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Bohdan Pniewski

Polish architect (1897-1965) · Poland · On the map · Architects · Died at 68

Bohdan Wiktor Kazimierz Pniewski was a Polish modernist architect, professor at the Warsaw University of Technology and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He is mostly known as a designer of state buildings in pre-war and post-war Poland, though the working conditions of an architect, in these eras, palpably varied.

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1965Died5 September 19651938Commander of the Order of VasaAward1937Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of LiteratureAward1936Gold Cross of MeritAward1897Born26 August 1897

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Awards

Commander of the Order of Vasa1938
Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature1937
Gold Cross of Merit1936
Cross of Valour (1920)

About this person

Pniewski, popular amongst the Polish political interwar elite, remained prominent in Communist Poland. Surprisingly, "Beck's of court architect", as he was called by his enemies after 1945 due to his role in designing the palace of the hated minister, constructed his most known buildings after the war - in the People's Republic of Poland.

Country
Poland
Category
Architects
Type
Architect
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1897 to 1965 · aged 68