Sergey Padyukov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sergey Padyukov

Polish architect (1922-1993)

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1922

Place of Birth: Brest, Brest Region, Belarus

Date of Death: 22-Oct-1993

Profession: architect

Nationality: United States, Poland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Sergey Padyukov

  • Sergey Nikolaevich Padyukov (Russian: ?????´? ??????´???? ??????´?; 23 October 1922 – 22 October 1993; last name variantly spelled as Padukow) was an American architect and engineer, sculptor, and human rights activist. Sergey Padyukov was born in a Russian family in Brest, a Polish city at that time.
  • He graduated Russian secondary school at Brest and together with parents was forced to move to Warsaw after Soviet invasion of Poland.
  • At the end of World War II Padyukov's family found themselves in Munich in French occupation zone and Sergey started his high education at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
  • During this time he met and married Gerda (1925-2005) who studied chemistry at the same university.
  • Later Sergey Padyukov completed his education at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and graduated as an architect.
  • In 1954 Sergey Padyukov with family emigrated to USA and were living in Lakewood, NJ and later in Toms River, NJ.
  • Sergey Padyukov received a license as an architect at Princeton University in 1960 and from 1965 he was a member of AIA.
  • He introduced a new technology for construction of domes for church buildings from fiberglass and constructed (together with reconstruction of previously demolished buildings) 45 churches at USA and hundreds of civil buildings.
  • Sergey Padyukov's style involved traditional Orthodox Church decorations, but also modern elements and use of modern materials.
  • Four churches constructed by Sergey Padyukov were classified as buildings of historic or architectural merit.

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