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Known as the National University of Arts today, the school was founded in 1864 as the National School of Fine Arts. It offered education in painting, sculpture, engraving, architecture (the Department of Architecture opened in 1897), line drawing, aesthetics, history and perspective drawing. Between 1942 and 1948, it was known as the Higher School of Arts in Bucharest (Școala Superioară de Arte din București), and between 1949 and 1990–as the Fine Arts Institute “Nicolae Grigorescu” (Institutul de Arte Plastice “Nicolae Grigorescu”).
Graduates: Virginia Andreescu Haret
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest_National_University_of_Arts
The Higher School of Architecture / Ion Minchu Institute of Architecture (IAIM)
The oldest and the leading institute of architectural education in Romania, the Ion Mincu Architectural Institute was founded by Romanian architect Ion Mincu as his private school in 1892. In 1904, the school was reorganized as the Higher School of Architecture. In 1931, it became the Academy of Architecture; in 1938, the Academy was integrated into Bucharest Polytechnic Institute. In 1948, the Institute’s Department of Architecture was reorganized as the Institute of Architecture, and soon became a part of the Institute of Construction Engineering. In 1952, the Institute’s Department of Architecture was reorganized as a university, which was named after its founding father Ion Mincu–Ion MIncu Institute of Architecture (IAIM). Since 1997, it has been known as Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Graduates: Doina Marilena Ciocănea, Maria Cotescu, Lucia Creangă, Henrieta Delavrancea, Alexandrina Georgescu Călugăreanu, Eugenia Greceanu, Ioana Grigorescu, Virginia Andreescu Haret, Mariora Ioanovici, Rodica Manciulescu, Anka Petrescu, Rosalia Spierer (Moldavia), Ileana Tureanu, Sanda Voiculescu, Ada Zăgănescu
Employees: Eugenia Greceanu, Ioana Grigorescu, Rodica Manciulescu, Ileana Tureanu, Sanda Voiculescu
Project Institute for Constructions / Institutul de Proiectări în Construcții (IPC)
Project Institute for Constructions (IPC) was the oldest state design and planning institute in socialist Romania, created in 1952. It was soon split into two institutes: Project-Bucharest Institute (Institutul Proiect-București, IPB) and the State Design Institute for Towns and Regions (Institutul de Stat pentru Proiectarea Orașelor și Regiunilor, ISPROR). The latter was subsequently renamed as the Central Systematisation Institute for Towns and Regions (Institutul Central pentru Sistematizarea Orașelor și Regiunilor, ICSOR).
https://eahn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/EAHN2018-Tallinn-Proceedings.pdf
Regional Design Institutes (Institute Regional de Proiectare, IRP) / Directions of Systematisation, Architecture and Construction Design (Direcții de Sistematizare, Arhitectură și Proiectare în Construcții, DSAPCs)
Following the period of strict centralization (1952-1957), when all of architectural production was centred in Bucharest, a system of sixteen regional design institutes–one in each of Romania’s sixteen regions–was created in 1957. At that time, all of Romania’s architects were employed by one of these institutions. In 1960, they were renamed as Directorates of Systematisation, Architecture and Construction Design (Direcții de Sistematizare, Arhitectură și Proiectare în Construcții, DSAPCs); the head of the directorate acted as the region’s chief architect.
https://eahn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/EAHN2018-Tallinn-Proceedings.pdf
Institute for Industrial Projects (Institutul de Proiectări Industriale, IPI)
During the 1950s, the Bucharest-based Institute for Industrial Projects was the sole institution responsible for the architectural design of industrial objects. In 1960, it was split into multiple specialized institutes that reported to different ministries.
Carpathian Design Institute
Employing over 700 specialists, Carpathian Design Institute was responsible, among other projects, for the design and construction of the House of the People by architect Anka Petrescu.
Employees: Doina Marilena Ciocănea, Ileana Tureanu
Project-Bucharest Institute (Proiect Bucureşti)
Founded in 1953, Bucharest Design (Proiect București) institute was the biggest and the oldest design institute in Romania. It was subordinated to Bucharest City Council and was responsible for designing housing complexes, public, cultural, and other buildings in the city.
Romanian Architects’ Society / The Union of Romanian Architects
Founded in 1952 and succeeded to the Romanian Architects’ Society, the Union of Romanian Architects guaranteed its members official professional recognition in the country.
Members: Maria Cotescu, Irineu Maria Friedman, Virginia Andreescu Haret, Maria Hogas, Antonetta Ioanovici und Ada Zăgănescu.
Scurtă privire asupra premiilor Uniunii Arhitecților (1957-1988)
Design Department of the Ministry of Healthcare
The Design Department of the Romanian Ministry of Healthcare was responsible was designing projects for medical facilities.
Employees: Henrieta Delavrancea
https://ru.wikibrief.org/wiki/Henrieta_Delavrancea
The Directorate of Historic Monuments (DMI)
Romanian Historic Preservation Commission was dissolved in 1947. In 1960, its tasks were resumed by the newly-created organization, the Directorate of Historic Monuments (DMI). Headed by the preservation architect Ștefan Balș, it employed architects, historians, archeologists, chemists, artists, engineers, and technicians. Until its dissolution in 1970, the directorate completed numerous historic preservation projects across the country.
Employees: Eugenia Greceanu, Ioana Grigorescu, Rodica Manciulescu, Sanda Voiculescu
