Gary Berkovich
Gary Berkovich, AIA, NCARB (born May 26, 1935, in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is an American and Soviet architect, and the first Soviet architect of 1960s – 1980s immigration wave, who had opened his office (Gary A. Berkovich Associates, 1987) in the United States. Author of about 200 projects of residential and public buildings in the USSR and in the USA. He is a winner of the architectural competitions in the Soviet Union and in the United States. He is also an author of books and professional articles.
Gary Berkovich

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- Gary Berkovich
- Born
- 26 May 1935
- Birthplace
- Kharkiv, Soviet Union
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · United States
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Moscow Architectural Institute · Kharkiv State Polytechnic College
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Gary Berkovich, AIA, NCARB (born May 26, 1935, in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is an American and Soviet architect, and the first Soviet architect of 1960s – 1980s immigration wave, who had opened his office (Gary A. Berkovich Associates, 1987) in the United States. Author of about 200 projects of residential and public buildings in the USSR and in the USA. He is a winner of the architectural competitions in the Soviet Union and in the United States. He is also an author of books and professional articles.
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Key facts
• Name — Gary Berkovich • Born — 26 May 1935 • Birthplace — Kharkiv, Soviet Union • Significant Buildings — Civic Center of the town of Tereze, Caucasus, USSR Apartment High-Rise. Chicago, IL, USA.
Biography
Biography
Gary Berkovich was born to a Jewish family in Ukraine. He had graduated from the Kharkiv Building Technical School (1953) and the Moscow School of Architecture (1964), both with honours. In 1973, he got a PhD from Moscow Housing Design and Research Institute for his thesis, dedicated to the computerization of architectural design ("The problems of an apartment layout optimization solutions"). He worked in architectural firms of Kharkiv, Novosibirsk and Moscow, USSR. Immigrated to the US in 1977. Worked in the office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (under architects Myron Goldsmith and Bruce Graham) and at the office of Aubrey J. Greenberg, Chicago, USA. He played a trifling role in a Hollywood movie (1989). In 1985, he received a diploma of the most successful immigrant, in Chicago, USA.
Selected projects
Selected projects
• Chabad Synagogue, Niles, Illinois (IL), USA. 2006. • Townhouses’ Development. Wilmette, IL, USA. With an architect, M. Berkovich. 1999. • Restaurant. Glencoe, IL, USA. The best project of the year award. 1995. • Single Family Residence. Wilmette, IL, USA1994. • Single Family Residence. Highland Park, IL, USA. 1992. • Single Family Residence. Chicago, IL, USA. 1990. • Single Family Residence. Deerfield, IL, USA. 1988. • Apartment High-Rise. Chicago, IL, USA. Conceptual design and Design Development. Construction Documents: E. Gordon. Architect of record: A Epstein & Sons. 1987. • Townhouses’ Development. Chicago, IL, USA. 1986. • Prototype Palace of Culture. Moscow, USSR. 1974. • Civic Center of the town of Tereze, Caucasus, USSR. With an architect S. Chemeris. 1973. • Prototype Apartment Building, Kokushkino, Tatar ASSR, USSR, 1971 • River Transportation Terminal. Tomsk, Siberia, USSR. 1975. • Prototype High School for 464 students, 1971 • Prototype Shopping Centre, 1971 • Prototype Kindergarten School, 1971 • Prototype Housing for the South-East Siberia Region, USSR, 1970 • Tombstone, Zaporizhia, USSR, 1969 • Meatpacking Plant, Stupino, Moscow Region, USSR, 1969 • Meatpacking Plant, Dedovsk, Moscow Region, USSR, 1969 • Addition and Remodelling of an Exhibition Pavilion at the All-State Achievement Exhibition (VDNH) grounds, Moscow, USSR, 1969 • Design and Development Project, Town of Nizhniaia Paiva, Altai Region, Siberia, USSR, 1965-1966 • Creative Artist's Union Retreat House, Moscow Region, USSR, 1963-1964 • Prototype rail-road stations. Moscow, USSR. With an architect L. Polonskaya. 1962.
