Adolf Ciborowski
Adolf Ciborowski (25 May 1919 – 26 January 1987) was a Polish architect, urban planner and politician.
Also recorded as Adolf Grzegorz Ciborowski
Adolf Ciborowski

Danuta Rago · Andrzej Kępiński, Zbigniew Kilar, "Kto jest kim w Polsce. Inaczej", część II, Wydawnictwo "Czytelnik", Warszawa 1986 · Public domain
- Name
- Adolf Ciborowski
- Born
- 25 May 1919
- Birthplace
- Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
- Died
- 26 January 1987
- Place of death
- Warsaw, Polish People's Republic
- Occupation
- architect
- Nationality
- Poland
- Education
- Faculty of Architecture and Warsaw University of Technology
- Honours
- 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 · Medal of the National Education Commission · Work Flag Order and 2nd class · Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Languages
- Polish
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Biography
Biography
Adolf Ciborowski studied at Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology. The recorded working language is Polish. Positions recorded include member of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic. Distinctions recorded are 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 and Medal of the National Education Commission.
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Adolf Ciborowski was born in Warsaw, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Adolf Ciborowski died in Warsaw, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.

Adolf Ciborowski przedstawiający plany urbanistyczne Warszawy w 1961 roku
nieznany/unknown · Warszawski Kalendarz Ilustrowany 1964, Wydawnictwo Warszawskiego Tygodnika "Stolica", Warszawa 1963, p. 43
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Adolf Ciborowski • Born — 25 May 1919 • Birthplace — Warsaw, Second Polish Republic • Died — 26 January 1987 • Place of death — Warsaw, Polish People's Republic • Occupation — architect • Practice — Warsaw University of Technology • Illustration — Grave of Ciborowski at Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw
Life
Life
Ciborowski was born on 25 May 1919 in Warsaw. He graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology in 1946. In the years 1947–1948 he worked as director of the City Planning Bureau in Szczecin. He was the Chief Architect of Warsaw between 1956 and 1964. He contributed to the rebuilding of Warsaw after the Second World War. He was hired as a planner for war-damaged 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. 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.
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Adolf Ciborowski, an architect, university teacher and urban planner, was born on 25 May 1919 and died on 26 January 1987. Warsaw, Stettin and Skopje are recorded as places of activity by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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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)
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