Association of Polish Architects explained

Association of Polish Architects
Abbreviation:SARP
Formation:July 1934
Type:Professional organisation
Copyright collective
Purpose:Promoting architecture
Headquarters:ul.Foksal 2, Warsaw
Location:Poland
President:Mariusz Ścisło

The Association of Polish Architects (Polish: Stowarzyszenie Architektów Polskich, SARP) is a Polish professional architecture organisation. Since 1948 it has been a member of the International Union of Architects (UIA) and the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA).[1] It also acts as a publishing institution of architectural journals, books and magazines. Since 1995, it has held status of a copyright collective.

The organisation's headquarters are located at the Konstanty Zamoyski Palace in Warsaw, but it also has 25 local branches across Poland, amongst them in Katowice, Krakow, Wroclaw, Poznan and Opole.[2]

History

The Association of Polish Architects was established in 1934, but traces its history to earlier institutions, such as the Krakow Technological Association (1877) and the Polish Architects' Delegation (1908).[3] It is a merger of the Polish Architects Association, established in Warsaw in 1926, and the Union of Polish Architects' Associations, established in Poznan in 1929.

Main activities

Recent Presidents

  • Zbigniew Zawistowski 1981 - 1985
  • Roman Hordyński 1985 - 1986 (until his death)
  • Andrzej Kiciński 1986 - 1988
  • Ryszard Semka 1988- 1994
  • Krzysztof Chwalibóg 1991 - 2003
  • Ryszard Jurkowski 2000 - 2006
  • Jerzy Grochulski 2006 - 2012
  • Mariusz Ścisło 2012 – 2019
  • Bohdan Lisowski 2019 – 2022
  • Jerzy Grochulski 2022 in lieu
  • Agnieszka Kalinowska-Sołtys 2022 – present[5]

Awards

The SARP Honorary Award and the SARP Award of the Year are the two most significant and prestigious Poland's annual architectural prizes.[6] The former is awarded in the recognition of the outstanding lifetime achievements in the field of architecture,[7] and the latter to the designers of most significant contemporary buildings[8]

Publishing

The Association of Polish Architects is a publisher of architectural journals and magazines, such as the ARCH Magazine,[9] Biuletyn[10] and the Komunikat SARP.[11] In 2018 it published On Adam's House in Paradise (pol. O rajskim domu Adama), a book by the RIBA Royal Gold Medal winner, architect and historian Professor Joseph Rykwert.[12] [13]

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stowarzyszenie Architektów Polskich - Encyklopedia PWN. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. 2017-10-24.
  2. Web site: Kontakt SARP Warszawa. 2019-05-25.
  3. Web site: Stowarzyszenie Architektów Polskich - Historia SARP. www.sarp.org.pl. 2019-05-27.
  4. Web site: SARP Activities. www.sarp.org.pl. 2019-05-25.
  5. Web site: Presidents of SARP . 2019-05-25 . www.sarp.org.pl.
  6. Book: Art & business: gazeta aukcyjna. 1 Jan 2007. Epoka-Dialog. 179. 2019-05-27.
  7. Web site: SARP Honorary Award - Art of Architecture. sztuka-architektury.pl. 11 December 2013 . 2019-05-27.
  8. Web site: SARP Award of the Year - Art of Architecture. sztuka-architektury.pl. 17 May 2016 . 2019-05-27.
  9. Web site: ARCH Magazine. www.archsarp.pl/. 2019-05-27.
  10. Web site: Biuletyn SARP. www.sarp.org.pl. 2019-05-28.
  11. Web site: Stowarzyszenie Architektów Polskich - Komunikat SARP. www.sarp.org.pl. 2019-05-27.
  12. Web site: On Adam's House in Paradise - SARP. 2019-05-29.
  13. Web site: On Adam's House in Paradise - NIAIU. pl-PL. 2019-05-29.