Jan Zachwatowicz

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Jan Zachwatowicz (March 4, 1900 in Gatchina – August 18, 1983 in Warsaw) was a Polish architect, architectural historian, and restorer.

Zachwatowicz studied Industrial Civil Engineering at the Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University, and graduated from the School of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology in 1930.[1] He was awarded with the Honorary Award by SARP (1971; Polish: Honorowa Nagroda Stowarzyszenie Architektów Polskich).

He was a professor of the Warsaw University of Technology (since 1946; he worked there since 1925), member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 1952), member of the Académie d'architecture in Paris (since 1967), member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites, general restorer of relics in Poland (from 1945 to 1957; Polish: Generalny Konserwator Zabytków), chairman of the Architectural-Restoration Committee (since 1971; Polish: Komisja Architektoniczno-Konserwatorska), and chairman of the Civil Committee of Royal Castle in Warsaw Reconstruction (Polish: Obywatelski Komitet Odbudowy Zamku Królewskiego w Warszawie).

Zachwatowicz contributed to reorganization and enlargement of Polish restoration service. During the occupation of Poland (1939–1945) he took a part of teaching, protecting and saving works, ie. set of relic buildings measurements (including The Market Square of Warsaw Old Town). From January of 1945 he co-directed the Warsaw Reconstruction Office (Polish: Biuro Odbudowy Stolicy; f. Biuro Organizacji Odbudowy Warszawy).

After World War II, many other historic buildings in Gdańsk, Poznań, and Wrocław were restored or rebuilt according to principles established by Zachwatowicz and his team. Among his many achievements was the rebuilding of St. John's Cathedral, Warsaw (1960).[1]

He was a scholar with over 200 major publications to his credit.

He was the father of Krystyna and Katarzyna Zachwatowicz.

[edit] Selected works

  • Ochrona Zabytków w Polsce (1965)
  • Architektura polska (1966)
  • Sztuka polska przedromańska i romańska do schyłku XIII wieku (1971; collective work)
  • Zamek Królewski w Warszawie (1972)

[edit] References

Inline
  1. ^ a b Architecture and Landscaping. A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Oxford University Press, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-05-29.
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NAME Zachwatowicz, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION architect, architectural historian, restorer
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Gatchina
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1983
PLACE OF DEATH Warsaw
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