Background
Biriukova was born in Vladivostok, Russia. Her father was Dimiti Biriukoff, who was the chief civil engineer on the first transport-Siberian railway.
Biriukova was born in Vladivostok, Russia. Her father was Dimiti Biriukoff, who was the chief civil engineer on the first transport-Siberian railway.
In 1911, Biriukova studied architecture and received a degree from the School of Architecture in Petrograd.
She is known for being the first woman in the Ontario Association of Architects and for her design of Lawren Harris"s residence. She was the second woman to register as an architect in Canada. In 1914, during the Russian Revolution, she and her family left the country and moved to Rome.
In 1925, in Rome, she received a post-graduate degree in architecture from the Royal Superior School of Architecture.
Between 1924 and 1929, she worked in Rome for architect Arnoldo Foschini. She registered with the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) in 1931.
In 1934, Biriukova registered as a nurse and never practiced as an architect again. Instead, she worked at the Free Toronto Hospital for the Consumptive Poor until she retired in the 1960s.
Biriukova died in Toronto in 1967.
Ontario Association of Architects.