Vladimir Shchuko

Vladimir Alekseyevich Shchuko
Born	(1878-10-17)October 17, 1878 Tambov, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	January 19, 1939(1939-01-19) (aged 60) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian Empire, Soviet Union
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Schuko and Gelfreikh partnership
Buildings	Russian State Library
Projects	Palace of Soviets

Vladimir Alekseyevich Shchuko (Russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Щуко́, IPA: [ɕːʉˈko]; October 17, 1878 – January 19, 1939) was a Russian architect, member of the Saint Petersburg school of Russian neoclassical revival notable for his giant order apartment buildings "rejecting all trace of the moderne".^[1] After the Russian Revolution of 1917 Shchuko gradually embraced modernist ideas, developing his own version of modernized neoclassicism together with his partner Vladimir Gelfreikh. Shchuko and Gelfreikh succeeded through the prewar period of Stalinist architecture with high-profile projects like the Lenin Library, Moscow Metro stations and co-authored the unrealized Palace of Soviets. Shchuko was also a prolific stage designer, author of 43 drama and opera stage sets.