Selected architectural competitions
Selected architectural competitions
• «The Peak» Resort. Hong Kong. International Competition Entry. Author, team leader. 1983. • Town-house. Logan Square, Chicago, IL, USA. With an architect M. Berkovich. Finalist Award. 1981. • Town-house. Competition Entry, Chicago, IL, USA. 1977. • Prototype Single Family Residence. Citation. Moscow, USSR. 1968. • Prototype 2-story Apartment Building. Citation. Moscow, USSR. 1967. With architects D. Radygin and A. Batalov. 1967. • Prototype Town-houses. Third Prize. Moscow, USSR. With architects D. Radygin and A. Batalov. 1967. • Prototype Single Family Residence. Third Prize. Moscow, USSR. With architects D. Radygin and A. Batalov. 1967. • Prototype Dormitory. Moscow, USSR. With architects D. Radygin and A. Batalov. First Prize. 1967. • Prototype Memorial Complex for World War II Veterans, 1967–68 • Research and Development Institute, Rzhavki, Moscow Region, Russia, 1968-1969
Patents
Patents
• Prefabricated Residential Tower. Certificate 279001 (USSR), 13 April 1967
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Chabad Synagogue, Niles, IL. 2006 • Illustration — Single Family Residence. Chicago, IL. 1990 • Illustration — Single Family Residence. Interior. Chicago, IL. 1990 • Illustration — Apartment High-Rise. Model. Chicago, IL, USA. 1987 • Illustration — Apartment High-Rise. Chicago, IL. 1987 • Illustration — River Transportation Terminal. Tomsk, Siberia, USSR. 1975 • Illustration — Civic Center of the town of Tereze. Model. Caucasus, USSR • Illustration — “The Peak” Resort. Hong Kong. International Competition Entry. Model. Author, team leader. 1983 • Illustration — Luxury Townhouse Development. Wilmette, IL. 1999 • Illustration — Luxury Townhouse Development. Interior. Wilmette, IL. 1999 • Illustration — Single Family Residence. Chicago, IL. 1989 • Illustration — Single Family Residence. Interior. Chicago, IL. 1989 • Illustration — Single Family Residence. Glencoe, IL. 1994 • Illustration — Beauty Salon “Millennium.” Interior. Winnetka, IL. 1997. • Illustration — Willow-Dayton Housing Development. Detail. Chicago, IL. 1986 • Illustration — “Logan Square” Townhouse. Competition project. Model. Chicago, IL. 1981 • Illustration — Creative Artist's Union Retreat House. Axonometric view. Moscow Region, USSR, 1963-1964 • Illustration — Creative Artist's Union Retreat House. Moscow Region, USSR. 1963-1964 • Illustration — Monument to Perished Soldiers. Competition Entry. Model. Moscow, USSR, 1960 • Illustration — Tombstone. Model. Moscow, USSR, 1969 • Illustration — Prototype Dormitory. All-Union Competition Entry. USSR. 1966. First Prize • Illustration — Meatpacking Plant. Axonometric view. Moscow Region, USSR, 1970 • Illustration — Prototype Railroad Stations. Moscow, USSR. 1961-1962
Selected articles
Selected articles
• Jewish Architecture. 2023. https: www.academia.edu/101688171/Jewish_Architecture • Modernized Socialist Realism in Soviet Architecture (1955-1991). 2019. https: www.academia.edu/41858215/Modernized_Socialist_Realism_in_Soviet_Architecture_1955_1991_ • Dom-Kommuna as Realization of Communist Beliefs in 1920's Soviet Union. 