Born in Moscow, Alexander Brodsky graduated from the Moscow Institute of Architecture (MarchI) in 1978. At the turn of the 1970s and 1980s, he collaborated with the artist Ilya Utkin and took part in public competitions. It is associated with the “paper architecture” movement, which opposes the standardized production of mass housing. The scenarios that he then developed were inspired by the engravings of prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi from the 18th century. 

In the 1990s, he traveled regularly to New York, where he settled in 1996. Returning to Moscow in 2000, he opened his own architectural studio there.

 Alexander Brodsky works on the imagination of the city and its becoming ruin in the form of drawings, plans and installations. His work was presented at the 10th Venice Architecture Biennale (2006).

Architect, Head of Brodsky’s Architectural Workshop

Graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute in 1978

Professional Experience

Member of the Union of Architects of Russia since 1985

1978 – Second Prize (co-authored with G. Solopov), OISTT Competition: "Theater for Future Generations," Paris, France

1982 – First Prize, Central Glass Company Competition: "Crystal Palace," Tokyo, Japan

1984 – Second Prize, Central Glass Company Competition: "Crystal Palace," Tokyo, Japan

1985 – Second Prize, Shinkenchiku Competition: "Bulwark of Resistance," Tokyo, Japan

1986 – Second Prize, Central Glass Company Competition: "A Glass Monument to the 2001," Tokyo, Japan

1988 – First Prize (Architecture), "East Meets West in Design," Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, USA

2001 – Grand Prix "Milano Europa 2000," Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, Italy

2002 – Grand Prix for Best Building, ArchMoscow 2002, Moscow

2004 – Award for Best Interior, ArchMoscow 9, Moscow

2005 – Grand Prix of the Architectural Catalogue, ArchMoscow 10, Moscow

2010 – Kandinsky Prize, "The Road," Project of the Year

Academic Experience

2001–Present: Delivered lectures at architectural institutions and centers, including:

- NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Trondheim, Norway

- Stockholms Arkitektförening, Stockholm, Sweden

- 2007 Oslo Architecture Triennale, Oslo, Norway

- Bergen School of Architecture, Bergen, Norway

- Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Mendrisio, Switzerland

- Alvar Aalto Academy, Helsinki, Finland

- University SS. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia

- Architekturzentrum Wien, Vienna, Austria

- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

- Moscow Architectural Institute (MARCHI), Moscow, Russia

Workshops:

- University SS. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia

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