Irina Kolbaeva

Architect

Elina Amann, translated by Alla Vronskaya

Name:

ENG: Irina Kolbaeva

RUS: Ирина Колбаева

RUM: Irina Kolbaeva (?)

Country:

USSR / Moldova

Field of expertise:

Architectural Design

Biography and Work

Irina Kolbaeva is known as the architect, together with B. Banykin, of one of the icons of Soviet modernism in Chişinău, the nineteen-storey-high hotel Cosmos (1974-1983).

Fig. 1: Hotel Cosmos, Chișinău, architects Irina Kolbaeva and B. Banykin, 1974-1983. Image by marktristan. Creative Commons license.
Fig. 3: Hotel Cosmos, Chișinău, architects Irina Kolbaeva and B. Banykin, 1974-1983. Image by Photobank MD. Creative Commons license.
Fig. 2: Hotel Cosmos, Chișinău, architects Irina Kolbaeva and B. Banykin, 1974-1983. Image by Photobank MD. Creative Commons license.

Sources

http://socialistmodernism.com/the-cosmos-hotel-chisinau/ (last accessed on 24.03.2023)

Illustration credits

Fig. 1: Image by marktristan. Creative Commons license. Source:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hotel_Cosmos_Chișinău#/media/File:Hotel_Cosmos_Chișinău_(3105314687).jpg (last accessed on 24.03.2023)

Fig. 2: Hotel Cosmos, Chișinău, architects Irina Kolbaeva and B. Banykin, 1974-1983. Image by Photobank MD. Creative Commons license. Source:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hotel_Cosmos_Chișinău#/media/File:Гостиница_%22Космос%22,_Кишинев,_Республика_Молдова_Hotelul_%22Cosmos%22,_Chisina,_Republica_Moldova_Cosmos_Hotel,_Chisinau,_Republic_of_Moldova_(51129993873).jpg (last accessed on 24.03.2023)

Fig. 3: Hotel Cosmos, Chișinău, architects Irina Kolbaeva and B. Banykin, 1974-1983. Image by Photobank MD. Creative Commons license. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hotel_Cosmos_Chișinău#/media/File:Monumentul_a_lui_Grigore_Kotovski,_Chisinau,_Republica_Moldova_Grigoriy_Kotovskiy_Monument,_Chisinau,_Republic_of_Moldova_(50650169501).jpg (last accessed on 24.03.2023)

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