Adolf Ciborowski
Adolf Ciborowski | |
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 Ciborowski in 1985 | |
| Born | 25 May 1919 |
| Died | 26 January 1987 (aged 67) Warsaw, Polish People's Republic |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation | architect |
| Practice | Warsaw University of Technology |
Adolf Ciborowski (25 May 1919 – 26 January 1987) was a Polish architect, urban planner and politician.
Life
Ciborowski was born on 25 May 1919 in
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 and urban plan 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
- ISBN 978-0415558471.
- ^ "City reborn: new exhibition on the forgotten role played by Poles in rebuilding a flattened city". Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ISBN 978-1859725511.
- The Rotarian. 112: 30–31.
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