Wojciech Lesnikowski
Don Hatch Distinguished Professor
Teaching and Research Interests
- Architectural Design: Large scale buildings, current high-tech, future technologies, experimental architecture
- Architectural History Theories
- Aesthetics of Modern Architecture
- Architecture as Industrial Art
- Corporate Practice in Contemporary Architecture
Academic Areas
Areas of Expertise
- Advanced Architectural Design - Large Scale Buildings, Cutting Edge Technologies
- Architectural History and Theories of Architecture
- Architectural Publications
- European Current Architecture and Practice
- International Airport and Skyscraper Design
Education
- Master of Architecture and Urban Planning, Polytechnic Inst., Poland, 1961
Professional Experience
- Poland, France, United States, Japan and China: Housing estates, public buildings, skyscrapers, airports
Projects
Airport, Krakow |
Airport, Warsaw |
Airport, Warsaw |
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Cathedral, Warsaw |
Government Center, Taiwan |
Hospital, Chicago |
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Library, Osaka, Japan |
Museum of Aviation, Krakow |
Office Complex, Taiwan |
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Office Building, Chicago |
Office Building, Chicago |
Opera House, St. Louis |
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Skyscraper, Hong Kong |
Skyscraper, New York |
Technology Center, Shanghai, China |
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Current Activities
- Design Consultant to HOK Corporation, St. Louis - aviation and general design
- Associate Editor, Architektura, Poland
Academic Experience
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Professor at: Ecole des Beaux Arts Paris, Yale University, Pratt Institue, Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois Chicago, University of Kansas
- Visiting Professor at: Art Institute of Chicago, University of Texas in Lubbock, Delft Polytechnic of Prague, Polytechnic of Warsaw, Polytechnic of Budapest
- Summer Programs: France, Great Britain, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Spain, Austria
Publications
- Books
"Rationalism and Romaniticism in Architecture", "New French Architecture", "Architecture of Germany between Two World Wars", "Modernism in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland", "Architecture Studio of Paris", and "Death by Mediocrity"
- Theoretical and professional articles
United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, China and Japan
- International Awards
Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Letters of the French Republic
Fulbright Grant
Graham Foundation Multiple Grants
German Academy of Science Grant
National endowment for Humanities Grant
Peshiney Industries Grant