Domenico Quadri (Domeniko/Dementiy Ivanovich Kvadri; ru|Доменико/Дементий Иванович Квадри; 1772 – 1832)[1] was a Russian architect born in Switzerland. He was the author of many classical buildings and architectural ensembles in Saint Petersburg and its surroundings.
He was born on 2 October 1772 in Cassina (Agno), near Lugano in Switzerland’s Italian-speaking Ticino canton.[2] He worked on numerous palaces and private residences in Saint Petersburg, alongside his countrymen Giovanni Battista Belli-Bernasconi and Giovanni Battista Lucchini of Montagnola, and Gerolamo Rusca of Agno. He lived in Gatchina, where he was also responsible for many buildings.[1]
Father of a son Viktor, born in Russia, who became a major in the Tsarist army and married Antonina Alexeyvna Bibikova.[3] He was the grandfather of Vladimir Viktorovich Kvadri (1859-?), a Russian and Soviet military engineer and writer, and Viktor Viktorovich Kvadri (1861-1908), an important Russian military author and archaeologist.[4]
He returned from Russia in 1827 and died on 12 January 1833 in Milan.[2]