The Life and Work of Jerzy Soltan

ISBN-13: 9781032559186 / Twarda / 2023 / 288 str.

Szymon Ruszczewski

Opis

This book is the first comprehensive monograph on Polish modern architect Jerzy Sołtan’s work including his designs, theory, and teachings in Poland and America based on extensive archival research and oral history interviews with former students.

Spis treści

list of figures

acknowledgements

introduction

Sołtan’s essor: between Poland and the West

Sołtan’s mature years: international development

from theory to a new history for modern architecture

teaching of Jerzy Sołtan

Jerzy Sołtan’s architecture: Poland

Jerzy Sołtan’s architecture: Harvard years

bibliography

index

O autorze

Szymon Ruszczewski, architect, researcher, and scholar, graduated from the University of Florence and later received the Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield. He has taught design studios and humanities-based courses at the universities in Florence, Pisa, and Sheffield and at the Polytechnic of Milan, and he works as a registered architect in Florence. His work is concentrated on the themes related to modern architecture, history and heritage, and its conservation. He has earlier published his research on Alvar Aalto and his work in Italy, while this publication is based on his Ph.D. research on modern architect Jerzy Sołtan.