Alexandra Biriukova family name Biryukova
Biography
Biriukova was born in Vladivostok, Russia. Her father was Dimiti Biriukoff, who was the chief civil engineer on the first trans-Siberian railway. In 1911, Biriukova studied architecture and received a degree from the School of Architecture in Petrograd.During the Russian Revolution, she and her family left the country and moved to Rome. In 1925, in Rome, she received a post-graduate degree in architecture from the Royal Superior School of Architecture. Between 1924 and 1929, she worked in Rome for architect Arnoldo Foschini. In 1929 she moved again to Toronto where her sister, Yulia Biriukova, an artist, lived. She registered with the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) in 1931.
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