Kharkiv

Kharkiv Institute of Engineering and Construction (Харківський інженерно-будівельний інститут)

Kharkiv Institute of Engineering and Construction was founded in 1930 through merging two existing departments: the Construction Department of Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute and the Architecture Department of Kharkiv Arts Institute. It was renamed into Kharkiv University of Construction and Architecture in 1994.

Graduates: Nina Furmanova, Yelizaveta Lyubomilova, Hanna Mayak, Vira Montlevych, Tetyana Moreva, Lyudmila Nivina, Ella Shur

Employees: Vira Montlevych

Kharkivproekt (Харківпроект)

The research and design institute Kharkivproekt was founded, as Oblproekt, in 1943, when the city was regained by the Soviet Union in the second world war, to work on the masterplan for the reconstruction of the city. In 1951, it was reorganized as a branch of Dipromisto. In 1955, it incorporated the team of Mistoproekt (architectural workshops under the Office of the Head Architect of Kharkiv). In 1964, the Kharkiv branch of Dipromisto was reorganized as the State Design Institute for the Planning and Building of the City “Kharkivproekt.”

Employees: Yelizaveta Lyubomilova, Tetyana Moreva, Ella Shur

Ukrmiskbudproekt (Mistbudproekt) / Укрміськбудпроект (Містобудпроект)

The institute Ukrmiskbudproekt (Ukrainian urban construction project) was founded in 1938 as Kharkiv branch of All-Union trust Gosstroyproekt (Miskbudproekt) of the Commissariat of Heavy Industry of the USSR. In the aftermath of WW2, the trust was preoccupied with the reconstruction of cities in the Donbass area (Makiivka, Kramatorsk), Zaporozhye, and Kharkiv. In 1957, the branch was transferred to the Ministry of Construction of Ukraine and transformed into the Ukrainian State Design Institute for the Design of Buildings and Structures for Mass Housing and Civil Engineering and the Construction of Districts, Cities and Settlements (Ukrmiskbudproekt). The same year Kyiv District Workshop of Design of Residential and Civil Construction was founded in Kyiv; shortly after, it became an independent institute. 

Ukrmiskbudproekt also received branches in Poltava, Dniepro, and Zaporizhzhya (all 1961), Sumy and Kirovograd (Kropyvnytskyi) (both in 1963).

Employees: Tamara Eligulashvili, Yelizaveta Lyubomilova 

Kyiv

Kyiv Arts Institute (Київський художній інститут)

The institute was founded as Ukrainian State Academy of Arts in 1917. It was renamed into Kyiv Institute of Plastic Arts in 1922 and, having merged with Ukrainian Institute of Architecture (which had been founded in 1918), into Kyiv Arts Institute in 1924. The Architecture Department left the Institute in 1930, when it was merged with the Department of Industrial and Municipal Construction of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute to form Kyiv Institute of Engineering and Construction.

Graduates: Alla Anishchenko, Natalya Dykhovichna, Iryna Ivanenko, Natalya Klymenko, Valentyna Korneeva, Nina Manucharova

Employees: Natalya Chmutina, Zoya Moiseenko, Larysa Skoryk

Kyiv Institute of Engineering and Construction (Київський інженерно-будівельний інститут)

The institute was founded as Kyiv Construction Institute in 1930 by merging the departments of Industrial and Municipal Construction of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and the department of Architecture of the Kyiv Arts Institute. Between 1939 and 1993 it was known as Kyiv Institute of Engineering and Construction (Київський інженерно-будівельний інститут). Since 1993 it has been known as Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture.

Graduates: Olga Alyoshina, Tetyana Belyaeva, Tamara Budyanska, Klavdia Butova, Natalya Chmutina, Tamara Eligulashvili, Alla Hrachova, Tamara Huselnykova, Lydia Huseva, Irma Karakis, Muza Konsulova, Ariadna Loboda, Valentyna Maevska, Iryna Malakova, Yevhenia Marynchenko, Zoya Moiseenko, Tamara Panchenko, Iryna Pukhova, Lydia Semenyuk, Valentyna Shevchenko, Tamara Tselikovska

Employees: Oxana Korenchuk

Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (Київський політехнічний інститут)

Founded in 1898, it has been one of the oldest and biggest institutes of higher education in Ukraine. It has been known as Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in 1898-1934, Kyiv Industrial Institute in 1934-1948, Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in 1948-1995, National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” since 1995.

