Mykhailo Hrechyna practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists Mykhailo Hrechyna as Soviet architect (1902-1979).
Mykhailo Hrechyna was born in 1902. His recorded nationality is Soviet Union. He trained at National Academy of Visual Arts 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 Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex. Buildings outlast their architects and usually their purposes, which is what makes the discipline unforgiving.
Recognition followed: State Prize of Ukrainian SSR in Science and Technology.
That the work was built in Soviet Union shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Mykhailo Hrechyna died in 1979, aged 77. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
- State Prize of Ukrainian SSR in Science and Technology
- Trained at National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture
