Arkady Mordvinov belongs to the record of architecture as a figure whose buildings outlasted the taste that commissioned them.
The record lists Arkady Mordvinov as Soviet architect (1896–1964).
Arkady Mordvinov was born at Zhuravlikha in 1896. His recorded nationality is Russian Empire. He trained at Bauman Moscow State Technical University.
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 stalinist empire style.
His best-known building is Radisson Collection Hotel Moscow. Architecture is the art that cannot be avoided: people live inside the argument.
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.
Arkady Mordvinov died in 1964, aged 68. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Radisson Collection Hotel Moscow
- Stalin Prize
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Movement: Stalinist Empire style
- Trained at Bauman Moscow State Technical University
