Gavriil Ter-Mikelov practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists Gavriil Ter-Mikelov as Armenian-Russian-Soviet architect.
Gavriil Ter-Mikelov was born at Stavropol in 1874. His recorded nationality is Russian Empire. He trained at Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering.
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.
Among his best-known works are Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall and House of Sadykhov brothers. Buildings outlast their architects and usually their purposes, which is what makes the discipline unforgiving.
Recognition followed: Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR.
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 Ter-Mikelov died in 1949, aged 75. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall
- Notable work: House of Sadykhov brothers
- Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR
- Trained at Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
