Ilya Golosov is remembered for work that changed how the next generation built.
The record lists Ilya Golosov as Russian architect (1883–1945).
Ilya Golosov was born at Moscow in 1883. His recorded nationality is Russian Empire. He trained at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
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 best-known building is Zuev Workers' Club. Of all the arts, architecture is the one whose failures are hardest to remove.
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.
Ilya Golosov died in 1945, aged 62. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Zuev Workers' Club
- Trained at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
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