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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nataliia_Chmutina > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nataliia_Chmutina.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataliia_Chmutina > Source revision: 1343506268 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox person | name = Nataliia Chmutina | image = Nataliia Chmutina.jpg | native_name = Наталія Чмутіна | birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|12|18}} | birth_place = [Kyiv](/source/Kyiv), [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) | death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|11|8|1912|12|18}} | death_place = Kyiv, Ukraine | occupation = Architect | notable_works = [Verkhovna Rada building](/source/Verkhovna_Rada_building), [Hotel Dnipro](/source/Hotel_Dnipro), House of Furniture | signature = Nataliia Chmutina Signature.png }} '''Nataliia Chmutina''' ([Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_language): Наталія Чмутіна; 18 December 1912 – 8 November 2005) was a [Ukrainian](/source/Ukraine) architect and academician. Member of the National Union of Architects of Ukraine and Honorary Member of the Ukrainian Academy of Architecture.{{Cite web|title=100 років від дня народження народного архітектора України Наталії Чмутіної|url=https://kga.gov.ua/rss/245-100-rokiv-vid-dnya-narodzhennya-narodnogo-arkhitektora-ukrajini-nataliji-chmutinoji|access-date=2021-10-14|website=kga.gov.ua|archive-date=2021-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027175654/https://kga.gov.ua/rss/245-100-rokiv-vid-dnya-narodzhennya-narodnogo-arkhitektora-ukrajini-nataliji-chmutinoji|url-status=dead}} == Biography == She was born in 1912 in [Kyiv](/source/Kyiv). From 1918 to 1926 she lived with her grandmother in [Aramil](/source/Aramil) (now [Sverdlovsk Oblast](/source/Sverdlovsk_Oblast), [Russia](/source/Russia)). She received a secondary education there. Later she studied at foreign language courses. At the same time she graduated from drawing courses. In 1930-1936 she studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute in the studio of architect [Volodymyr Zabolotny](/source/Volodymyr_Zabolotnyi_(architect)). In 1936, as a part of Zabolotny's team, she took part in a competition for the project of the Session Hall of the [Verkhovna Rada building](/source/Verkhovna_Rada_building) in Kyiv. Their project eventually won.{{Cite web|title=Державна наукова архiтектурно-будiвельна бiблiотека iмені В.Г.Заболотного|url=http://dnabb.org/modules.php?name=Pages&go=page&pid=211|access-date=2021-10-14|website=dnabb.org}} From 1938 to 1941, she worked as an architect of the Capital Construction Department of the Aircraft Repair Plant № 43 in Kyiv. In 1941-44, during the evacuation, she worked as an architect in the Aramil, [Ivanovo](/source/Ivanovo) and [Moscow](/source/Moscow). Shortly after the liberation of Kyiv, she returned to the city.{{Cite web|title=Канал "Україна" - інформаційний партнер виставки до 100-річчя з дня народження видатного архітектора Наталії Чмутіної|url=https://kanalukraina.tv/news/kanal-ukrainainformacionnyj-partner-vystavki-k-100-letiju-so-dnya-rozhdenija-vydajushhegosya-arkhite|access-date=2021-10-14|website=kanalukraina.tv}} From 1946 to 1999, she taught at the [National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture](/source/National_Academy_of_Visual_Arts_and_Architecture). In 1952 she becomes first woman to receive [Candidate of Architecture](/source/Candidate_of_Sciences) degree in the [USSR](/source/Soviet_Union).{{Cite web|title=«Залізна леді» української архітектури Наталія Чмутіна|url=https://ukrarchipedia.com/uk/visibility/chmutina|access-date=2021-10-14|website=ukrarchipedia.com|language=uk}} She was fluent in German and French and in 1965 spoke in Paris at the VIII Congress of the [International Union of Architects](/source/International_Union_of_Architects). In 1971, she worked with architect A. Stukalov & Y. Chekanyuk in "The House of furniture". The project was conceived by its author, N. Chmutina, with a dual performance: trade and exhibition. In the project, there is a trading floors and also the project mirroring the interiors of real apartments with examples of furniture compositions.{{cite web |title="Superstructure": 11 Projects That Defined Kiev's Soviet Modernism |url=https://www.archdaily.com/614062/superstructure-11-projects-that-defined-kiev-s-soviet-modernism |website=archdaily.com |publisher=[ArchDaily](/source/ArchDaily) |access-date=28 February 2022}} She died in 2005, at the age of 92. In 2012, commemorating 100th anniversary of her birth, at the house on the 22 [Volodymyrska street](/source/Volodymyrska_Street) in Kyiv, where the architect lived, on November 29, 2012, a memorial plaque was installed. == Notable works == * Restaurant "Riviera" in Kyiv (1936-1937) * The building of the [Verkhovna Rada](/source/Verkhovna_Rada) of [Ukrainian SSR](/source/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic) on the [Hrushevsky Street](/source/Hrushevsky_Street_(Kyiv)) in Kyiv (1936-1939) * Cotton factory in [Armavir](/source/Armavir%2C_Armenia) (in evacuation, 1942) * Restoration of the destroyed building of the Verkhovna Rada * Intourist Hotel in Kyiv (1952-1956) * The building of the Union of Consumer Societies ("Ukoopspilka") in Kyiv (1957-1964) * [Hotel Dnipro](/source/Hotel_Dnipro) on [European square](/source/European_Square_(Kyiv)) in Kyiv (1959-1964) * Hotel "Tarasova Gora" in [Kaniv](/source/Kaniv) (1962) * Department furniture store "House of Furniture" in Kyiv (1963-1967) * Hotel "Lybid" on [Victory Square](/source/Victory_Square%2C_Kyiv) in Kyiv (1965-1970) Image:Будівля по вулиці Грушевського, 5.jpg|Verkhovna Rada Image:2017-05-22 Ukoopspilka Head Office.jpg|Ukoopspilka Image:Kaniv SAM 7335 71-103-0007.JPG|Hotel Tarasova Gora Image:Европейская площадь Киев 2012 01.JPG|Hotel Dnipro Image:Готель «Либідь».jpg|Hotel Lybid ==See also== * [Zarema Nagayeva](/source/Zarema_Nagayeva) == Notes == == Sources == * Natalia Borysivna Chmutina: Life and creative path of an architect / edited. O. V. Maznichenko. - К.: АДЕФ-Україна, 2012. - 300 с. : 285 il. - {{ISBN|978-966-187-185-3}} * Chmutina Natalia // Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies: Dictionary part: [in 11 volumes] / Shevchenko Scientific Society; Goal. ed. Prof., Dr. Vladimir Kubiyovych. - Paris — New York: Young Life, 1955-1995. * Chmutina Natalia Borysivna // Art of Ukraine: Biographical reference book / edited by: AV Kudrytsky, MG Labinsky; for order. AV Kudrytsky. - Kyiv: "Ukrainian Encyclopedia", 1997. - 700 p. - {{ISBN|5-88500-071-9}} * Formation of Natalia Chmutina's school in the context of architectural culture of Ukraine of the Soviet era: author's ref. dis. ... Cand. art history: 26.00.01 / OV Maznichenko; Nat. acad. of Arts of Ukraine, Inst. of Modern Problems. art. - K., 2015. - 16 p. {{DEFAULTSORT:Chmutina, Nataliia}} Category:1912 births Category:2005 deaths Category:Soviet architects Category:Ukrainian women architects --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nataliia Chmutina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataliia_Chmutina) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataliia_Chmutina?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.