Iwan Iwanoff
| Iwan Iwanoff | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Iwan Nickolow Iwanow July 2, 1919 Küsstendil (Kusestendil), Bulgaria |
| Died | October 7, 1986 (aged 67) Perth, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Architect |
Iwan Iwanoff (Bulgarian: Иван Иванов) (2 July 1919 – 7 October 1986) also known as Iwan Nickolow (Bulgarian: Иван Николов) and Iwan Nickoloff Iwanoff (Bulgarian: Иван Николов Иванов), born in Küsstendil (Kusestendil), Bulgaria and died in Perth, Western Australia, was an architect known for working in the Brutalist style. Iwan Iwanoff studied architecture in Europe before arriving in Perth to work as an architect. He became renowned for his design characteristic which is mainly working with concrete blocks.
Iwan Iwanoff was born in Bulgaria into an artistic family, with his father, Nickolai Iwanow, a journalist and a poet, and his mother, Maria, née Schopowa. Originally named Iwan Nickolow Iwanow, he changed it to Iwan Nickoloff Iwanoff during his educational years, and shortened it later to Iwan Iwanoff.
After enduring a period of training in the military, Iwan Iwanoff studied fine arts under a famous Bulgarian Watercolourist and was himself a fine painter. As a result of his talents, he was offered a scholarship to study Fine Arts . In 1941, thanks to his father's advice, he made a decision to study architecture at the Technische Hochschule of Munich, Germany. He designed an outstanding chapel for the final project which brought him high praise when graduating with a Diploma of Engineering and Architecture in 1946. With his remarkable abilities in drawings and innovation in expressing his design, Iwan Iwanoff soon became a well known architect and his concept was that 'architecture was an art'.
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