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The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Anna Alexandrovna Shchetinina Architectural Collection, Ms2007-031, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Anna Alexandrovna Shchetinina Architectural Collection was donated to the International Archive of Women in Architecture at Special Collections in October 2007.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Anna Alexandrovna Shchetinina Architectural Collection was completed in October 2015.

Biographical Note

Anna Alexandrovna Shchetinina is a Soviet and Russian architect, interior designer, and modern artist.

Anna Shchetinina was born on April 27, 1958 in Moscow, USSR. Anna Shchetinina's father was a Soviet physicist. He was the head of the Expirimental Labratory and the Central Aerological Observatory Expeditions at the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow. Her mother was the Deputy Chief Economist for "Dzerzhinets."

In 1982, Anna graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute. In 1991, she opened Terra, an architectural firm in Moscow concentrating on private interiors and larger projects. As the head of Terra, Shchetinina worked on the cinema called "Drummer" and restaurants in Ostankino Tower, which is owned by the unitary enterprise Russian TV and Radio Broadcasting Network in Moscow.

Her first marriage was to Vasily Vladimirovich Bychkov from 1977-1990. Bychkov is a Soviet architect, Russian businessman, and public and political figure. Bychkov is also a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.

Between 1994-1995, Anna Shchetinina remarried an English architect and moved to the United Kingdom. While residing in the United Kingdom, Shchetinina worked on several private galleries.

Shchetinina was encouraged by friends to return to Russia. She became the head of landscape workshops for the Nikola-Lenivets park, a place for artists to live and work. At Nikola-Lenivets, Anna met Vasily Mikhailovichy Shchetinin, a Russian artist and architect. Shchetinina and Shchetinin married in 1996.

Anna Shchetinina is also a member of the Union of Architects of Russia and the Russian Union of Artists. Her firm, Terra, is still active and undertakes projects of design and reconstruction of residential, public, and industrial buildings. In addition, Terra offers landscape organization, creation of interior items, and art layouts. Terra has been published in various architectural journals including "Arch-Moscow", "Headquarters", "The Best Interiors", "Tabouret", "Architectural Herald", and others.

Scope and Content

This collection contains architectural project records by Anna Alexandrovna Shchetinina, the head of the Terra architectural firm in Moscow, Russia. This collection contains seven project records dated from 2001-2006.

The project records show a four-story residential home with an angled glass wall, 2001; the interior and exterior construction and design plans for a large residence with a pool, 2002; the project records for a dacha, 2004; the interior and exterior reconstruction and design plans for Irito Great Wall Motors car dealership showroom, offices, garage, and restaurant, 2005; and the site survey for a large electric insulator factory, 2006.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in chronological order.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Architecture (discipline)
• History of Women in Architecture
• International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
• Women architects -- Russia

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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