His body of work combines excellent technical and manual skills with a commitment to maintaining harmony with Lviv’s existing built environment. Wincenty Jan Rawski was a practitioner who possessed both a building licence and an artistic flair, and consequently a very broad perspective on Galician architecture.

Wincenty Jan Rawski ( 1850–1927) was a Polish architect and builder whose work was mainly associated with Lviv. He studied at the Technical Academy in that city, as well as at the Higher Technical School in Vienna. He later also studied in Italy. He drew on the experience he had gained during his education in his day-to-day work.

In 1876, Rawski obtained a licence to carry out construction work, at which point he set up his own company. This architect’s portfolio includes residential and industrial buildings , as well as public buildings. Among other projects, he realised the design for the National Sejm building in Lviv, prepared by Juliusz Hochberger.

One of Rawski’s greatest achievements was the creation of the State Railways Directorate building – the architect won the competition for the best design. It is worth noting that he designed many buildings in the historicist style , primarily Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque – the finest example of the latter aesthetic is his own villa , which was built in 1896. More than two decades later, during the interwar period , it was extended in the functionalist style , which was fashionable at the time. At that time, the building belonged to the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Rawski also designed the building of the Polish Polytechnic Society, which is situated on Dudajewa Street and built in the eclectic historicist style. The architect’s portfolio also includes Neo-Renaissance townhouses situated on what is now Franki Street, as well as a printing works on Liszta Street .