Adolf Zeligson Russian and Polish architect Country: Poland

Content:

1. Adolf Zeligson: A Master of Modern Architecture
2. - Returned to Stuttgart to work for J. Jung (1890-1893)
3. Paris Influence and Move to Moscow
4. - Moved to Moscow in 1907
5. - Joined the Moscow Architectural Society in 1908
6. Notable Projects in Moscow
7. - Houses at the corner of Arkhangelsky and Krivokolenny Lanes

Adolf Zeligson: A Master of Modern Architecture

Early Life and Education
- Born in Warsaw, into a Jewish family
- Graduated from the Higher Trade School in Lodz (1883)
Training and Career in Germany and Saint Petersburg
- Practiced at Israel Poznanski's factory in Lodz for a year
- Studied under Professor J. Jung in Stuttgart, Germany

- Graduated from the Institute of Civil Engineers in Saint Petersburg (1890)

- Returned to Stuttgart to work for J. Jung (1890-1893)

Prolific Work in Lodz

- Designed palaces, apartment buildings, and industrial structures for the Poznanski and Zilberstein families

- Also built barracks, schools, hospitals, synagogues, and the "New" Cemetery

Paris Influence and Move to Moscow

- Lived and designed in Paris in 1906

- Developed a light and graceful style characteristic of French architecture at the turn of the 20th century

- Moved to Moscow in 1907

Prominence in Moscow Modernism
- Became one of the leading architects of Moscow Modernism

- Designed apartment buildings, banks, and mansions for Jewish entrepreneurs

- Joined the Moscow Architectural Society in 1908

- Featured in the architectural directory "Russia in Its Past and Present" (1913)

Notable Projects in Moscow

- Residential complex at 10 Novaya Basmannaya, one of the largest in pre-revolutionary Moscow

- Houses at the corner of Arkhangelsky and Krivokolenny Lanes

Return to Independent Poland
- After the 1917 Revolution, returned to newly independent Poland

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