Agabala Guliyev's House
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The building of Union of Architects of Azerbaijan | |
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Agabala Guliyev's House | |
General information | |
Architectural style | National Romantic |
Address | Murtuza Mukhtarov st. 24 |
Town or city | Baku |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Construction started | 1899 |
Client | Agabala Guliyev |
Owner | Union Architects of Azerbaijan |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Eugeniusz Skibinski |
Agabala Guliyev's House had a great impact on national-romantic movement of architecture in Baku. The architectural composition of the building has a large volume of advantages thanks to its three-dimensional architecture, although the two-story building has been successfully built in the narrow streets. Figarov-Fatullayev notes that under the influence of Agabala Guliev's house, in 1898-1901, Nikolayevskaya (now Istiglaliyyat) street, i. The building of the Girls School of H.Z.Taghiyev was built on the basis of V. Qoslavsky's project. "Building is considered as one of the best examples of Azerbaijan's national architecture, with the importance of Skibinsky's creativity.
History
At the end of the XIX century, almost all city neighborhoods were built in the center of Baku, a stylistic trend was formed with different shades of European architecture, and eclectic and stylistic environments had begun to be compressed with modernity. For the revival of architecture, Baku architects were looking for new ways. The first period of architectural development in Baku was about to end; in the new socio-economic conditions, the national-romantic direction opened itself to revival.
In such a period, one of the monarchs of Baku, who had mines in Iran, North Caucasus and Russia, often traveling to Western Europe, decided to build a house in the national traditions of local architecture. It was Agabala Guliyev, who owned several properties in the Icheri Sheher. He protested against the European stylistics used in urban buildings, invited Y.Y. Skibinsky to order and ordered him to use the Shirvanshahs Palace, Middle East, and Arabic architecture. Skibinski worked on the building as soon as possible. Because the Shirvanshahs Palace was nearby, acquired photographs on the Middle East architecture and the Arab East attracted the attention of European and especially German scholars; albums, trials and other iconographic material were accessible to Skibin. [1] [2]
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