▁O ss ip off ▁() ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁architect ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁works ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Hawai ' i . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁school ing ▁Vladimir ▁Nicholas ▁O ss ip off ▁() ▁was ▁born ▁November ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁in ▁Vlad iv ost ok , ▁Russia . ▁Because ▁his ▁father , ▁Nicholas ▁O ss ip off , ▁who ▁was ▁an ▁officer ▁with ▁the ▁Imperial ▁Russian ▁Army ▁under ▁Cz ar ▁Nicholas ▁II , ▁became ▁a ▁military ▁attach é ▁in ▁the ▁Russian ▁emb ass y ▁in ▁Japan , ▁his ▁family ▁moved ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁to ▁Tokyo ▁where ▁Val ▁O ss ip off ▁grew ▁up . ▁He ▁before ▁he ▁was ▁ 1 0 , ▁he ▁tra ve led ▁between ▁Russia ▁and ▁Japan ▁four ▁or ▁five ▁times ▁with ▁his ▁family ▁and ▁was ▁in ▁Pet ro grad ▁during ▁the ▁Revolution ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 7 . ▁Prior ▁to ▁moving ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁he ▁attended ▁Y ok oh ama ' s ▁St . ▁Jo ese ph ' s ▁College ▁and ▁the ▁Tokyo ▁Foreign ▁School , ▁which ▁are ▁international ▁schools ▁for ▁children , ▁and ▁was ▁fl uent ▁in ▁Russian , ▁Japanese , ▁and ▁English . ▁His ▁family ▁was ▁at ▁their ▁summer ▁home ▁near ▁M t ▁Fu ji ▁when ▁the ▁Great ▁Tokyo ▁Earth qu ake ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 3 ▁occurred . ▁Im medi ately ▁after ▁the ▁Great ▁Tokyo ▁Earth qu ake , ▁he , ▁his ▁sib lings