Ion Mincu was an architect, engineer, professor and politician in Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

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He promoted a Romanian style in architecture, by integrating in his works the specific style of traditional Romanian architecture

Romanian architecture

-Pre-Modern styles:During the middle ages in Romania there were two types of construction that developed in parallel and different in point of both materials and technique...

. As a recognition to his importance in the Romanian school of architecture, since 1953, the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism

Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism

The Universitatea de Arhitectură şi Urbanism Ion Mincu din Bucureşti is a public university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1952....

 in Bucharest bears his name.

He was the teacher of Toma T. Socolescu

Toma T. Socolescu

Toma T. Socolescu, was a major Romanian architect. Romanian architecture pillar from the early 20th century until World War II, he will be particularly active in his region : the Prahova County, and especially the City of Ploiești...

, another remarkable Romanian architect.

From 1895 to 1899 he was member of the Parliament of Romania

Parliament of Romania

The Parliament of Romania is made up of two chambers:*The Chamber of Deputies*The SenatePrior to the modifications of the Constitution in 2003, the two houses had identical attributes. A text of a law had to be approved by both houses...

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Biography

• 1863 - 1871 - studies at Unirea Highschool, in Focsani.
• 1871 - 1875 - studies at the National School of roads and bridges, in Bucharest, becoming an engineer.
• 1877 - 1884 - continues his studies in Paris, at "École des Beaux-Arts", becoming an architect.
• 1883 - is awarded by the Central Association of the French Architects.
• 1892 - 1912 - teaches architecture and becomes one of the founding members of the Architecture School of the Romanian Architects Association.
• 1903 - 1912 - he is the president of the Romanian Architects Association
• 1895 - 1899 - deputy in the Parliament of Romania
  Parliament of Romania
  The Parliament of Romania is made up of two chambers:*The Chamber of Deputies*The SenatePrior to the modifications of the Constitution in 2003, the two houses had identical attributes. A text of a law had to be approved by both houses...