Gary Berkovich Explained

Gary Berkovich
Birth Date:26 May 1935
Birth Place:Kharkiv, Soviet Union
Significant Buildings:Civic Center of the town of Tereze, Caucasus, USSR[1] [2] [3] [4]
Apartment High-Rise. Chicago, IL, USA.

Gary Berkovich, AIA, NCARB (born May 26, 1935, in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is an American and Soviet architect, and the first Soviet architect of 1960s – 1980s immigration wave, who had opened his office (Gary A. Berkovich Associates, 1987)[5] in the United States. Author of about 200 projects of residential and public buildings in the USSR and in the USA. He is a winner of the architectural competitions in the Soviet Union and in the United States. He is also an author of books and professional articles.

Biography

Gary Berkovich was born to a Jewish family in Ukraine. He had graduated from the Kharkiv Building Technical School (1953) and the Moscow School of Architecture (1964), both with honours. In 1973, he got a PhD from Moscow Housing Design and Research Institute for his thesis, dedicated to the computerization of architectural design ("The problems of an apartment layout optimization solutions"). He worked in architectural firms of Kharkiv, Novosibirsk and Moscow, USSR. Immigrated to the US in 1977. Worked in the office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (under architects Myron Goldsmith and Bruce Graham) and at the office of Aubrey J. Greenberg, Chicago, USA. He played a trifling role in a Hollywood movie (1989).[6] In 1985, he received a diploma of the most successful immigrant, in Chicago, USA.

Selected projects

Selected architectural competitions

Patents

Select publications

Books

Selected articles

Book reviewing

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Udo Kultermann. Contemporary architecture in Eastern Europe (Zeitgenossische Architektur in Osteuropa). Germany, 1985, p. 65.
  2. Magazine: “Architecture” Sofia, Bulgaria (Архитектура. София, Болгария) 1972, No 9. p.35.
  3. Magazine: “Architecture USSR”, Moscow, USSR (Архитектура СССР. Москва, СССР) 1974, No 2. p.85.
  4. Magazine: "Inland Architect", 1981, no. 8, p.37.
  5. Web site: Gary A. Berkovich Associates . Forarchitects.com . 2013-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131006191902/http://www.forarchitects.com/firm.aspx?id=1503 . 2013-10-06 . dead .
  6. Web site: An article in The New York Times . https://web.archive.org/web/20131008091707/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/131958/Gary-Berkovich . dead . 2013-10-08 . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2013 . 2013-10-05.
  7. Newspaper Chicago Tribune, August 13, 1989, page 2.
  8. Bagirov, S.B. Moiseyeva. Formation of Community Centers in Rural Settlements (Р.Д Багиров, С.Б. Моисеева. Формирование общественных центров сельских населенных мест), USSR, 1972, p. 17. УДК 711.551
  9. Arkhitektura. An Illustrated Supplement to Stroitel’naya Gazeta (Архитектура. Иллюстрированное приложение к Строительной газете, СССР), Moscow, USSR. 1974, No 2, page 2
  10. Newspaper Pravda, USSR (Газета Правда, СССР) July 26, 1971, page 1
  11. Newspaper Sovetskaya Tatariya – Soviet Tatarstan, (Газета Советская Татария, СССР), USSR. July 23, 1971, page 2
  12. A.M. Dotlibov, A.V. Talisman, Yu.N. Smirnov. Rural Houses From Local Building Materials and Industrial Products (А.М. Дотлибов, А.В. Талисман, Ю.Н. Смирнов. Сельские жилые дома из местных строительных материалов и индустриальных изделий), Moscow, USSR. 1971, p. 14. УДК 728.6
  13. Magazine Zhilishchnoye Stroitel’stvo – The Housing Construction, Moscow, USSR (Журнал Жилищное строительство. Москва, СССР), Moscow, USSR. 1973, No 9, p. 13
  14. Udo Kultermann. Contemporary architecture in Eastern Europe (Zeitgenossische Architektur in Osteuropa). Germany, 1985, p. 66.
  15. Magazine Inland Architect, 1981, no. 9, p. 18.
  16. Magazine Zhilishchnoye Stroitel’stvo – The Housing Construction, Moscow, USSR (Журнал Жилищное строительство. Москва, СССР) 1971, No 8, p. 18
  17. Magazine Sel’skokhoziaistvennoye Proizvodstvo Sibiri I Dal’nego Vostoka – The Agricultural Production of Siberia and the Far East, USSR (Журнал Сельскохозяйственное производство Сибири и Дальнего Востока, СССР) 1965, No 9, p. 43
  18. Magazine: "Inland Architect", 1984, no. 11/12, p. 29.
  19. Magazine: "Inland Architect", 1981, no. 9, p. 19.
  20. Newspaper Leninskoye Znamya – Leninist Banner (Газета Ленинское знамя, СССР), Moscow, USSR. May 24, 1968
  21. Newspaper Stroitel’naya Gazeta – Construction Newspaper (Газета Строительная газета, СССР), Moscow, USSR. January 11, 1967
  22. Newspaper Stroitel’naya Gazeta – Construction Newspaper, USSR (Газета Строительная газета, СССР) January 11, 1967
  23. Z.M. Oseledchik. Town-houses (З.М. Оселедчик. Блокированные дома), Moscow, USSR. 1969
  24. Newspaper Stroitel’naya Gazeta – Construction Newspaper (Газета Строительная газета, СССР), Moscow, USSR. February 10, 1967
  25. Magazine: “The Housing Construction”, Moscow, USSR (Жилищное строительство. Москва, СССР) 1973, No 9;1971, No 8; 1970, No 12, p. 21.
  26. Web site: Watching Communism Fail . Mcfarlandpub.com . 2013-10-05 . 2011-06-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629063746/http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-4139-6 . dead .
  27. Magazine Krest’anskiye Vedomosti – Peasant Gazette (Журнал Крестьянские ведомости, Российская Федерация), Russian Federation, 1993, No. 4, p.13; No. 5, p.12; No. 7, p.10; No. 8, p.11
  28. Newspaper Dal’nevostochnyi Komsomolets – Far East Komsomolets (Газета Дальневосточный комсомолец, Российская Федерация), Russian Federation, 1992, October 8, p. 5
  29. Magazine Moskovskii Obozrevatel’ – Moscow Commentator (Газета Московский обозреватель, Российская Федерация), Russian Federation, 1993, No 25, p. 14

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