Felix Novikov


Felix Aronovich Novikov was a Soviet and Russian architect. In 1991, he was awarded the honorary title of People's Architect of the USSR, becoming the last awardee of the title.
His architectural projects span the period between the 1950s and the 1980s. The earlier ones belong to the mainstream tradition of the Soviet architecture, however, starting from the 1960s, Novikov's projects became innovative. His main projects included Krasnopresnenskaya metro station, residential buildings on embankments of the Yauza, and the building of the Palace of Young Pioneers, all in Moscow.
Novikov died in Rochester, New York on 18 August 2022, at the age of 95.

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