PROJECTS
Selected conservation, restoration and structural assessment projects demonstrating more than four decades of specialist practice across a wide range of historic building types.
The portfolio includes emergency stabilisation, structural assessment, conservation design, technical review, on-site monitoring and work with complex historic structures.
1. Emergency Conservation & Structural Stabilisation
Complex projects involving structural instability, endangered historic fabric and urgent conservation measures.
Emergency conservation and structural stabilisation of historic monastery structures affected by ground movement and serious structural distress.
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Spaso-Kamenny Monastery Bell Tower
Long-term structural assessment and stabilisation of a severely damaged historic bell tower, including restoration of structural continuity, treatment of major cracking and reconstruction of damaged masonry.
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Sarov Monastery Underground Complex
Structural assessment and emergency conservation of historic underground structures excavated in dolomite rock, including unstable karst formations, moisture-related deterioration and collapsed passages.
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Medvedeva Pustyn
Professional involvement in the assessment and conservation of a historic monastic site, including surviving masonry structures and complex conservation issues.
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Poyarkovo Bell Tower
Emergency stabilisation of a severely leaning historic bell tower.
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Saratov Conservatory
Structural intervention to a severely deflected historic concert-hall ceiling with a long-span structural system.
Further Project Experience
Sarov Monastery Caves · Divnogorie cave churches · selected emergency works at the Solovetsky Monastery complex · other historic structures requiring urgent stabilisation and conservation measures
2. Major Monastic & Religious Sites
Conservation and structural work on major monasteries, churches, cathedrals and other historic religious buildings, including complex and endangered structures.
Conservation and restoration of structures within a major historic monastic complex.
Solovetsky Monastery
Survey and conservation planning for historic structures within the monastery complex.
Transfiguration Cathedral, Kholmogory
Conservation and structural work on a major historic cathedral.
Dormition Cathedral, Artemievo-Verkolsky Monastery, Verkola
Assessment and conservation of a significant historic religious structure within the monastery complex.
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Trinity Lavra of St Sergius
Professional involvement in conservation work within one of the major historic monastic complexes.
Khotkovo Monastery
Conservation-related work within a historic monastic complex.
Further Project Experience
Medvedeva Pustyn · Church of All Who Sorrow Joy, Moscow · Church of the Ascension, Sennitsy · Church of the Assumption, Borzetsovo · Intercession Cathedral, Klimovo · Trinity Church, Kursk Region · Kozmodemyanskaya Church, Kaluga Region · Cathedral Bell Tower, Rostov Region
3. Fortifications, Towers & Complex Historic Structures
Assessment and conservation of fortifications, towers, walls and structurally complex historic monuments.
Conservation work including the Nikolsky Gate, undertaken in collaboration with the Global Heritage Fund.
Historic Towers and Structures in North Ossetia
Survey, structural assessment and conservation of medieval and early modern mountain architecture, including towers, defensive structures, religious buildings and vernacular heritage.
Zrug Church, North Ossetia
Survey, structural assessment and conservation of a 12th-century mountain church and its historic masonry structures.
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Moscow Kremlin
Professional involvement in the assessment and conservation of historic structures within the Kremlin complex.
Novgorod Kremlin
Structural assessment and conservation work relating to historic fortified structures.
Rostov Kremlin
Professional involvement in the assessment and conservation of historic structures within the Kremlin complex.
Further Project Experience
Cathedral Bell Tower, Rostov Region · historic towers and defensive structures in the Caucasus · structurally complex historic masonry buildings and monumental structures
4. Historic Houses, Estates & Residential Heritage
Structural assessment, conservation and adaptation of historic houses, estates and residential heritage.
Assessment and conservation work relating to one of Moscow’s major historic buildings.
Abramtsevo Estate
Conservation and technical assessment of historic estate buildings.
Roerich Estate, Himachal Pradesh, India
Historic building survey, structural assessment and recommendations for conservation and restoration.
Ramon — Oldenburg Estate
Assessment and conservation of historic estate buildings and structures.
Further Project Experience
Bryanchaninov Estate · Galsky Estate, Cherepovets · Shchelykovo — A. N. Ostrovsky Estate · historic residential buildings in Moscow · traditional wooden houses in Vologda and Cherepovets
5. Museums, Cultural & Public Buildings
Technical assessment, conservation and restoration of museums, cultural institutions and historic public buildings.
Technical assessment, conservation planning and on-site monitoring of restoration works across a number of historic museum properties.
Saratov Conservatory
Structural assessment and conservation work, including intervention to a severely deflected historic concert-hall ceiling with a long-span structural system.
Radishchev Museum
Technical assessment and conservation of a historic museum building.
Grabar Conservation Centre
Professional involvement in the assessment and conservation of historic structures.
Further Project Experience
Tenisheva Museum · Arkhangelsk Gostiny Dvor · additional historic museum properties and cultural buildings
6. International Projects
Selected conservation projects and professional collaboration undertaken internationally.
Historic building survey, structural assessment and preparation of recommendations for conservation and restoration.
Podčetrtek Castle, Slovenia
Technical assessment and professional advice relating to the conservation of a historic castle complex.
Further International Experience
Professional collaboration, lectures and conference presentations in the United States, Canada, Italy, Georgia and other countries.
Professional Roles Across Projects
On major projects he has worked in senior and lead engineering roles, including as Chief Project Engineer.
Structural Assessment · Conservation Design · Emergency Stabilisation · Technical Review · Project Engineering · On-site Supervision
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Ivan is available for independent consultancy, technical review and professional collaboration on historic building conservation and structural issues.
