Cezar Lăzărescu (October 3, 1923 – November 27, 1986) was a Romanian architect and

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. Starting in the years after his graduation in 1952 and until after the 1977 Vrancea earthquake, he conceived a significant number of buildings and

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in Romania and abroad.

Biography

His father, Alexandru Lăzărescu, was an

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, often on duty far from

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

; he was killed in action in December 1942 at the

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. His mother, Sophia Lăzărescu Georgescu, was a housewife. Having attended an art school herself, she also taught him how to

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and

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1930–1956 : School years and first works

After attending a small public school, where the short illustrated

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books he wrote brought him the admiration of his teachers and classmates, he was admitted to the Gheorghe Lazăr National College, one of the best high schools in

. Inspired by the exciting environment and the many extracurricular activities, he performed very well in school. He contributed to several

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s organised by his high school and in 1942 opened his own exhibition at the

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, a prestigious venue. Lăzărescu studied at the University of Architecture in Bucharest, graduating in 1948. His college years were over the background of

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and the

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, during which he and his mother Sophia had to struggle to make ends meet. Nevertheless, he had remarkable academic achievements and was also involved in numerous extracurricular professional and social activities. In the early 1950s he was drafted to the

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works, where he was put in charge of a team of young architects who were commissioned to design workers' lodgings close to Cernavodă, near the seaside. He worked next on healthcare facilities and

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s in North and South

Eforie Eforie (; historical names (for Eforie Sud): ''Băile Movilă'', ''Carmen-Sylva'', ''Vasile Roaită'') is a town and a holiday resort on the Black Sea shore, in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is located about 14 kilometers south ...

, on the shores of

Lake Techirghiol Techirghiol is a lake in Northern Dobruja, Romania, near the town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in differe ...

, and in

Mangalia Mangalia (, tr, Mankalya), ancient Callatis ( el, Κάλλατις/Καλλατίς; other historical names: Pangalia, Panglicara, Tomisovara), is a city and a port on the coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanța County, Northern D ...

Socialist realism Socialist realism is a style of idealized realistic art that was developed in the Soviet Union and was the official style in that country between 1932 and 1988, as well as in other socialist countries after World War II. Socialist realism is ch ...

, the mandatory architectural style for any public building of this period, led to the production of cheap-looking housing projects, decorated in a pompous faux-classical way that was meant to put on display the "luxurious life" of the working class. This

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(of which the

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and its clones such as the " Casa Scînteii" in Bucharest were prime examples) were mandated by law in all countries within the

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. Any public building or dwelling was required to be done in this style. CezarLazarescu-PerlaEforie-1959

1957–1961: Development of the Black Sea coast

The paid vacation time introduced by the "workers' union" gave rise to a pressing need to create, in just a few months' time, an impressive number of beds in tourist residences on the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...

coast. A local Party leader asked the team led by Lăzărescu to build a hotel complex for the "worker's union" in North Eforie by the beginning of the summer. Faced with an apparently unsolvable problem (building over one thousand beds on an insufficient budget and within an unreasonably short time), with little "political oversight" (since the actual political battles are fought far away in

), Lăzărescu created, with his team, a vast building complex in a style reminiscent of

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, very far from the

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required by law. An investigation followed, with the looming threat of a prison sentence. Along with the local Party leader, Lăzărescu was summoned to the office of the First Secretary of the

Romanian Workers' Party The Romanian Communist Party ( ro, Partidul Comunist Român, , PCR) was a communist party in Romania. The successor to the pro-Bolshevik wing of the Socialist Party of Romania, it gave ideological endorsement to a communist revolution that woul ...

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (; 8 November 1901 – 19 March 1965) was a Romanian communist politician and electrician. He was the first Communist leader of Romania from 1947 to 1965, serving as first secretary of the Romanian Communist Party ( ...

. To Lăzărescu's surprise, Gheorghiu-Dej congratulated him, telling him how pleased he was with the result. Subsequently, Gheorghiu-Dej appointed Lăzărescu to lead the development of the Romanian Black Sea coast. This was to become the main building effort that would put an end to socialist realism. In the following period, Lăzărescu developed the Southern coast in the areas of

, and

(tourist residences and health facilities including

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), and the Northern seaside in the area of

Mamaia Mamaia () is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea shore and a district of Constanța. Considered to be Romania's most popular resort,Robert Reid, Leif Pettersen, ''Romania & Moldova'', Lonely Planet, 2007, p. 294 Mamaia is situated immediately nort ...

