Yevhen Nahirnyi

Yevhen Nahirnyi is a Ukrainian architect. He is the son of Vasyl Nahirnyi. In 1912 he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Lviv Polytechnic.

He worked in Lviv in the early twentieth century, first with his father. When designing churches in the 20s and 30s of the twentieth century, he used a variety of stylistic forms, from Neo-Baroque and Neo-Byzantine to functionalist styles. When designing wooden churches, he mainly developed the traditions of the Boyko school. Yevhen Nahirnyi was a member of the Ukrainian Technical Society, and in 1930 he was elected its chairman. Yevhen Nahirnyi's creative work includes more than 500 designed and about 300 built objects.