Academy of Construction and Architecture of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Академія будівництва і архітектури Української РСР)

The Academy was founded in 1945 as the Academy of Architecture of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was renamed as the Academy of Construction and Architecture in 1956 and dissolved in 1962. Among its members were Joseph Karakis (the father of Irma Karakis) and Pavel Alyoshin (the father of Olga Alyoshina); Nina Manucharova was a corresponding member.

Employees: Irma Karakis, Nina Manucharova, Tamara Tselikovska

Dipromisto (Діпромісто, from державний науково-дослідний інститут проектування міст, State Scientific-Research Institute of Urban Planning)

Known as Giprograd in Russian, was established in 1930 as a result of merging the Greater Zaporizhia Design Office, the Donbass Planning Commission, and the NKVD Design Office of the Ukrainian SSR. It was responsible for urban planning, residential and industrial architecture, and infrastructure construction. From the 1960s on, landscape architecture and the design of resorts became its other priorities. Between the late 1960s and late 1980s, the Institute also developed planning schemes for the 25 administrative districts of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Employees: Sania Afzamendinova, Tamara Eligulashvili, Nina Furmanova, Lydia Huseva, Muza Konsulova, Oxana Korenchuk, Valentyna Maevska, Iryna Malakova, Nina Manucharova, Vira Montlevych, Tetyana Moreva, Lyudmila Nivina, Tamara Panchenko, Iryna Petrova, Larysa Skoryk

Kyivproekt / Київпрое́кт /Kyiv Oblproekt

Main architecture, construction and planning institute in Kyiv. It was formed in 1937 by merging several independent architectural studios (offices) into one unified studio Kyivmiskproekt (Kyiv City Design). Its operation was halted during the Second World War, and after Kyiv was retaken by the Soviet army in 1944, it was reorganized as the State Architectural and Design Workshops. Shortly after, the Office of the City Masterplan and the Office of Experimental Design and Typification were created within the institute. 

Employees: Tamara Eligulashvili, Ariadna Loboda, Lydia Semenyuk

KyivZNDIEP / КиївЗНДІЕП (Ukranian Zonal Research and Design Institute for Civil Construction)

Founded in 1963, KyivZNDIEP focused on experimental construction technologies and the development of typified designs for residential and public buildings for south-western regions of the USSR, such as Ukraine, Moldova, and the Caucasus, which considered such local conditions as the seismic activity. The institute designed over 60% of typified projects for residential construction in the Kyiv area.

Employees: Alla Anishchenko, Natalya Klymenko, Iryna Malakova, Nina Manucharova 

USNRVU/ Ukrproiektrestavratsia (УСНРВУ (Українське спеціальне науково-реставраційне виробниче управління Держбуду УРСР) / Укрпроектреставра́ція)

The institute was founded in 1946 as Budmonument, and has since then focused on research and restoration of architectural heritage. In 1951, it was reorganized into Ukrainian Special Research and Restoration Production Workshops (USNRVM) of the Department of Architecture under the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR. It received regional branches in Kyiv (1963); Kamyanets-Podilsky, Crimea, Lviv, Odesa, Chernihiv (all (1969). Between 1969 and 1979 it was known as USNRVU (Ukrainian Special Scientific-Restoration Production Department of the State Construction Committee of the USSR. It was again renamed into Ukrproektrestavratsiia in 1980, and finally into UkrNDIproektrestavratsia (Ukrainian State Scientific-Research and Design Institute of Restauration) in 2001. The headquarters of the institutes are in Kyiv.

Employees: Raisa Bykova, Natalya Dykhovichna, Tamara Huselnykova, Iryna Ivanenko, Valentyna Korneeva, Yevheniya Lopushynska, Iryna Malakova, Valentyna Shevchenko

Hiprotsyvilprombud / Гіпроцивільпромбуд

The institute was founded in Kyiv in 1949 on the basis of two preexisting institutes, Hiproindusbud and Hiprotsivilbud (both of which had been active since 1943). During the 1940s and 1950s the institute focused on the reconstruction of Ukrainian cities, destroyed by the Second World War; subsequently, it was reoriented towards experimental construction methods and materials, and standardized solutions for residential buildings. By 1990, Hiprotsyvilprombud had seven branches: in Vinnytsia, Zhitomir, Ternopol, Khmelnitskii, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, and Chernivtsi. 

Employees: Yevhenia Marynchenko, Muza Novakova

APU (АПУ: Architectural-Planning Department, Архітектурно-планувальне управління), Kyiv

The Department was created in 1936 under Kyiv City Council. Its main task was the development of the city masterplan (approved in 1938) and of the city’s infrastructure, public transit, and public green spaces.