(only tourist residences and entertainment). Sewage facilities, roads, and energy distribution networks in these areas were rudimentary at best, so the team needed to rebuild everything from scratch. CezarLazarescu-LAC2-1964

The team led by Lăzărescu comprised many talented architects who would later become well known, such as A. Borgovan, V. Ghiorghiu, G. Cristea, D. Ghiorghiu, A. Coveianu, L. Popovici, T. Adam, V. Petrea, Stopler and many others. Held together by the magnitude of the challenge and the largely shared vision of a

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, the team created a number of remarkable buildings. Many of these have maintained their modern, almost minimalistic character even today, due to the purity of their shapes and the fluidity of the architectural expression. Examples include the "Perla Mării" restaurant, the vacation camps located between North and South Eforie, the "Melody" bar and casino, the Villa Marina, and others). The technical approach is as daring as the aesthetic one: Mamaia was built on a very low stretch of sand between the lake and the sea, which required building an innovative sewage system.

1961–1965: Luxury villas

At the same time as the development of the Black Sea coast, Lăzărescu was put in charge of building luxury villas for the government, initially on the seaside, in North Eforie and Mamaia, later in Bucharest and in other parts of the country. These luxury villas were built with materials supplied by French and Italian companies such as Perrier-Rolin, Zilli, or Barovier & Toso in

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. Along with the design of the Otopeni International Airport, these were some of the few occasions on which Lăzărescu worked with his wife, Ileana Lăzărescu (who was also an architect), on interior decoration. Ileana+CezarLazarescu

On the opposite end of the spectrum from the

that represented Soviet domination, the influence of American architects

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and

Mies Van der Rohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd ...

can be felt in a number of buildings Lăzărescu designed in

, such as in the "Lake 1" and "Lake 2" villas. Additional style elements of these buildings stem from the commissioned requirements, the environment of the buildings, the influence of Romanian monastic architecture,

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, and Swiss architecture. Several high-ranking Party officials commissioned Lăzărescu to build villas, and he fulfilled all of these requests enthusiastically except for one: the villa of Nicolae and

Elena Ceaușescu Elena Ceaușescu (; ; 7 January 1916 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician who was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania. She was also ...

, a request he turned down due to a feeling of aesthetic incompatibility with his patrons. Gheorghiu-Dej treated him as a family member. When other Party officials objected that Lăzărescu's responsibilities were incompatible with the fact that he was not a member of the

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(something plainly illegal in his position at that time), he answered: "Let him do his work. If he wants to, he'll do politics later." However, Lăzărescu never wanted to do politics.

1965–1977: Beginning of the Ceaușescu period and significant buildings

Felled by aggressive lung cancer, Gheorghiu-Dej died in March 1965. At the time, Lăzărescu was traveling in France to place orders for building materials. He learned of the ascent to power of

Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceaușescu ( , ; – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and dictator. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last Communist leader of Romania. He was ...

and, despite warnings from friends in France, returned to

. Arriving home, he was viewed as an

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for having wasted the country's money on luxury dwellings and was threatened with legal action. Like others who had been close to Gheorghiu-Dej, he was blacklisted by Ceaușescu, who had not yet digested Lăzărescu's refusal to build his villa. In 1968 he was asked to submit a proposal to a contest for the Otopeni Airport, after Ceaușescu dismissed the initial submissions from the other competitors. Lăzărescu won the contest and built the airport. CezarLazarescu-OMNIA-1967

Following this, he built numerous other significant buildings in Romania, including the Palace of Sports in Bucharest, the "Omnia" conference venue next to the Communist Party headquarters in Bucharest, a reception hall for the French embassy in Bucharest, and abroad, the Romanian embassy in Beijing and the Parliament building in

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. He was appointed

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of the

Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism The Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning ( ro, Universitatea de Arhitectură şi Urbanism "Ion Mincu" din București) is a public university for architectural and urbanism studies in Bucharest, Romania. The university was named a ...

in 1970 (for two consecutive terms) and a year later President of the Romanian Architects' Union. CezarLazarescu-Khartoum-1977

The works he completed are significant, but his refusal was heard: other architects designed the private lodgings of Nicolae and

. Lăzărescu kept an official tone in his relationship with the Ceaușescus. They respected his professionalism and he paid them the respect due patrons.

1977–1982: Restructuring of Bucharest by Ceaușescu and the National Theatre

The relationship with Ceaușescu started deteriorating after the 1977 Vrancea earthquake. Ceaușescu dug up some city restructuring plans that had been ordered by

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around 1940. He made them his own, and envisioned a restructuring program in the style of

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, with a new downtown comprising housing,

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, an opera, a museum, a hotel, and a

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. Studies were drafted by several architectural teams. Ceaușescu asked Lăzărescu to build the new headquarters of the

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and of the Romanian government, to match the function of the current buildings. Ceaușescu relentlessly, repeatedly asked for changes to the plans, and wanted to reduce the number of social and cultural buildings—in the end, only wanting the policial center, a ministry, and some housing. All the submissions to the contest stuck to these requirements, save for the one by the "youth team" led by the architect Anca Petrescu, who proposed a pyramid-shaped building reminiscent of the

