Boris Mikhailovich Iofan (Russian: Борис Михайлович Иофан, IPA: [ɪɐˈfan]; April 28, 1891 – March 11, 1976) was a Soviet architect of Jewish origin, known...

was especially important to the Soviet state for propaganda purposes. Boris Iofan's victory in a series of four architectural competitions held between...

Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin, between 1933 (when Boris Iofan's draft for the Palace of the Soviets was officially approved) and 1955...

The leading architect Boris Iofan bid for the skyscraper project in 1947 but the job was assigned to Lev Rudnev, because Iofan made a mistake placing...

heads. The concept and compositional design belong to the architect Boris Iofan. It is 24.5 metres (78 feet) high, made from stainless steel by Vera...

Moscow defense ring, and the site was abandoned. Between 1947 and 1956, Boris Iofan presented six new drafts for this site, and also for Vorobyovy Gory on...

while using fairly routine construction methods. The winning entry by Boris Iofan marked the start of eclectic historicism of Stalinist Architecture, a...

Metro, named after the revolutionary Nikolai Bauman. It was designed by Boris Iofan and Yury Zenkevich and opened in 1944. The Art Deco design features white...

as the National, the Metropol and the Loskutnaya. It was designed by Boris Iofan, who lived in the building from 1931 to 1976. (He also designed the Palace...

treated several Russian leaders. The sanatorium was designed by architect Boris Iofan, and completed in 1935. It was designated as a clinic for leading government...

pavilion's restaurant only operated for the 1939 season. Soviet Union Boris Iofan and Karo Halabyan A semicircular structure with two wings partially enclosing...

only choice. It coexisted with moderately modernist architecture of Boris Iofan, bordering with contemporary Art Deco (Schuko); again, the purest examples...

Soviet pavilion at 1937 World Expo in Paris. He lost the contest to Boris Iofan. By 1937, mounting criticism against "formalism" led to the virtual excommunication...

for the 1937 Paris Exhibition, where he worked on the interiors for Boris Iofan's Stalinist pavilion and again at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Nikolai...

Deyan (4 August 2022). "Stalin's Architect: The Remarkable Life of Boris Iofan". The MIT Press Reader. Jargin, Sergei (23 May 2010). "Moscow libraries:...

and others). The project executed by architect Boris Iofan, was adopted as a basis. Later Boris Iofan, Vladimir Gel'freykh and V. Shchuko with their architectural...

Architectural Drawing, Berlin. 2021 Stalin’s Architect: The Rise and Fall of Boris Iofan. Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin. 2022 AKIRA – The Architecture...

façade, plan), settled for no less than six half-scale replicas of Boris Iofan's Palace of Soviets tower. Serious concepts were produced by old Revival...

1932 competition for the Palace of the Soviets and the winning entry by Boris Iofan marked the start of eclectic historicism of Stalinist Architecture and...

Ginzburg, architect Michail Grobman, painter Michel Kikoine, painter Boris Iofan, architect Ilya Kabakov, conceptual artist (Jewish father) Komar and...

architecture in the 1930s can be found in Patterson's 'Problem-Solvers' thesis. Boris Iofan Constructivist architecture Dulwich Picture Gallery and Mausoleum Giuseppe...

novelty in German pavilion. The architect of the Soviet pavilion was Boris Iofan. Vera Mukhina designed the large figurative sculpture on the pavilion...

among the finalists, if not the winner. But on February 28, 1932, when Boris Iofan’s neo-classical entry was announced as the winner of the second public...

painter Maya Deren, filmmaker Boris Efimov, cartoonist Naum Gabo, sculptor Boris Iofan, architect Ilya Kabakov, conceptualist artist Yevgeny Khaldei, photographer...

1991 Oslo Central Station, Oslo – John Engh Palace of Soviets, Moscow – Boris Iofan, 1931–1933, 160 architectural design entries (never built) Commisariat...

but uninspiring. Joseph Stalin had already made his choice in favor of Boris Iofan, and was suspicious of Shchusev's motives: "Shchusev's project is the...

Postconstructivism. The last major Russian constructivist building, by Boris Iofan, was built for the Paris World Exhibition (1937), where it faced the...

builder of the Church of Maria Magdalene and Chersonesus Cathedral Boris Iofan, grandmaster of Stalinist architecture Matvei Kazakov, builder of the...

Cooperative) building, Ivanovo 1932 - Palace of the Soviets, Moscow (awarded to Boris Iofan) 1932 - House of Books (Ogiz publishing building), Moscow OSA Group Selim...

Venice. The last, closed, stage of the contest was won by Boris Iofan. On May 10, 1933, Iofan was announced as the winner and officially instructed to...