Józef Pius Dziekoński (born 5 May 1844,

Płock Płock (pronounced ), officially the Ducal Capital City of Płock, is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, in the Masovian Voivodeship. According to the data provided by Central Statistical Office (Poland), GUS on 31 December 2021, the ...

– died 4 February 1924,

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) was a

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and heritage conservator, a representative of the 19th-century

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. He became the first dean at the Faculty of Architecture of the

Warsaw University of Technology The Warsaw University of Technology () is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professors (including 145 titular professors). The student body ...

and co-founded the Society for the Protection of Historical Monuments (TOnZP).

Life and career

He was born on 5 May in Płock, in the Russian-partitioned part of Poland. After graduating from high school in

in 1860, he enrolled at the School of Fine Arts. In 1866, he began his studies at the

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. In 1871, he obtained the architecture degree (III Class) and in 1902, he received the title of an

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. He mostly specialized in

sacral architecture Sacral architecture (also known as sacred architecture or religious architecture) is a religion, religious architecture, architectural practice concerned with the design and construction of place of worship, places of worship or sacred or intenti ...

and was a precursor of the so-called Vistula-Baltic style. Since 1893, he collaborated with the Committee on Research into History of Art in Poland (''Komisja do Badań Historii Sztuki w Polsce''). In 1906, he was one of the co-founders of the Society for the Protection of Historical Monuments (''Towarzystwo Opieki nad Zabytkami Przeszłości''). Among his notable pupils were architects such as Franciszek Lilpop, Hugo Kruder, Czesław Domaniewski, Józef Holewiński, Zdzisław Mączeński, Feliks Michalski, Aleksander Nieniewski, and Ludwik Panczakiewicz. He was awarded the Commander's Cross of the

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on 2 May 1922 as well as the Italian

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. In 1919, he received an

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from the

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. He died on 4 February in Warsaw and was buried at the

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Selected projects

Gallery

File:Minor basilica in Bialystok 1.jpg, Bialystok Cathedral Basilica File:Radom - Katedra Opieki NMP7.jpg, Radom Cathedral File:Kościół Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego w Skarżysku-Kamiennej - fotopolska.eu (562302).jpg, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Skarżysko-Kamienna File:Kościół św. Aleksandra w Warszawie 2018.jpg, St. Alexander's Church, Warsaw (reconstruction) File:Church in Tczów.JPG, St. John the Baptist Church in Tczów File:Church of the Holiest Saviour (9632742884).jpg, Church of the Holiest Saviour in Warsaw File:Kościół Świętych Michała i Floriana w Warszawie 2016.jpg, St. Florian's Cathedral in Warsaw File:Kościół w Sulerzyżu.JPG, St. Nicholas Church in Sulerzyż File:A Church in Zakopane - panoramio.jpg, Holy Family Church in Zakopane File:Zamboni Brothers Tenement.png,

Zamboni Brothers Tenement The Zamboni Brothers Tenement () was a 4-storey Gothic Revival tenement residential building, located in the city of Warsaw, Poland, at 127 Marszałkowska Street. The building was designed by architect Józef Pius Dziekoński, and built in 1894. ...

in Warsaw File:Biesk kosciol.jpeg, John the Baptist Church in Bielsko File:Boby-Wieś, kościół par. p.w. Najśw. Serca Jezusowego.jpg, Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Boby-Wieś File:Domaniewice6.JPG, Church of Saint Bartholemew in Domaniewice File:Kościół parafialny pod wezwaniem św Rocha w Długosiodle tsz01.jpg, Saint Roch Church in Długosiodło File:Church garbovia.jpg, Church in Garbów File:Garwolin Kolegiata Przemienienia Pańskiego fasada AL01.jpg, Collegiate church of Transfiguration in Garwolin File:Kosów Lacki - Kościół p.w. Narodzenia NMP.jpg, Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Kosów Lacki File:Łódź-Karol Scheibler's Chapel (3).jpg,

Karol Scheibler's Chapel The Chapel of Karl Scheibler (Polish: ''Kaplica Karola Scheiblera''), is a major architectural work in Łódź, Poland, built in 1888 and designed by architects Edward Lilpop and Józef Pius Dziekoński. It is located in the Evangelical-Augsburg ...

, Łódź File:Przedecz - kościół Świętej Rodziny.jpg, Church of the Holy Family in

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File:Radom, Sienkiewicza 12 - fotopolska.eu (306838).jpg, Glogiers' House in Radom

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dziekonski, Jozef Pius 1844 births 1927 deaths People from Płock Architects from Warsaw Academic staff of the Warsaw University of Technology Architects of cathedrals Polish monument conservators

Life and career

Selected projects

Gallery

See also

References