Gabriel Baranovskii
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Gabriel Baranovskii (1860-1920) was a Russian architect, civil engineer, art historian and publisher.
[edit] Name
There are many transliterations of his name: Baranovski, Baranovsky, Baranowski, Baranovskij, Gavriil, Russian - Гавриил Васильевич Барановский.
[edit] Major works
Gabriel Baranovskii began his architectural career as an an assistant to Paul Susor (Pavel Susor) between 1883 and 1885. In 1886 he got his first independent commission, the Main Palace Chancellery (Главная дворцовая канцелярия). After 1888 he became staff architect for the Baltic Shipyards (Балтийский судостроительный завод).
He published the Stroitel ("Строитель", the Builder) magazine between 1895 and 1905 and the Architectural Encyclopaedia of the Second Half of 19 th century ("Архитектурная энциклопедия второй половины XIX века") in seven volumes.
In addition to utilitarian industrial architecture of the late 19th century, Gavriil Baranovskii was a notable master of eclecticism but later became a convert to art nouveau architecture - with perhaps his best known work being the Elisseef Emporium in St. Petersburg (1902), Elisseef Emporium in Moscow (1903), Russian Geographical Society building (1907-1910) and St. Petersburg Buddhist Temple (1905-1909), the first Buddhist temple in Europe.
His other important works are:
- Baltic Shipyard workshops, St. Petersburg, 1880, collaborative project with Ernest Gibert (1823-1909) / Здания мастерских при Балтийском судостроительном заводе. Петербург совместно с Э.И.Жибером;
- Domonolov's Building, 7th line, St. Basil's Island, St. Petersburg (1885-1988) / Дом Домонолова. Петербург,7-я линия В.О. (1885-88);
- Elisseeff's House in St. Petersburg, 18 Bourse Lane /18 Birzhevaia Linia, (1887)/ Дом Г.Г.Елисеева. Санкт-Петербург. Биржевая линия,18 (1887);
- Tenement Buildings, 36 Dostoevsky (Dostoevskii) Street, St. Petersburg (1897)/ Доходный дом. Санкт-Петербург. ул. Достоевского,36;
- Elisseeff's Apartment Building, 64 Fontanka Embankment, St. Petersburg (1889-90)/ Доходный дом Г.Г.Елисеева. Санкт-Петербург, Набережная реки Фонтанки,64;
- Elisseeff's Building, St. Petersburg, 12 Chernyshev Lane (now Lomonosov Street), (1891-92) / Дом Елисеева. Санкт-Петербург Чернышевский пер. (ул. Ломоносова,14), Санкт-Петербург ;
- Residential Building, St. Petersburg, 14 Chernyshev Lane (now Lomonosov Street), 1899 / Жилой дом. Чернышев пер.,12. (ул. Ломоносова 12), Санкт-Петербург;
- Residential Building, 1 Kozitskii Lane, Moscow (1898) / Жилой дом. Москва. Козицкий пер.,1;
- A. Meshcherskii Gymansium and Tenement Building, 8 Baskov Lane, St. Petersburg (1899-1900)/ Гимназия А.Б.Мещерского и доходный дом. Санкт-Петербург. Басков пер.,8;
- Pawn shops and loan offices, 72 Moika Embankment, St. Petersburg, (1909)/ Здание ломбарда. Санкт-Петербург. Набережная Мойки.,72;
Gavriil Baranovskii died in 1920, according to St. Petersburg Fragments (Петербург - фрагменты) Biographical section, the architect died from starvation that followed WWI and Bolshevik takeover induced collapse of economy between 1918 and 1924.
[edit] References
- Architects and builders of St. Petersburg and Petrograd at the beginning of 20 century. Exhibition catalogue. Leningrad, 1982, Baranovskii, pages 21-22; Архитекторы-строители Петербурга-Петрограда начала XX века. Каталог выставки. Л., 1982; Барановский, с. 21-22.
- B.M. Kirikov and S.G. Federov - Gavriil Baranovskii, Architect-Encyclopedist, Leningrad Panorama, No. 2, 1985 / Кириков Б.М., Федоров С.Г. Зодчий-энциклопедист (Г.В.Барановский). Ленинградская панорама, 1985, N 2.
