Baku Polytechnic Institute/Azerbaijan Industrial Institute/Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute/Azerbaijan Institute of Engineering and Construction

Baku Polytechnic Institute was founded in 1920 incorporating the structure of Baku Technical College, which had existed (and offered a specialization in construction) since 1887. The Institute had a Department of Civil Engineering. Between 1930 and 1934, the department existed as an independent Azerbaijan Construction Institute, but was then returned to Baku Polytechnic Institute as the Department of Architecture and Construction, while the institute was reorganized as Azerbaijan Industrial Institute (AzII). In 1952, some of the departments of Azerbaijan Industrial Institute formed Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute; counting 1500 students, the Department of Construction was the largest at the Institute. In 1968, a new Department of Architecture was opened in addition to the Department of Construction. In 1975, these two and two other departments were reorganized as an independent Azerbaijan Institute of Engineering and Construction.

AzerDovlatLayiha (AZ: Azərdövlətlayihə; RU: Азгоспроект/Azgosproekt)

Design and construction institute AzerDovlatLayiha, or Azerbaijan State Design [institute] was founded in Baku in 1926. The largest design institute in the country, it grew to employ over 700 specialists, who worked on architecture and urban planning projects for different parts of Azerbaijan.

BakiDovlatLayiha (AZ: BakıDövətLayihə; RU: Бакгипрогор/Bakgiprogor)

BakiDovlatLayiha, or Baku State Design Institute, was founded in Baku in 1937 to enable the construction and urban development in the capital of Azerbaijan. The institute developed both designs for residential, educational, and public buildings and the master- and detailed plans for the city.

Azermemarlayiha (AZ: Azərmemarlayihə; RU: Азермемарпроект / Azermemarproekt)

Azermemarlayiha, or Kolkhoz Cooperative Construction, was an institute founded in 1930 to design buildings and masterplans for rural areas, including both residential quarters and agro-industrial facilities. 

Bakproekt

Bakproekt was a design and construction trust (later, institute) that existed in Baku in the 1930s and 1950s.

Azgospromproekt (AZ: Azqospromproyekt; RU: Азгоспромпроект)

Azerbaijan State Institute of Design of Industrial Objects, or Azgospromproekt, was created no later than the 1940s, focusing on the architecture and planning of industrial sites.