Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski

Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski (Polish: Ryszard Jaxa-Małachowski Kulisicz) was a Peruvian architect of Polish and Slovak origin.

Most of his professional activity was in Perú, where he moved in 1911 after Edward Jan Habich asked him to move there.

He was born on May 14, 1887 in Prochorowa, Odessa, at the very southwest of Russian Empire (today in Ukraine). His father was August Jaxa-Malachowski (Pole) and his mother was Malvina Kulisicz (Slovakian).

He's known as the main architect of Government Palace of Peru in Lima.

He died on December 6, 1972 in Lima, at the age of 85.

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