page_title: Toma T. Socolescu
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Toma T. Socolescu / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Croquis d'entrée monumentale. Extrait du Cahier de croquis de Toma T. Socolescu. Nous sommes les descendants et uniques ayant-droits de toute l'oeuvre de Toma T. Socolescu (mort en 1960 à Bucarest). English: Sketch of monumental entry. Extract from sketches (croquis) notebook of Toma T. Socolescu. We are the only heirs and descendants of Toma T. Socolescu (died in 1960 in Bucharest) and therefore owner of all his intellectual rights.
context_page_description: Toma T. Socolescu was a Romanian architect. He was one of the influencers of Romanian architecture from the early 20th century through World War II.
context_section_description: Socolescu was born in a family of architects, encompassing both his father and uncle. His father was Toma N. Socolescu. His uncle was Ion N. Socolescu.
  He studied in 1901 at the lyceum St Peter and St Paul of Ploiești (ro) and then enrolled at the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, then known as the National School of Architecture. He was a student of Ion Mincu, the leading expert in Romanian architecture at the beginning of the 20th century. In June 1911, he graduated with honors, specializing in civil and religious architecture and Romanian archaeology. He returned to this institution to teach architectural theory from 1929 to 1947.
caption: Sketch of a monumental entry. Extract from Toma T. Socolescu's sketches notebook.
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