Employees: Yevheniya Kyrychenko, Hanna Myronovych, D. V. Pylypenko

Lviv

Lviv Polytechnic Institute (Львівський політехнічний інститут)

One of the oldest institutions of higher education in Ukraine, Lviv Polytechnic was founded as the Tsisar-Royal Real School at the period when the city (then known as Lemberg) belonged to the Austrian Empire. It was renamed into the Technical Academy Lemberg in 1844, and since 1870 Polish was the official language of the Academy. After being under Polish administration during 1918-1939, the city became a part of Soviet Ukraine in 1939 and the university was renamed into Lviv Polytechnic Institute. Since 1993, it has been known as Lviv Polytechnic State University. The Department of Architecture at Lviv Polytechnic is the oldest in Ukraine: dating back to 1730, it was incorporated into the university in 1844.

Graduates: Lyudmila Alinauskene, Lydia Kutna, Muza Novakova, Larysa Skoryk

Employees: Muza Konsulova

SNRVM/LKARM/Ukrzakhidproektrestavratsiia (Науково-дослідний і проектний сектор Республіканських спеціальних науково-реставраційних виробничих майстерень (СНРВМ)  / Львівська комплексна архітектурно-реставраційна майстерня (ЛКАРМ) / Укрзахідпроектреставрація)

Ukrzakhidproektrestavratsiia (Ukrainian Western Institute of Restoration Projects) is a research and design institute in Lviv that focuses on historic preservation projects. Its roots go back to 1957, when the Department of Research and Design was opened within the Republican Special Research and Restoration Production Workshops (SNRVM) in Lviv. The department was later reorganized as Lviv Complex Architectural and Restoration Workshop (LKARM) within the institute Ukrproektrestavratsiya (established in 1980). In 1988, LKARM was reorganized into the Lviv branch of the Ukrproektrestavratsiia, which in 1991 was renamed into Ukrainian Regional Specialized Research and Restoration Institute Ukrzahidproektrestavratsiia.

Employees: Lyudmila Alinauskene

Oblproekt (Облпроект), Lviv

The institute was founded in 1940 as the Lviv branch of the State Institute of Urban Design Dipromist. Its activity was halted during the Second World War, and when it was resumed in 1944, the institute was reorganized as Oblproekt. Its Drohobych and Zakarpattia branches were founded in 1947. In 1955, Oblproekt was reorganized as Lviv branch of Ukrainian State Institute of Urban Construction Dipromist. Since 1993, the institute is known as Mistoproekt.   

Employees: Lydia Kutna, Muza Novakova   

Ukrtsyvilbudproekt / Укрцивільбудпроект (Ukrainian State Trust for Civil Engineering Design)

The institute was created in Kharkiv 1932, specializing in the design of residential and public buildings. It provided full architectural and construction documentation ranging from hydrological and geodesic territory surveys to interior design. In 1936, the institute was moved to Kyiv.

Employees: Tamara Budyanska

Promenergoproekt / VNIPIenergoprom: Променергопроект (Research and Design Institute for Industry and Power Engineering) / ВНИПИэнергопром

The institute was founded in 1942 as a trust in order to enable the construction of power stations to support Soviet factories that were moved to the Urals during the Second World War. In 1951, it became an institute that specialized on the design of thermal power stations. It was renamed to VNIPIenergoprom (All-Union State Scientific-Research and Design-Construction Institute for Industrial Energetics and Rational Exploitation of Fuel, Electric and Thermal Energy by Industry) in 1973. It had branches across Soviet Union, including Almaty, Irkutsk, Kyiv, Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Minsk, and Sverdlovsk (Ekaterinburg).

Employees: Irma Karakis

Odesa                   

Odesa Institute of Engineering and Construction / Одеський інженерно-будівельний інститут

Known today as Odesa State Academy of Construction and Architecture, the institute was founded in 1930 on the basis of the Department of Civil Engineering, which had existed at Odesa Polytechnic Institute since 1918.

Graduates: Olha Lozynska

Employees: Olha Lozynska

Crimea

KrymNIIproekt / КрымНИИпроект

KrymNIIproekt (Crimea Scientific-Research Institute of Design) was founded in 1928 as Gostekhbyuro. It was named Krymgrazhdanproekt in 1941-1951 and Krymoblproekt in 1951-1955. Between 1955 and 1970 it functioned as a regional branch of Dipromisto. In 1970, it was reogranized as KrymNIIproekt.

Employees: Maya Melik-Parsadanova, Valentina Shcherbinina