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, without a clearly defined program. After Lăzărescu refused for a second time to create a similar proposal (he argued that he was unable to design a building just for the sake of its image, but without a program), he was removed from the contest. Lăzărescu was appointed to lead the remodelling of the National Theatre, a building that had been erected during the period 1964–1973 by the architects , Romeo Belea, and Nicolae Cucu. Lăzărescu's appointment to this project was a punishment for him having refused to overbid on the

, Ceaușescu being well-aware of the tensions he was causing between fellow architects. Towards the second half of the work, Lăzărescu was no longer invited to join Ceaușescu's visits to the building site, the latter's requests for changes being passed on by his counsellors. This was the period during which Ceaușescu's circle of counselors surrounded the presidential family, in order to distort information according to its interests, and eventually to suppress them entirely.

1982–1986: Construction of the National Library (unfinished)

The last project that Lăzărescu was appointed to was the construction of the

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, a building that was left unfinished at the time he died on November 27, 1986, after lying in a coma for a month.

Works

Architecture

* 1949 : Administrative headquarters for the

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* 1949 : Lodging complex for steelworkers in

Hunedoara Hunedoara (; german: Eisenmarkt; hu, Vajdahunyad ) is a municipiu, city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southwestern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boș (''Bós''), Groș ...

* 1950 : Technical high school, 24 classrooms and workshops in

* 1951 : Four subsidised housing buildings for workers at

Electroputere Electroputere S.A. (which translates as ''Electropower'' in English) is a Romanian company based in Craiova. Founded in 1949, it is one of the largest industrial companies in Romania. Electroputere has produced more than 2,400 diesel locomotive ...

Craiova Craiova (, also , ), is Romania's 6th Cities in Romania, largest city and capital of Dolj County, and situated near the east bank of the river Jiu River, Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximatel ...

* 1951 : Remodelling of the headquarters of the State Planning Council * 1951 : Subsidised housing comprising 86 apartments in

Medgidia Medgidia ( or ; historical Turkish names: ''Karasu'' or ''Carasu'', ''Mecidiye'' or ''Megidie'') is a city in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, south-eastern Romania. History Archaeological findings show that Dobruja was inhabited since th ...

* 1951 : Remodelling of the headquarters of the Romanian Composers' Union in

* 1952 : Subsidised housing comprising 140 apartments in

* 1952 : Lodging complex for workers in

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș ...

* 1954 : Main building for the

Dinamo Bucharest A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterin ...

sports club * 1955 : Army buildings in

Dobruja Dobruja or Dobrudja (; bg, Добруджа, Dobrudzha or ''Dobrudža''; ro, Dobrogea, or ; tr, Dobruca) is a historical region in the Balkans that has been divided since the 19th century between the territories of Bulgaria and Romania. I ...

* 1956 : Buildings for the Ministry of the Interior in

* 1957 :

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building complex in South Eforie * 1957 : Restaurant planning of the coast strip at North Eforie * 1957 : Hotel with 200 beds in North Eforie * 1957 : 8 villas in South Eforie * 1957 : Hotel "Albatross" and "Mamaia" restaurant * 1957 : Vacation camp for 200 children in North Eforie * 1958 : 3 villas in

* 1958 : Vacation camp for 600 children in South Eforie * 1958 : Seaside bar and restaurant in North Eforie * 1958 : 9 government villas in North Eforie * 1958 : Hotels (1,600 beds) and restaurants in North Eforie * 1958 : Hotels (1,200 beds), shops and restaurants in

* 1958 : 3 presidential villas in North Eforie * 1959 : 3

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s with 600 beds, restaurant and club in

* 1959 : Hotels (2,000 beds), shops, movie theatre and restaurants in North

* 1959 :

building complex on

* 1959 : Sanatorium and 500-bed clinic in

* 1959 : Vacation camp in

* 1959 : Headquarters of the People's Council of the city of

* 1959 : Sanatorium for children suffering for tuberculosis (600 beds) in

* 1960 : 21 hotels (10,000 beds) and 8 restaurants, shops, bars and clubs in

* 1960 : Staff housing in North Eforie * 1961 : Building for the staff of the government villas in North Eforie * 1962 : Presidential villa for foreign dignitaries "Lake 1" in

Floreasca Floreasca () is a district in Bucharest, Romania, in Sector 2. Its name comes from Lake Floreasca, which is situated in the north of the neighborhood. The Floreasca Hospital is also situated in the neighborhood, in its southern part. Floreasc ...

