Andreï Svetchine, also known as André Svétchine, (1912–1996) was a Russian Empire-born French architect.Luc Svétchine, ''André Svétchine, Regard d'un architecte sur son œuvre'', Gilletta-Nice Matin, 2010, . Svetchine was born in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and died in

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

Works

* Villa of

Marc Chagall Marc Chagall; russian: link=no, Марк Заха́рович Шага́л ; be, Марк Захаравіч Шагал . (born Moishe Shagal; 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with se ...

in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (1949) * Mill in Mougins for Raymonde Zehnaker (1951–1952) *

Château de La Colle Noire The Château de La Colle Noire is a property located at the entrance of the Pays of Fayence, on the border of the Alpes-Maritimes and the Var region. It is built on a promontory overlooking the plains of Montauroux. The chateau is surrounded by a ...

in Montauroux for

Christian Dior Christian Ernest Dior (; 21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE, which is now owned by parent company LVMH. His fashion houses a ...

(1955–1957) * Fernand Léger Museum in Biot (1957–1960) * Villa of

in Saint-Paul-de-Vence (1964–1966) * Villa of brewer Heineken in Cap d'Antibes (1965–1966)

Restorations

* ''Colombe d'Or'' in

Saint-Paul-de-Vence Saint-Paul-de-Vence (, literally ''Saint-Paul of Vence''; oc, Sant Pau de Vença; it, San Paolo di Venza) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. One of the oldest medie ...

(1949–1950) * Orthodox Cathedral in Nice

References

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