Architect Grigore Ionescu was born in 1904, in Prahova county. He attended the Academy of Architecture in Bucharest, and the Romanian School in Rome, where he had secured a scholarship. He focused on the history of architecture and national Romanian heritage. Grigore Ionescu is an important architectural historian, authoring numerous architectural works, and a member of the Romanian Academy since 1992. In 1937, he published Istoria Arhitecturii Românești, the first work of its kind in Romania.
(Fișă realizată de Georgiana Ivan, 2017)
(11 January 1904, Florești, Prahova – 26 June 1992, Bucharest)
Academic/specialized studies
? - 1930 - Academy of Architecture, Bucharest (graduated in 1930);
1931 - 1933 - Romanian School in Rome.
Teaching (disciples and influence)
? - Professor at ’’Ion Mincu” Architecture Institute in Bucharest.
Public/professional activity (affiliations, administrative positions, committees)
1992 - He became a full member of the Romanian Academy.
COMPLETED/INCOMPLETE PROJECTS
1935 - 1938 - Sanatorium in Toria, Covasna county;
1937 - 1938 - Bârnova Sanatorium, Iași;
1937 - 1938 - Red Cross School of Nursing, Military Hospital, Bucharest;
1937 and 1938 - Medical Centre and Red Cross Bath, Vaslui and Sighetul Marmației;
1943 - Tram depot, Bucureștii Noi;
1946 - 1950 - Children’s hospital ’’Emilia Irza”, Bucharest;
1947 - 1950 - ITB Apprentice Hostel, Bucharest.
Editorial activity
Istoria arhitecturii românești, 1937
București. Ghid istoric și artistic, 1938
Curtea de Argeș, istoria orașului prin monumentele lui, 1939
Byzance et l'architecture religeuse en Roumanie, 1944
Bucarest, la ville et ses monuments, 1956
Arhitectura populară românească, 1957
Istoria arhitecturii în România, 1963
Arhitectura în Valahia, Moldova și Transilvania în veacurile XII - XIX, 1966
Arhitectura în România, perioada anilor 1944 - 1969
Les rapports de larchitecture roumaine medievale avec l'art des pays balkaniques et du Proche-Orient, 1970
Les fortifications antiques et medievales sur le territoire de la Roumanie et leur rapports aves le monde mediterraneen, 1970
Historie de l'architecture en Roumanie, de la prehistorie a nos jours, 1972
CONSTANTIN, Paul, Dictionar universal al arhitecților, Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, Bucharest, 1986.
CDCAS (coordonator Ing. DOBRESCU Aurelia), Dicționarul Constructorilor Români, CDCAS, Bucharest, 2000.
CRITICOS, Mihaela, Art deco sau modernismul bine temperat, Simetria, 2009.
MACHEDON, Luminița & SCOFFHAM, Ernie, Romanian Modernism, the architecture of Bucharest, The MIT Press, London, England, 1999.
Dorina N. Rusu, Membrii Academiei Române 1866-1999, Editura Academiei Române, Bucharest, 1999.
Webography:
http://acad.ro/