Aleksander Jan Woyde

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Aleksander Jan Woyde (* 1834 in Warsaw ; † October 28, 1889 in Warsaw) was a Warsaw architect.

Life

Aleksander Woyde was the youngest son of the Warsaw university professor Maurycy Bogusław Woyde and his wife Celestyna. His brother was General Karol August Woyde.

He went to school at the Nobility Institute (Polish: Instytut Szlachecki ) in Warsaw. He then studied at the architecture faculty of the Warsaw School of Fine Arts until 1857 . After graduating, he worked as an applicant for the building council (Polish: Rada Budownicza , then subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior). At the age of 43 he was licensed as a builder in Warsaw, and in 1870 he worked as a builder in the Provincial Administration of Vistula .

Woyde was responsible for around 300 new buildings in Warsaw, most of which were destroyed in the Second World War. In addition, he renovated several buildings on behalf of the city, including the burned-out Łazienki Palace . He also built buildings outside of Warsaw, such as a synagogue in Żychlin in 1880 and, from 1885, an extensive barracks in Skierniewice .

Like his son Wacław (1875–1957) later, he was buried in the Evangelical-Calvinist cemetery in Warsaw (burial place No. I, 4,22).

Existing Warsaw buildings (selection)

  • New orangery in Łazienki Park
  • Reconstruction of the Wessel Palace
  • Tenement house at Ulica Wilcza 22 (1880)
  • Own tenement house at 32 ulica Hoża
  • Apartment building “Efrosa” in Nowy Świat 7 (project: Adam Oczkowski)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to Information from the Tourism Portal of the Łódż Region, accessed on June 8, 2012
  2. ↑ according to Article Spacerkiem po Skierniewicach, Ciąg dalszy ..., Miasto garnizonowe at Onet.pl (Wiedzy portal) from February 6, 2007 (in Polish)
  3. ↑ Von der Heyden gives Wilcza 22 a makeover ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 961 kB, English )
personal data
SURNAME Woyde, Aleksander Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1889
Place of death Warsaw