2018. https: www.academia.edu/42016381/Dom_Kommuna_as_Realization_of_Communist_Beliefs_in_1920s_Soviet_Union • Беркович, Г. А. Архитектор-ученый: штрихи к портрету Александра Рябушина Современная архитектура мира. Вып. 3 / НИИ теории и истории архитектуры и градостр-ва РААСН; отв. ред. Н. А. Коновалова. — М.; СПб.: Нестор-История, 2013. — С. 19–23. —. • «Scaling the Peak Hong Kong». Inland Architect, 1984, no. 12. • «Encountering the Constructivists». Inland Architect, 1981, no. 10. • «The Russian Experience: Architecture and Energy». Inland Architect, 1981, no. 9. • «Methodology for evaluating the quality of flexible layouts in apartments» («О методе оценки планировочного качества трансформируемых квартир»). Collection of research works: Problems of planning and development of rural settlements — design and construction of residential and institutional buildings (Вопросы планировки и застройки сельских населённых мест, проектирования и строительства жилых и общественных зданий), No 2, 1973, p. 141. УДК 711.4+728+725+69. • «Comfort and convenience in apartment layout optimization» («К проблеме оптимизации планировочного комфорта жилища»). Collection of research works: Problems of planning and development of rural settlements — design and construction of residential and institutional buildings (Вопросы планировки и застройки сельских населённых мест, проектирования и строительства жилых и общественных зданий), No 1, 1972, p. 123. УДК 711.4+69+728.12. • «Apartment Design Optimization» («Оптимизация планировочных решений квартиры»). Higher Education Institutions’ News. Building and architecture (Известия Высших Учебных Заведений. Строительство и Архитектура), 1966, No 6.
Book reviewing
Book reviewing
• Юнаков О. Архитектор Иосиф Каракис. — Нью-Йорк: Алмаз, 2016. — 544 с. —.
Life and career
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Life and career
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Gary Berkovich born at Kharkiv.
Books
• Summo, Nina, Berkovich, Gary. Sasha Frishman. Almaz, NY, 2025. • Two Lifetimes. Almaz, NY. 2025 • Jewish Architecture. Almaz, NY. 2024.. • Donchik. The Rinaissance Man. Almaz, NY. 2024.. • In the Trenches of Architecture. Almaz, NY. 2023.. • Berkovich, Gary, Berkovich, Jaime. Stan Berkovich. Almaz, NY. 2021.. • Reclaiming a History. Jewish Architects in Imperial Russia and the USSR. Weimar und Rostock: Grunberg Verlag. Volume 1. Late Imperial Russia: 1891–1917. 2021. • Reclaiming a History. Jewish Architects in Imperial Russia and the USSR. Weimar und Rostock: Grunberg Verlag. Volume 2. Soviet Avant-garde: 1917–1933. 2021. • Reclaiming a History. Jewish Architects in Imperial Russia and the USSR. Weimar und Rostock: Grunberg Verlag. Volume 3. Socialist Realism: 1933–1955. 2022. • Reclaiming a History. Jewish Architects in Imperial Russia and the USSR. Weimar und Rostock: Grunberg Verlag. Volume 4. Modernized Socialist Realism: 1955–1991. 2022. • Г. Беркович, Л. Нецветаев. Зодчий Дмитрий Радыгин. — Ульяновск: УлГТУ, 2017. — 125 с. —. • Watching Communism Fail. McFarland. 2008. • Подопытные (Human Subjects). Dubov Fund. Moscow, Russian Federation, 2006. • Капитализм. Это Просто (Capitalism. It's simple). Dubov Fund. Moscow, USSR, 1991. • "SOM Housing Guidelines". Chicago IL, USA. 1982.
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- 1.Udo Kultermann. Contemporary architecture in Eastern Europe (Zeitgenossische Architektur in Osteuropa). Germany, 1985, p. 65.
- 2.Magazine: “Architecture” Sofia, Bulgaria (Архитектура. София, Болгария) 1972, No 9. p.35.
- 3.Magazine: “Architecture USSR”, Moscow, USSR (Архитектура СССР. Москва, СССР) 1974, No 2. p.85.
- 4.Magazine: "Inland Architect", 1981, no. 8, p.37.
- 5.Forarchitects.com. Gary A. Berkovich Associates.
