ploshchad Revolyutsii
- Stalin Prize
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Movement: Constructivism and Art Deco
