Waclaw Kłyszewski, photo nieznany, ok. 1960
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Wacław Kłyszewski

ID: OS-003927-P/134818

Wacław Kłyszewski

First name:

Wacław

Last Name:

Kłyszewski

Date of birth:

07-09-1910

Place of birth:

Warszawa

Date of death:

22-11-2000

Age:

Profession:

architect

Honours and awards:

Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, Krzyż Srebrny Orderu Virtuti Militari, Order Sztandaru Pracy II klasy, Krzyż Walecznych

Biography:

Wacław Kłyszewski (1910-2000), born in Warsaw, was an architect. He studied architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology, graduating in 1936. At the same time, together with his fellow students Jerzy Mokrzyński and Eugeniusz Wierzbicki, he founded the "Tigers" group. Together they carried out many projects, including the Party House in Warsaw and the Railway Station in Katowice.Kłyszewski took part in the Defensive War in 1939. After the capitulation he was sent to two prisoner of war camps: Spittal an der Drau and Oflag IIC Woldenberg. He was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for his activities. He was one of the leading representatives of modernism in architecture.