- 6.An article in The New York Times. The New York Times. 2013.
- 7.Newspaper Chicago Tribune, August 13, 1989, page 2.
- 8.Bagirov, S.B. Moiseyeva. Formation of Community Centers in Rural Settlements (Р.Д Багиров, С.Б. Моисеева. Формирование общественных центров сельских населенных мест), USSR, 1972, p. 17. УДК 711.551
- 9.Arkhitektura. An Illustrated Supplement to Stroitel’naya Gazeta (Архитектура. Иллюстрированное приложение к Строительной газете, СССР), Moscow, USSR. 1974, No 2, page 2
- 10.Хорошеет Кокушкино. Pravda. 1. 26 July 1971.
- 11.Newspaper Sovetskaya Tatariya – Soviet Tatarstan, (Газета Советская Татария, СССР), USSR. July 23, 1971, page 2
- 12.A.M. Dotlibov, A.V. Talisman, Yu.N. Smirnov. Rural Houses From Local Building Materials and Industrial Products (А.М. Дотлибов, А.В. Талисман, Ю.Н. Смирнов. Сельские жилые дома из местных строительных материалов и индустриальных изделий), Moscow, USSR. 1971, p. 14. УДК 728.6
- 13.Magazine Zhilishchnoye Stroitel’stvo – The Housing Construction, Moscow, USSR (Журнал Жилищное строительство. Москва, СССР), Moscow, USSR. 1973, No 9, p. 13
- 14.Udo Kultermann. Contemporary architecture in Eastern Europe (Zeitgenossische Architektur in Osteuropa). Germany, 1985, p. 66.
- 15.Magazine Inland Architect, 1981, no. 9, p. 18.
- 16.Magazine Zhilishchnoye Stroitel’stvo – The Housing Construction, Moscow, USSR (Журнал Жилищное строительство. Москва, СССР) 1971, No 8, p. 18
- 17.Magazine Sel’skokhoziaistvennoye Proizvodstvo Sibiri I Dal’nego Vostoka – The Agricultural Production of Siberia and the Far East, USSR (Журнал Сельскохозяйственное производство Сибири и Дальнего Востока, СССР) 1965, No 9, p. 43
- 18.Magazine: "Inland Architect", 1984, no. 11/12, p. 29.
- 19.Magazine: "Inland Architect", 1981, no. 9, p. 19.
- 20.Newspaper Leninskoye Znamya – Leninist Banner (Газета Ленинское знамя, СССР), Moscow, USSR. May 24, 1968
- 21.Newspaper Stroitel’naya Gazeta – Construction Newspaper (Газета Строительная газета, СССР), Moscow, USSR. January 11, 1967
- 22.Newspaper Stroitel’naya Gazeta – Construction Newspaper, USSR (Газета Строительная газета, СССР) January 11, 1967
- 23.Z.M. Oseledchik. Town-houses (З.М. Оселедчик. Блокированные дома), Moscow, USSR. 1969
- 24.Newspaper Stroitel’naya Gazeta – Construction Newspaper (Газета Строительная газета, СССР), Moscow, USSR. February 10, 1967
- 25.Magazine: “The Housing Construction”, Moscow, USSR (Жилищное строительство. Москва, СССР) 1973, No 9;1971, No 8; 1970, No 12, p. 21.
- 26.Mcfarlandpub.com. Watching Communism Fail.
- 27.Magazine Krest’anskiye Vedomosti – Peasant Gazette (Журнал Крестьянские ведомости, Российская Федерация), Russian Federation, 1993, No. 4, p.13; No. 5, p.12; No. 7, p.10; No. 8, p.11
- 28.Newspaper Dal’nevostochnyi Komsomolets – Far East Komsomolets (Газета Дальневосточный комсомолец, Российская Федерация), Russian Federation, 1992, October 8, p. 5
- 29.Magazine Moskovskii Obozrevatel’ – Moscow Commentator (Газета Московский обозреватель, Российская Федерация), Russian Federation, 1993, No 25, p. 14
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