Architect

Andrei Zakharov

1761-1811 · Russian · 1 places

Russian architect who rebuilt the Admiralty building between 1806 and 1823, producing what became the compositional anchor of St. Petersburg's central layout. His genius lay in organizing a 407-meter facade into a hierarchy of masses…

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