Pavlo Nirinberg
Ukrainian architect
Pavlo Rafailovych Nirinberg (Ukrainian: Павло Рафаїлович Нірінберг; May 31, 1936 – August 5, 2008) was a Ukrainian architect known for his significant contributions to the architectural development of Dnipro.
Biography
Pavlo Nirinberg was born on May 31, 1936, in Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR, into a Jewish family. He initially failed to gain admission to the Leningrad Civil Engineering Institute and instead studied at the Saratov Construction Technical School. He later enrolled in the Leningrad Civil Engineering Institute. During his fifth year, Nirinberg won a competition to design Leningrad's participation in the World Festival of Youth and Students in Helsinki. This achievement earned him a trip to Finland, where he visited the studio of renowned architect Alvar Aalto. His diploma project was supervised by Lazar Khidekel, a founder of UNOVIS, a proponent of suprematist ideas in architecture, and a student of Kazimir Malevich and Marc Chagall.
After graduating, Nirinberg was assigned to work in Krasnoyarsk, where he spent three years. There, he designed the Krasnoyarsk City Executive Committee building, the Krasnoyarsk City Party Committee building, and the Palace of Youth.
Upon completing his contract, Nirinberg responded to an advertisement in the journal Architecture of the USSR titled "Dnipropetrovsk Invites." He joined the Dniprotsivilproekt, the Dnipropetrovsk State Design Institute for Residential and Civil Construction.
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