14 Facts About Alexander Brodsky

Alexander Savvich Brodsky is a Russian architect and sculptor.

Alexander Brodsky is one of Russia's best known architects, particularly for his works of paper architecture.

Alexander Brodsky was educated at the Moscow Architecture Institute where he graduated in 1978.

Alexander Brodsky was a key member of the paper architects, and furthermore, worked alongside Ilya Utkin in his etchings of distorted cityscapes.

Alexander Brodsky won his first architectural award in 1989 and was invited to New York by East Meets West, a not for profit organization established by Anneke van Waesberghe.

Alexander Brodsky transformed the station for two months into a Venetian lagoon using a 5000-gallon tank, which held life-size gondolas and cut out passengers.

In 1999 Alexander Brodsky created Palazzo Nudo in Pittsburgh, a 16-metre-high house shaped skeleton with the crumbled ruins of the metropolis heaped in the centre.

Alexander Brodsky used the title to enlighten the viewer's understanding of a story that lay beneath the artwork.

Alexander Brodsky has really only been an architect since 2000, with his first commission in 2002.

Alexander Brodsky claimed that his return from artistry to architecture was difficult.

Alexander Brodsky has been revered in Soviet architectural culture since the late 1970s when he first entered the public sphere as a member of the paper architects.

Alexander Brodsky maintains a global presence, achieved in collaboration with Ilya Utkin, as well as his built projects that display Brodsky's specific style, referred to as "New Russian Architecture" by architects in his own studio.

Alexander Brodsky's installations were well received but did not translate into commercial success.

Alexander Brodsky's buildings have been applauded for their tendency to incorporate traditional elements of Soviet architecture, such as form, material and techniques, into modern and unique structures.