Lev Kekushev Architect

Lev Nikolayevich Kekushev (Russian: Лев Николаевич Кекушев) was a Russian architect, notable for his Art Nouveau buildings in Moscow, built in the 1890s and early 1900s in the original, Franco-Belgian variety of this style. Kekushev's buildings are notable for his skillful use of metal ornaments and his signature with a lion (Lev) ornament or sculpture.

Personal facts

Lev Kekushev
Birth dateFebruary 19, 1862
Birth place
Vilnius
Nationality
Russia
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1916
Place of death
Moscow

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Architect

Significant building
Mindovsky House
Significant project
Hotel Metropol (Moscow)

Topical connections

Afanasy GrigorievArchitect
Adam MenelawsArchitect
Alexey ShchusevArchitect

Lev Kekushev on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft1g5004bj&brand=eschol
  2. http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft1g5004bj&chunk.id=d0e2066&toc.id=&brand=eschol
  3. http://snor.ru/?an=pers_169
  4. http://sobory.ru/article/index.html?object=03629
  5. http://www.nzembassy.msk.ru/embassy_building/archit_features_ru.htm
  6. http://www.nzembassy.msk.ru/index.html
  7. http://www.sakharov-center.ru/asfcd/auth/auth_pages.xtmpl?Key=13515&page=159