In the history of building, Gavriil Baranovsky is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Gavriil Baranovsky as Russian architect (1860-1920).
Gavriil Baranovsky was born at Odesa in 1860. His recorded nationality is Russian Empire. He trained at Saint Petersburg Institute of Civil Engineers.
Industrialisation gave architecture iron, glass and the lift, and with them the problems of the railway station, the factory and the tall city block.
He is recorded as architect, engineer and art historian.
His work is associated with art nouveau architecture.
His best-known building is Eliseyev Emporium. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
Recognition followed: Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class.
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.
Gavriil Baranovsky died in 1920, aged 60. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Eliseyev Emporium
- Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class
- Movement: Art Nouveau architecture
- Trained at Saint Petersburg Institute of Civil Engineers
