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Stefan Szyller

Stefan Szyller (4 September 1857 — 22 June 1933) was a Polish architect, and academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts. His most prominent works are examples of architectural Revivalism, especially in the Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque styles.

Biography

Szyller was a graduate of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1881). During his studies he received awards from the Academy of Arts: a small silver medal (1878), a large silver medal (1879), a small gold medal (1880) for the program “Project of the City Council”, and a large gold medal (1881) for the “Project of the district court in the capital".

He moved to Warsaw in 1888), where he created about 700 Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque buildings, and restored many historical structures. Szyller was the chief editor of an architectural magazine and architect of the city of Warsaw.

Books

  • Do we have Polish architecture? (1916).
  • The tradition of folk architecture in Polish architecture (1917).

Works

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Literature