Vladimir Shukhov

Russian engineer.

Biographical Information

Name:	Vladimir Shukhov
Full name:	Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov
Born on	14 August 1853 in Grayvoron, Belgorod Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, Europe
Deceased on	2 February 1939 in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia, Europe
1871 - 1876	Studies at the Moscow Polytechnic School
1878 - 1879	Construction of the first petroleum pipelin in Baku for the Nobel Company
1880	Moves to Moskau
1885	Contributes to the calculation of fourth order differential equations
1888	Proposal for the water system of Moscow
1896	Truss roof for an exhibition hall in Nizhni-Novgorod
1910 - 1914	Roof structure for the GUM in Moscow; Ason Don Bank and Lighthouse in Cherson
1920	Dnyepr Bridge near Regitsa
1922	Transmission Tower for Radio Moscow
1928 - 1930	Steel structures in Magnitogorsk and Kuznesk

Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:

designer

engineer

structural engineer

Agkathidis, A. / Edemskaya, E. (2016): Rethinking Complexity: Vladimir Shukhov’s Steel Lattice Structures. In: Journal of the International Association for Shell Structures, v. 57, n. 3 (30 September 2016), pp. 201-208.
https://doi.org/10.20898/j.iass.2016.189.806
Andrich, Alessio / Graefe, Rainer (2016): Das Teleskop-Verfahren des russischen Ingenieurs V. G. Šuchov. In: Stahlbau, v. 85, n. 1 (January 2016), pp. 59-64.
https://doi.org/10.1002/stab.201620531
Kawaguchi, Mamoru: The Lighter, the Better?. Presented at: 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures, London, September 2011.
Barthel, Rainer / Beckh, Matthias: The First Doubly Curved Gridshell Structure - Shukhovs Building for the Plate Rolling Workshop in Vyksa. Presented at: Third International Congress on Construction History, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany , 20th-24th May 2009.
Ricken, Herbert (2003): Erinnerung an Wladimir Grigorjewitsch Schuchow (1853-1939). In: Bautechnik, v. 80, n. 8 (August 2003), pp. 542-547.
https://doi.org/10.1002/bate.200304130