Alexandra Biriukova sex or gender female
Alexandra Biriukova (July 10, 1895 - February 10, 1967) was a Canadian architect and nurse. She is known for being the first woman in the Ontario Association of Architects and for her design of Lawren Harris's residence. She was the second woman to register as an architect in Canada.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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