Bohdan Paczowski was born on 5 June 1930 in Warsaw and died on 26 January 2017 in Luxembourg. He studied architecture at the Kraków University of Technology, and then, in 1968, had his degree recognised at the Polytechnic University of Milan. Between 1969 and 1980, he ran an architectural practice in Milan, then in Paris from 1980 to 1990, and from around 1989 onwards he worked in Luxembourg, where he ran the studio Paczowski et Fritsch Architectes .

Throughout his career, Paczowski took part in numerous international architectural competitions, in which he won many awards. His projects include, amongst others: the design of a hospital in Aubervilliers, France; the laboratories at Cochin Hospital in Paris; the extension of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg (1994); the passenger terminal at Luxembourg Airport (2008) and the Luxembourg Pavilion at Expo ’92 in Seville. In 2009, he won the competition to design the Museum of Polish History in Warsaw. Speaking about the latter in an interview with *Dziennik*, he said:

“As soon as I learnt that the brief was to create a design set in an area I knew as a child, memories came flooding back.”

He approached his work with a deeper perspective. He used to say that “architectural design is not just about designing buildings, but about designing places that must be filled with some kind of content, with life”.
His style of work was characterised by both advanced functionality and a sensitivity to context. In this way, Paczowski combined his design practice with theoretical reflection on architecture and culture.

As well as being an architect, Bogdan Paczowski was also an essayist, photographer and journalist. His photographic works documented the milieu of the Paris-based magazine *Kultura*. He wrote *Zobaczyć* (‘To See’), a collection of essays on architecture and culture, published in, amongst others, *Architectural Review*, *l’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui*, *Res Publica Nowa*, *Tygodnik Powszechny* and *Zeszyty Literackie*, as well as *Ścieżki*. He was friends with, amongst others, Witold Gombrowicz , a renowned writer. His wife was Maria Paczkowska , who also wrote novels. In Luxembourg, he co-founded the Luxembourg Foundation for Architecture and Engineering and served as a member of national and international architectural associations.

He died on 26 January 2017 in Luxembourg.