Stanislaw Brukalski

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Stanisław Brukalski (born May 8, 1894 - January 21, 1967 ) was a Polish architect and university professor in Warsaw .

Life

Brukalski studied at the Technical University in Milan and the Politechnika in Warsaw . Since 1926 he was active as a member of the artist group Praesens . His wife was the architect Barbara Brukalska-Sokołowska , with whom he worked.

Before the Second World War , together with her, he designed several residential complexes for the Warsaw Housing Cooperative WSM (Polish: Warszawska Spółdzielnia Mieszkaniowa) in Żoliborz (1927–1932). These buildings, which integrated the surrounding space, were built on the basis of cheaper, industrially manufactured components. From 1936 to 1938 he built the General Staff Building for the Polish Army at Ulica Rakowiecka 4a . He also designed some avant-garde villas in Warsaw.

Together with Bohdan Pniewski , Józef Szanajca and Bohdan Lachert , he designed the award-winning Polish pavilion at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937. He was also involved in the designs for the Batory .

World War II and post-war period

Brukalski took part in the defense of Warsaw at the beginning of the war. Later he came to a main camp (Stalag II C) for prisoners of war in Woldenberg . After the war he belonged to a group of architects who rebuilt Warsaw's New Town . From 1945 to 1960 he built further residential complexes in Żoliborz. He led the reconstruction of the Warsaw Czapski Palace and its adaptation as the seat of the Academy of Fine Arts . Together with his wife, he also rebuilt the Krasiński library building (Polish: Biblioteka Ordynacji Krasińskich) on Ulica Okólnik . From 1949 he was a professor at the Politechnika in Warsaw. In 1952 a theater building (comedy), planned as early as 1937, was built - also in Żoliborz.

Brukalski was one of the founders of the architects' association SARP and its first president. He is considered one of the creators of the concept of cooperative housing in Poland. He was buried with his wife in the Laski cemetery. In 2011, the district association of Żoliborz (Polish: Stowarzyszenie Żoliborzan) donated an award named after the Brukalski couple to reward outstanding new buildings and renovations in the district.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to Julius A. Chroscicki and Andrzej Rottermund: Architectural Atlas of Warsaw . 1st edition, Arkady, Warsaw 1978, p. 80.
  2. ↑ according to Dominik Kazimierski, Teatr Komedia w rejestrze zabytków in Dziennik Warszawa on July 22, 2009 (Polish).

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SURNAME Brukalski, Stanislaw
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish architect
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1894
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1967