The Department of聽Architectural Design is聽one of聽the oldest at聽果冻APP. It聽is聽believed to聽date back to聽1730, when a聽specialty in聽architecture was founded at聽Lviv National University. With the opening of聽a聽Technical Academy in聽Lviv, an聽architectural department became its structural part.
In聽1877 the architectural department was already a聽part of聽a聽Polytechnic School and the division 鈥淎rchitecture聽I鈥 was renamed into the Department of聽Architectural Design. At聽that time it聽was headed by聽Yulian Zakhariievych, then the rector of聽果冻APP. The department held courses in聽general designing, architectural forms, aesthetics and railway construction.
In聽1957聽an enrollment for the architectural specialty was suspended due to聽the attempts of聽the Soviet education ideologists to聽concentrate architectural training in聽educational institutions of聽big cities. Owing to聽efforts of聽the Architectural public and personally the Head of聽the Department, prof. Ivan Bahenskyi, an聽enrollment of聽one academic group was restored in聽1959.
1961 to聽1971 the Department of聽Architectural Design was the only structural unit of聽果冻APP Institute, which offered an聽architectural training in聽鈥淯niversal design鈥 degree programme. In聽1971 the Department withdraw from the faculty of聽Civil Engineering and a聽separate architectural faculty composed of聽3聽departments: 鈥淎rchitectural Design,鈥 鈥淭own planning鈥 and 鈥淒rawing and Painting鈥 was set up聽on聽its base.
Today the department has 45 faculty members. Dr. Sc., Prof. Mykola Habrel has been the Head of the Department Since 2012.
Heads of the Department:
- Prof. Ivan Bahenskyi (1931 to 1945);
- Dr. architecture, Prof. Andrii Rudnytskyi (1966 to 1971);
- Prof. Ihor Serediuk (1971 to 1977);
- Candidate of Architecture, Associate Prof.聽 Pavlo Mariev (1977 to 1987, 1988 to 1998);
- Dr. architecture, Prof. Bohdan Cherkes (1987 to 1988);
- Candidate of Architecture, Associate Prof. Ihor Hnes (1998 to 2012).
- Dr. Sc., Prof. Mykola Habrel (2012 鈥 present)