Dr. Igor Demchenko
Affiliated Researcher, Lise Meitner Group Coded Objects
Igor Demchenko received a doctoral degree in architectural history from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2015 and taught architectural history and historic preservation at Illinois Institute of Technology, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia University, the University of Kassel, and the Technical University of Darmstadt. His research was supported by DAAD, Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship, Canadian Center for Architecture, Aga Khan Program for Islamic architecture, and Dumbarton Oaks Research Library. His seminars, publications and conference presentations explore the global history and theory of architectural conservation, the history of modern architectural theory, the questions of urban and regional planning in the Soviet Union, and pre-modern architectural exchange in northern Eurasia.
- History and theory of architectural conservation
- History of Islamic architecture in Central Asia and the Caucasus
- Russian and Soviet historiography of Islamic architecture
- History and theory of Soviet architecture and urban planning
- Medieval and early modern architecture of northern Eurasia
- History of modern architectural theory