Jan Zachwatowicz

Jan Zachwatowicz studied at Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Warsaw University of Technology. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is architecture, art history and restoration. Employment is recorded with Warsaw University of Technology. Distinctions recorded are SARP Honorary Award, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Work Flag Order, 1st class.

• Name — Jan Zachwatowicz • Born — 4 March 1900 • Birthplace — Gatchina, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 18 August 1983 • Place of death — Warsaw, Polish People's Republic • Resting Place — Powązki Cemetery • Citizenship — Poland • Education — Warsaw University of Technology • Children — Krystyna and Katarzyna • Awards — SARP Honorary Award, Karl Friedrich Schinkel Ring • Practice — Warsaw Reconstruction Office • Significant Buildings — St. John's Archcathedral, Warsaw, Royal Castle, Warsaw • Significant Projects — Rebuilding of Warsaw and its Old Town

Zachwatowicz was born in Gatchina. He studied Industrial Civil Engineering at the Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University, and graduated from the School of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology in 1930. He was awarded with the SARP Honorary Award (1971; Honorowa Nagroda Stowarzyszenie Architektów Polskich). He was a professor of the Warsaw University of Technology (since 1946; he worked there since 1925), member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 1952), member of the Académie d'architecture in Paris (since 1967), member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites, general restorer of relics in Poland (from 1945 to 1957; Generalny Konserwator Zabytków), chairman of the Architectural-Restoration Committee (since 1971; Komisja Architektoniczno-Konserwatorska), and chairman of the Civil Committee of Royal Castle in Warsaw Reconstruction (Obywatelski Komitet Odbudowy Zamku Królewskiego w Warszawie). • Illustration — Zachwatowicz monument in Warsaw Zachwatowicz contributed to reorganization and enlargement of the Polish restoration service. During the occupation of Poland (1939–1945) he took part in teaching, protecting and saving works, i.e. set of relic buildings measurements (including The Market Square of Warsaw Old Town). From January 1945 he co-directed the Warsaw Reconstruction Office (Biuro Odbudowy Stolicy; f. Biuro Organizacji Odbudowy Warszawy). After World War II, many other historic buildings in Gdańsk, Poznań, and Wrocław were restored or rebuilt according to principles established by Zachwatowicz and his team. Among his many achievements was the rebuilding of St. John's Cathedral, Warsaw (1960). He was a scholar with over 200 major publications to his credit. He was the father of Krystyna and Katarzyna Zachwatowicz. He died in Warsaw, aged 83.

• Ochrona Zabytków w Polsce (1965) • Architektura polska (1966) • Sztuka polska przedromańska i romańska do schyłku XIII wieku (1971; collective work) • Zamek Królewski w Warszawie (1972)

Jan Zachwatowicz is recorded as having studied at Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Warsaw University of Technology.