Militsa Prokhorova
Militsa Prokhorova (1907–1959, Moscow) was one of the founders of Soviet landscape architecture.
Militsa Prokhorova
Архитектурная газета, 1935, № 14, 8 марта · Public domain
- Born
- 1907
- Died
- 1959
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Russian Empire
- Education
- Vkhutemas
- Occupation
- Landscape architect
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
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Militsa Prokhorova (1907–1959, Moscow) was one of the founders of Soviet landscape architecture.
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• Born — 1907 • Died — 1959 • Birthplace — Moscow, Russian Empire • Education — Vkhutemas • Significant Projects — Moscow State University • Occupation — Landscape architect
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Militsa Prokhorova was born and grew up in the Novogireyevo District of Moscow in a family of engineers. In 1924, she entered Vkhutemas, where she studied with Nikolai Ladovsky and Konstantin Melnikov. She graduated in 1928, a member of ASNOVA. She entered the Design and Planning Workshop at the TsPKiO, named after I. Gorky. She also found work in Goselenstroy, the Moscow city planning department. She had a major part in the landscaping of the Moscow State University in the Lenin Hills in the 1950s.
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- 1.Gardener.Ru: Прохорова Милица Ивановна (abgerufen am 3. April 2020).
- 2.Tramwai Iskusstw: Прохорова Милица Ивановна (abgerufen am 4. April 2020).
- 3.Vronskaya, Alla G. Urbanist Landscape: Militsa Prokhorova, Liubov' Zalesskaia, and the Emergence of Soviet Landscape Architecture. 2015. 978-1-317-55655-8.
- 4.Espegel, C. Women Architects in the Modern Movement. 2017. 978-1-351-74526-0.
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