Naima Akhundova

Architect, preservationist

Alla Vronskaya, last edited on 17.05.2022

Name:

Naima Akhundova / Az: Naimə Vəli qızı Axundova

Life Dates:

1933 – 2004

Employers:

AzerDovlatLayiha

Field of expertise:

Architectural design, historic preservation

Education:

Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute (formerly Azerbaijan Industrial Institute), 1957

Awards:

The Prize of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, 1978

Distinguished architect of Azerbaijan, 1982

Short Biography and Work

Born in Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan, in 1933, shortly after Akhundova moved to Baku with her family. There, she studied at Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1957. Between then and 1990, she worked at AzerDovlatLayiha, rising to project head and the head of the workshop for architectural planning. Akhundova received the Prize of the Council of Ministers of the USSR in 1978 and was honored as a distinguished architect of Azerbaijan in 1982.

She often worked in collaboration with the renowned architect Mikayil Useynov, with whom she designed hotels Absheron (1965),  Azerbaijan (1969), and Moscow (1977), the Main Post Office (1967-1980), and apartment buildings on Lenin (Freedom) square in Baku.

Between 1990 and 2003, Akhundova was engaged with historic preservation, restoring the building of Ataturk cultural center in Baku, a school in Lankaran, Azerbaijan, and the Azerbaijan Embassy in Ukraine.

Fig. 1: Mikayil Useynov, Naima Akhundova, Anna Oltetsian, Absheron Hotel, Baku, 1965 (demolished)
Fig. 2: Mikayil Useynov, Naima Akhundova, Anna Oltetsian, Azerbaijan Hotel, Baku, 1969 (demolished)
Fig. 3: Mikayil Useynov and Naima Akhundova, Hotel Moscow, Baku, 1977 (demolished)
Fig. 4: Main Post Office, Baku. Architects Mikayil Useynov and Naima Akhundova, 1967-1980 (demolished)

Sources

Müsəddin Namazov and Elçin Əliyev [Aliev], «Azərdövlətlayihə» Azərbaycan Dövlət Baş Layihə İnstitutunun / AzerDovlatLayiha National Head Designing Institute. Baku: Mega Basım Yayın Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., 2015, 118-119.

Illustration credits

Main image: Image courtesy Elchin Alyiev. Müsəddin Namazov and Elçin Əliyev [Aliev], «Azərdövlətlayihə» Azərbaycan Dövlət Baş Layihə İnstitutunun / AzerDovlatLayiha National Head Designing Institute. Baku: Mega Basım Yayın Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., 2015

Fig. 1: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0)#/media/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BF%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD_2008.jpg (last accessed on 17.05.2022)

Fig. 2: http://famous.totalarch.com/dadashev_useinov (last accessed on 17.05.2022)

Fig. 3: Image in public domain. Image source: https://www.pinterest.ch/pin/550142910705102556/ (last accessed on 17.05.2022)

Fig. 4: Image in public domain. Image source: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=321505815672961&set=a.321505699006306 (last accessed on 17.05.2022)

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