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Architect, preservationist
Alla Vronskaya, last edited on 17.05.2022
Name:
Naima Akhundova / Az: Naimə Vəli qızı Axundova
Life Dates:
1933 – 2004
Country:
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
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.
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.
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)
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