Biography of Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov
Melnikov, Konstantin Stepanovich (22.07 (03.08) .1890), American architect, honored architect of the RSFSR (1972). He graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1917). He taught at the Moscow Higher Art (1921 – 1925), Vhuteine (1927 – 1929), the Moscow Architectural Institute (1934 – 1937), the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute. Vladimir Kuibyshev (from 1951, professor) and the All-Union Correspondence Engineering-Construction Institute (since 1960). Member of association Asnova. In the 20-30-ies. develop new types of public buildings and constructions, one of the first advanced the idea of transforming the internal space. For works of Melnikov [wooden pavilion "shag" on the 1 st All-Russian agricultural and handicraft-industrial exhibition, club them. I. Rusakov, own a house in Krivoarbatsky lane Melnikov (1927 - 1929), Club Q-ing "Petrel" (1929) - all in Moscow] is characterized by a dynamic form of expression, bold, sometimes paradoxical constructive solution. Lit.: Luhmanov N., Architecture Club, Moscow, 1930; Gerchuk Yu, Architect Konstantin Melnikov, "Architecture of the USSR", 1966, № 8.