Oleksiy Bykov is a Ukrainian architect, photographer, and architectural researcher. He graduated from the Kyiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (KNUBA) in 2008 and is engaged in his own architectural practice.
Bykov is a co-author of several publications on architecture. In particular, together with Yevgenia Gubkina, he created the book "Soviet Modernism. Brutalism. Post-Modernism. Buildings and Projects in Ukraine 1960–1990", which explores Soviet modernist architecture in Ukraine.
In collaboration with Oleksandr Burlaka and Sasha Kurmaz, Bykov published the book “Orthodox Chic”. This publication is the second in a series of visual studies of architecture and urban space, which captures the phenomenon of post-Soviet religious architecture, understanding its social, historical and political contexts. The pages of the book document photographs of sacred buildings collected by the authors over several years: from traditional churches to mausoleums and kiosks that perform sacred functions.
In addition, Oleksiy Bykov was the curator of the exhibitions "Superstructure" (2015) and "Market" (2017), dedicated to Soviet modernism in Ukraine, worked as a freelance journalist for the architectural magazine "Object", is the editor of Oleksandr Ranchukov's book "Above the Roofs" (2016), as well as the author and host of his own radio program "Author's Supervision".
