Nikolai Ladovsky
Nikolai Ladovsky | |
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| Born | 15 January 1881 Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died | 18 October 1941 (aged 60) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian Empire, USSR |
| Alma mater | Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | VKhUTEMAS, United Workshops |
Nikolai Alexandrovich Ladovsky (Russian: Николай Александрович Ладовский; 15 January 1881 – 18 October 1941) was a Russian avant-garde architect and educator, leader of the rationalist movement in 1920s architecture, an approach emphasizing human perception of space and shape. Ladovsky is known as the founder of modern Soviet and Russian schools of architectural training; his classes of 1920–1932 in VKhUTEMAS shaped the generation of Soviet architects active throughout the period of Stalinist architecture and subsequent decades.