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129:(4 July 1872 – 15 January 1955) was a Romanian engineer and architect. He built approximately 50 buildings in various cities of Romania over his nearly 50-year career. His architecture covers a wide range of styles from traditional to eclectic to modern, as well as private, civic and religious edifices. Among the buildings he worked on were the
238:. Minovici wanted something unique to house his large collection of folk art and bought property at the edge of town. In 1904, Cerchez began work on the "first house in the Romanian folk style", which took a year to build. Each room was designed for a specific category of artifact. Cerchez's "Minovici Villa" was built in a style influenced by
284:. These are the villa built for Micu Zentler in 1911 at No. 8 Mântuleasa Street (now No. 10); a villa located at No. 19-21 Modrogan Alley built for Sofia Candiano-Popescu (1911); the "Stanovici Villa" built in 1914 at No. 6 Remus Street; and the "Villa Eufrosinei Mătăsaru" at No. 12 Porumbaru Street, built in 1932.
208:. The building, located at No. 38/43 Lascăr Catargiu Street, was designed and built between 1898 and 1900, though it has had subsequent remodels. In 1918, it was donated by Cecilia Petrescu Stătescu to establish the Eforiei Civil Hospital. "Stătescu Villa" was declared a
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In 2012, the Art
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In 1905, Cerchez designed an eclectically styled French villa for M. V. Maximovici at No. 23 Izvor Street, which was demolished in the 1980s. Between 1905 and 1906 he built a school in
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Four houses that represent the core of
Cerchez's style were built between 1911 and 1932 and were inspired by seventeenth century townhouses located in Bucharest, Câmpulung, and
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Between 1914 and 1918 he built several more villas and after World War I, worked on restoration projects and civic works. One was a restoration with the architect
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In addition to personal residences and civic buildings, Cerchez worked on several church properties. In
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at the request of philanthropist, Zoe Scorțeanu, to honor her son, Alexandru (1859–1899). Cerchez collaborated and worked on the
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and was given a scholarship by Elena
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Villa Stătescu in Câmpulung – built 1898 to 1900, photographed in 1911
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Cerchez was born on 4 July 1872, in the village of
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