Adolf Ciborowski
Adolf Ciborowski (25 May 1919 - 26 January 1987) was a Polish architect, urban planner and politician.
Adolf Ciborowski | |
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Born | |
Died | January 26, 1987 67) Warsaw, Polish People's Republic | (aged
Nationality | Polish |
Occupation | architect |
Practice | Warsaw University of Technology |
Life
Ciborowski was born on 25 May 1919 in Warsaw. He graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology in 1946. In the years 1947–1948 he worked as director of the City Planning Bureau in Szczecin. He was the Chief Architect of Warsaw between 1956-1964.[1] He contributed to the rebuilding of Warsaw after the Second World War.[2] He was hired as a planner for war-damaged Hannover and was the first foreigner to receive a town-planning prize from Leibniz University Hannover (in 1965). He also worked as consultant on the master plan for Baghdad and supervised the reconstruction of Skopje alongside Stanisław Janowski after its destruction by an earthquake in 1963.[3][4]
He was a member of the Association of Polish Architects (SARP) as well as the Polish Academy of Sciences. He also worked as a UNESCO and UNCHS advisor on the reconstruction of cities damaged by earthquakes. He died in 1987 and was buried at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.
Honours
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)
- Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland
- Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland
- Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland
- Order of the Yugoslav Flag (Yugoslavia)
- Order of the Crown (Belgium)
See also
References
- Healey, Patsy; Upton, Robert (2010). Crossing Borders: International Exchange and Planning Practices. Routledge. p. 59. ISBN 978-0415558471.
- "City reborn: new exhibition on the forgotten role played by Poles in rebuilding a flattened city". Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- Awotona, Adenrele A. (1997). Reconstruction after disaster: issues and practice. Ashgate Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 978-1859725511.
- Foell, Earl W. (1968). "Skopje – The Phoenix City". The Rotarian. 112: 30–31.