Yevhen Nahirnyi (Ukrainian: Євген Васильович Нагірний; 13 August 1885 – 8 June 1951) was a Ukrainian architect.
Yevhen Nahirnyi | |
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| Євген Нагірний | |
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| Born | Yevhen Vasyliovych Nahirnyi 13 August 1885 Rudne, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 8 June 1951 (aged 65) |
| Other names | Ukrainian |
| Alma mater | Lviv Polytechnic School |
| Occupation | Architect |
Biography
editYevhen Nahirnyi was born on 13 August 1885 in Rudne, now the Lviv urban hromada of the Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.[1]
In 1912 he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Lviv Polytechnic School. From 1946 he taught at higher education institutions in Lviv; head of the Department of Architecture at the Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts.[1]
Yevhen Nahirny died on 8 July 1951 in Lviv. He is buried at the Lychakiv Cemetery on field No. 5.[2]
Works
editIn 1905–1921 he worked with his father Vasyl Nahirnyi in Lviv. Nahirnyi is the author of more than 500 residential, public, and church buildings in Western Ukraine.[1][2]
For the construction of houses in Lviv, Nahirnyi used the styles of neoclassicism and functionalism; for sacred buildings, he used Ukrainian Baroque and folk architecture. When designing wooden churches, he mainly developed the traditions of the Boyko school. Also, neo-historicism and modernism can be observed in Nahirny's works.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Нагірний Євген Васильович / Ю. О. Бірюльов // Енциклопедія Сучасної України [Електронний ресурс] / Редкол. : І. М. Дзюба, А. І. Жуковський, М. Г. Железняк [та ін.] ; НАН України, НТШ. – К. : Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Євген Нагірний: той, хто споруджував галицькі храми". RISU. 2021-10-18.
Sources
edit- Черкес Б., Грицюк Л. Архітектор Євген Нагірний // Dzvin. 1991. No. 4.
- Космолінська Н. Нагірні, Леви: історія одного врятованого архіву // Поступ. 29.09.2000.