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Gediminas Valiuškis
Gediminas Valiuškis (Gediminas Stanislovo Valiuškis) (born January 24, 1927, Kaunas, Lithuania – 28 April 1999, Vilnius) was a Lithuanian architect, with expertise in design of residential buildings.Valiuškis, Gediminas Stanislovo an article from ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' Valiuškis, Gediminas ''Large Encyclopedic Dictionary'' Valiuškis graduated from the Vilnius Institute of Art (1946-1951). Since 1963 he was chief architect of Vilnius. In 1974 he, together with colleagues, was awarded the Lenin Prize in architecture for the design of Lazdynai, a residential area of Vilnius. Refer ...
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Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. During the interwar period, it served as the temporary capital of Lithuania, when Vilnius was seized and controlled by Poland between 1920 and 1939. During that period Kaunas was celebrated for its rich cultural and academic life, fashion, construction of countless Art Deco and Lithuanian National Romanticism architectural-style buildings as well as popular furniture, the interior design of the time, and a widespread café culture. The city interwar architecture is regarded as among the finest examples of European Art Deco and has received the European Heritage Label. It contributed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