* 1963 : 5 government villas with private movie theaters and swimming pools in

* 1964 : Presidential villa with private movie theater and swimming pool in the

district of

* 1964 : Presidential villa with private movie theater in Timișul de Jos * 1965 : Presidential villa for foreign dignitaries in

Snagov Snagov (population: 7,272) is a commune, located north of Bucharest, in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. According to the 2011 census, 92% of the population is ethnic Romanian. The commune is composed of five villages: Ciofliceni, Ghermăneșt ...

* 1965 : Villa for dignitaries of the

* 1965 : Hotel (50 beds) for dignitaries of the

* 1965 : Government villa in

* 1966 : Hotel Europe in North

* 1966 : Presidential villa "Marina" in

* 1967 : Reception and formal dining hall in North Mangalia * 1967 : "Omnia" conference hall, an addition to the

headquarters in

* 1969 : Hotel (50 beds) and restaurant in

Pitești Pitești () is a city in Romania, located on the river Argeș. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated in the historical re ...

* 1969 : Administrative and political headquarters in

Focșani Focșani (; yi, פֿאָקשאַן, Fokshan) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the banks the river Milcov, in the historical region of Moldavia. It has a population () of 79,315. Geography Focșani lies at the foot of the Curv ...

* 1969 : Government train remodelling, 24 cars * 1969 : Government

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, remodelling and decoration * 1970 : Cultural hall (800 seats) in

* 1970 : Otopeni International AirportLink
discussing the history of the Henri Coandă International Airport. * 1970 : Sports center (12,000 seats) in

* 1970 : Buildings for the National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering in

Măgurele Măgurele is a town situated in the southwestern part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. It has a population of 11,000 and hosts several research institutes. Research institutes The town hosts ''Măgurele Science Park'', the largest science par ...

* 1971 : Extension of the

Politehnica University of Bucharest Politehnica University of Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Politehnica din București) is a technical university in Bucharest, Romania. 200 years of activity have been celebrated lately, as the university was founded in 1818.Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

* 1974 : Hotel in

Predeal Predeal (; hu, Predeál) is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. Predeal, a mountain resort town, is the highest town in Romania. It is located in the Prahova Valley at an elevation of over . The town administers three villages: ...

* 1975 : Buildings in

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

* 1976 : President's palace in

Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As the ...

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(draft) * 1977 : Romanian embassy in

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* 1977 : Sudanese parliament building in

* 1977 : Presidential palace in

(draft) * 1979 : Chinese embassy building in

* 1979 : Conference hall for the French embassy in

* 1980 : TV tower in

(draft) * 1982 : Remodelling of the National Theatre in

* 1984 : Construction of the

(unfinished)

Urban planning

* 1952 : Urban planning for the town of Cernavodă * 1952 : Urban planning for the town of

Poarta Albă Poarta Albă (literally in en, White Gate) is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. The commune is a port on the Danube–Black Sea Canal. Villages The following villages are included in the Poarta Albă commune: * Poarta Alb ...

* 1952 : Urban planning for the town of

Năvodari Năvodari (, historical names: ''Carachioi''; ''Caracoium'', tr, Kara Koyum) is a town in Constanța County, region of Northern Dobruja, Romania, with a population of 32,400. The town formally includes a territorially distinct community, Social ...

* 1954 : Urban planning for the town of

Constanța Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ...

* 1957 : Urban planning for the

coast * 1958 : Urban planning for the town of Vasile Roaită ( South Eforie) * 1958 : Urban planning for the town of North Eforie * 1967 : Urban planning for the city of

* 1969 : Campus of the National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering in

* 1977 : Urban planning for the town of

Zimnicea Zimnicea () is a town in Teleorman County, Romania (in the historic region of Muntenia), a port on the Danube opposite the Bulgarian city of Svishtov. Geography Zimnicea is situated on the left bank of the Danube river. It is the southernmost pl ...

Publications

* ''The architect's book'' Volume 1, Editura Tehnică București, 1954 (collaboration). * ''Urban planning: conception and implementation, regulations and principles'', Editura Tehnică București, 1956. * ''Contemporary challenges with building hotels in our country'', PhD thesis. * ''Raw concrete'', Editura Tehnică București, 1969. * ''Hotel buildings'', Editura Tehnică București, 1971 read online. * ''Architecting modern tourism buildings in Romania'', Editura Meridiane, 1972. * ''Romanian architecture in pictures'', Editura Meridiane, 1973. * ''Contemporary architecture in Romania'', Editura Meridiane, 1973. * ''City planning in Romania'', Editura Tehnică București, 1977. * ''The architecture and life of cities'', Editura Tehnică București, 1986 read online.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lazarescu, Cezar 1923 births 1986 deaths Architects from Bucharest 20th-century Romanian architects Gheorghe Lazăr National College (Bucharest) alumni