Toma Barbu Socolescu
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Romanian architect, son of Toma T. Socolescu
and grandson of Toma N. Socolescu, functionalist in spite of himself, he had to espouse the directives of the Socialist Republic of Romania.
in 1939, Toma Barbu Socolescu will work during the time of its studies on the interior of the transatlantic liner SS Normandie
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University Assistant at the Ion Mincu Architecture Institute
(Bucharest) in 1939, he became the Architect Designer for the Design Institute for Industrial Buildings until 1952.
From 1952 to 1958, he will serve as Chief Architect Designer at the Design Institute dor Oil Refineries IPIP SA
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From 1958-1960, he will be acting as Architect Advisor at the Architecture and Buildings Design Institute for Food Industries & Consummers Cooperative Societies.
Professor at the Technical School of Architecture and Town Building from 1960 to 1967 He will come back to architectural design between 1967 and 1969, during which he produced 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.
Toma T. Socolescu
Toma T. Socolescu, was a major Romanian architect. Romanian architecture pillar from the early 20th century until World War II, he will be particularly active in his region : the Prahova County, and especially the City of Ploiești...
and grandson of Toma N. Socolescu, functionalist in spite of himself, he had to espouse the directives of the Socialist Republic of Romania.
Biography
Architecture graduate of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-ArtsÉcole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts is the distinguished National School of Fine Arts in Paris, France.The École des Beaux-arts is made up of a vast complex of buildings located at 14 rue Bonaparte, between the quai Malaquais and the rue Bonaparte, in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Près,...
in 1939, Toma Barbu Socolescu will work during the time of its studies on the interior of the transatlantic liner SS Normandie
SS Normandie
SS Normandie was an ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat; she is still the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built.Her novel...
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University Assistant at the Ion Mincu Architecture Institute
Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism
The Universitatea de Arhitectură şi Urbanism Ion Mincu din Bucureşti is a public university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1952....
(Bucharest) in 1939, he became the Architect Designer for the Design Institute for Industrial Buildings until 1952.
From 1952 to 1958, he will serve as Chief Architect Designer at the Design Institute dor Oil Refineries IPIP SA
IPIP SA
S.C. IPIP S.A. the Engineering and Design Institute for Oil Refineries and Petrochemical Plants is a Romanian company which was established in 1950, at Ploiești, as a milestone in the development of the petroleum, hydrocarbon processing and petrochemical industries as well as of their related...
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From 1958-1960, he will be acting as Architect Advisor at the Architecture and Buildings Design Institute for Food Industries & Consummers Cooperative Societies.
Professor at the Technical School of Architecture and Town Building from 1960 to 1967 He will come back to architectural design between 1967 and 1969, during which he produced 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
Communist Romania
Communist Romania was the period in Romanian history when that country was a Soviet-aligned communist state in the Eastern Bloc, with the dominant role of Romanian Communist Party enshrined in its successive constitutions...
in Bucharest in 1954.
Contests
- April 1938: 1st mention at concours Paul Delaon - Paris.
- 1964: Award of the Architecture and Building State Commission for the canned vegetables factory of Ovidiu, ConstanţaOvidiuOvidiu is a town situated a few kilometres north of Constanţa in the Constanţa County, south-eastern Romania. Ovidiu is quite small and many wealthy inhabitants of Constanţa retire there....
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Official duties, titles and public responsibilities
He will be member of several groups of architects:- Society of Certified Architects and Corporation of Romanian Architects in 1939.
- Society of Romanian Architects from 1939 to 1946.
- Architects Union of Romanian Socialist Republic since 1953.
- Société des Architectes Diplômés par le Gouvernement Français since 1939.
Sources
- Socolescu family's archives (Paris, Bucharest) including a photographic collection.
- Romanian universities and schools archives.
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