Józef Szanajca
Józef Szanajca (17 March 1902 – 24 September 1939) was a Polish architect. Founder and member of PRAESENS group: "The Praesens group played a pioneering role in the development of modern architecture in Poland. From 1927 a link with Le Corbusier was established.
Also recorded as Jozef Szanajca
Józef Szanajca
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- Born
- 1902. · Lublin.
- Died
- 1939. · Płazów.
- Nationality
- Poland.
- Occupation
- architect and university teacher.
- Fields
- architecture.
- Education
- Warsaw University of Technology.
- Languages
- Polish.
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Born at Lublin in 1902, died in Płazów in 1939.
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Józef Szanajca (1902 – 1939) was an architect. The birth of Józef Szanajca is recorded in 1902 in Lublin, and the death in 1939 in Płazów.
Józef Szanajca studied at Warsaw University of Technology. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is architecture. Employment is recorded with Warsaw University of Technology.
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Warsaw is recorded as a place of activity by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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1902
Józef Szanajca was born on 1 January 1902.
1939
Józef Szanajca died on 24 September 1939.
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