Toma Barbu Socolescu | |
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Born | |
Died | July 21, 1977 | (aged 67)
Nationality | Romanian |
Alma mater | École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts |
Occupation | Architect |
Years active | 1932–1969 |
Parent |
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Relatives | Toma N. Socolescu |
Awards | Paul Delaon Prize, 1st mention (1938) |
Design | Functionalism |
Toma Gheorghe Barbu Socolescu a Romanian architect, son of Toma T. Socolescu [1] and grandson of Toma N. Socolescu, functionalist in spite of himself, he had to espouse the directives of the Socialist Republic of Romania.
Socolescu was born in Ploiești. An architecture graduate of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1939, he is one of the architects that worked during the time of its studies on the interior of the transatlantic liner SS Normandie, between 1932 and 1935. Initially a university assistant at the Ion Mincu Architecture Institute in Bucharest from 1939 to 1951, he would pursue his career in industrial architecture and large civil buildings.
From 1942 to 1945, he was Design Architect at the CAM (Cassa Autonomă a Monopolurilor Regatului României), a position he would still assume from 1949 to 1951 at the IPC (Institute of Design and Construction). He became Chief Designer Architect at the Design Institute for Industrial Constructions (IPCI) until 1952. From 1952 to 1958, he served as Chief Architect Designer at the Design Institute dor Oil Refineries Institutul de Proiectări pentru Instalații Petroliere IPIP SA). From 1960 to 1967, he acted as Architect Advisor at the Architecture and Buildings Design Institute for Food Industries & Consumers Cooperative Societies.
He ended his career as a professor at the Technical School of Architecture and Town Building (Școala Tehnică de Arhitectură și Construcția Orașelor) from 1967 to 1969. [2]
Barbu Socolescu designed many civil and industrial buildings, including a Pepsi-Cola plant in 1966. Painter, he exhibited his watercolors in an exhibition organized by the Union of Architects of the Socialist Republic of Romania in Bucharest in 1954.
He was a member of several groups of architects:
Toma Barbu Socolescu | |
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Born | |
Died | July 21, 1977 | (aged 67)
Nationality | Romanian |
Alma mater | École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts |
Occupation | Architect |
Years active | 1932–1969 |
Parent |
|
Relatives | Toma N. Socolescu |
Awards | Paul Delaon Prize, 1st mention (1938) |
Design | Functionalism |
Toma Gheorghe Barbu Socolescu a Romanian architect, son of Toma T. Socolescu [1] and grandson of Toma N. Socolescu, functionalist in spite of himself, he had to espouse the directives of the Socialist Republic of Romania.
Socolescu was born in Ploiești. An architecture graduate of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1939, he is one of the architects that worked during the time of its studies on the interior of the transatlantic liner SS Normandie, between 1932 and 1935. Initially a university assistant at the Ion Mincu Architecture Institute in Bucharest from 1939 to 1951, he would pursue his career in industrial architecture and large civil buildings.
From 1942 to 1945, he was Design Architect at the CAM (Cassa Autonomă a Monopolurilor Regatului României), a position he would still assume from 1949 to 1951 at the IPC (Institute of Design and Construction). He became Chief Designer Architect at the Design Institute for Industrial Constructions (IPCI) until 1952. From 1952 to 1958, he served as Chief Architect Designer at the Design Institute dor Oil Refineries Institutul de Proiectări pentru Instalații Petroliere IPIP SA). From 1960 to 1967, he acted as Architect Advisor at the Architecture and Buildings Design Institute for Food Industries & Consumers Cooperative Societies.
He ended his career as a professor at the Technical School of Architecture and Town Building (Școala Tehnică de Arhitectură și Construcția Orașelor) from 1967 to 1969. [2]
Barbu Socolescu designed many civil and industrial buildings, including a Pepsi-Cola plant in 1966. Painter, he exhibited his watercolors in an exhibition organized by the Union of Architects of the Socialist Republic of Romania in Bucharest in 1954.
He was a member of several groups of architects: