Architects

Tsarskoye Selo is a unique encyclopedia of Russian architecture and landscape gardening. Architects of different times, tastes and views formed this harmoniously synthesized ensemble. Tsarskoye Selo palaces, park pavilions and structures show all major art styles of the 18th - early 19th centuries: flamboyant Baroque, refined Classicism, majestic Empire, fanciful Gothic and Chinoiserie, as well as the Russian Revival and Art Nouveau styles. Wishes of royal owners of Tsarskoye Selo were turned into reality by many Russian and foreign architects, whose creations reflected their customers’ public and personal lives.
Russian Tsars’ residences always had service buildings – greenhouses, farms, stables, carriage houses, workmen’s quarters, and so forth – which were also created by talented architects who hid the utilitarian purpose of the structures behind their original appearance. Every major architect worked in cooperation with decorative artists, joiners, carvers, blacksmiths, bronzemasters, and other craftsmen.