Biography Joseph Bové



a joseph bové house @ n° 8, petrovskij pereulok, moscow


bové born in st. petersburg in family of vincenzo giovanni bova, painter naples settled in russia in 1782. had 2 younger brothers, michaele , alessandro, trained in architecture , later became associates. after joseph s birth, family moved moscow. 1802 1807, studied architecture. starting in 1807 worked assistant matvei kazakov , carlo rossi in moscow , tver. full-time employee of expedition, involved in various kremlin maintenance jobs. in 1813, after fire of moscow (1812) razed of city, bové hired moscow building commission , assigned lead facade department , responsible approval of new facade designs , enforcing placement of new buildings according new master plan s street lines. plan, however, not finalized until 1817. private builders numerous bové , city failed control them. emperor alexander, visiting moscow, enraged see buildings painted in kinds of colors, deep red , dark green, , issued decree limited city palette modest, pale colours.


while giliardi family rebuilding major public buildings moscow state university, bové in charge of designing , rebuilding new central squares of moscow , red square. best known project, theatre square, completed in 1825, both bolshoi theater , maly theater subsequently rebuilt, , square lost neoclassical symmetry. in fact, of buildings demolished accidents or real estate developers:



trubetskoy mansion, petrovskij pereulok, moscow, designed joseph bové



trade rows in red square (1815), rotunda dome mirroring dome of kazakov s kremlin senate, demolished in 1880s make way larger upper trading rows.
gagarin family mansion in novinsky boulevard destroyed air raid in 1941.
triumphal arch tverskaya zastava (1827–1834) demolished in 1938; replica built in 1960s in dorogomilovo district.
listed memorial building @ tverskoy boulevard, 26 , nearby razed konstantin ernst s development company in 2003-2005.

in 1824 , 1825, participated in reconstruction of moscow manege. designed numerous private mansions in moscow, famous work remains bolshoi theatre. extant buildings include:



the intercession church in balashikha



the intercession church in balashikha
37, myasnitskaya street
catherine s hospital in strastnoy boulevard
military school , barracks in lefortovo district
first city hospital in present-day leninsky prospekt
two small mansions on garden ring (15, sadovo-kudrinskaya)


church of st.nicholas in kotelniki joseph bové



church of st.nicholas in kotelniki joseph bové (on kotelnicheskaya embankment)
his last work, church of theotokos, joy of sorrow on bolshaya ordynka street (1831–1836)






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