1st Edition

The Life and Work of Jerzy Sołtan the “last modernist architect”

By Szymon Ruszczewski Copyright 2024
266 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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. The Life and Work of Jerzy Sołtan takes the reader on a journey to both sides of the iron curtain, the communist Poland and the capitalist United... Read more

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

Biography

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.