Teodor Albescu

Teodor Albescu trained at the Ion Mincu Institute of Architecture and spent his first decade on housing and school buildings across the country. His competition entry for the renewal of the Ateneu Quarter, submitted with three colleagues in 1978, set the direction of his work: careful additions to historic streets rather than replacements.

After 1990 he led a small studio in Bucharest and taught design studio for twenty years. In 2004 he was appointed chief architect of the city, a post he held until 2015. His tenure is remembered for the protection of the inter-war boulevards and for opening the city's planning archive to the public.