Iwona Buczkowska

Iwona Buczkowska (born 1953) is a Polish-born French architect and urban planner. She designed the Cité Les Longs Sillons, where she also lives and works.

Life and career Buczkowska studied at the Polytechnic School in Gdańsk and the École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris, from which she graduated in 1974 with a degree in architecture. She has been inspired by the theories of French architect and urban planner Jean Renaudie,

Awards and recognition Buczkowska received the Gold Medal and Special Prize at the Fifth World Biennale of Architecture at Sofia in 1989 for her project at Le Blanc-Mesnil, and the silver medal and the Prix Delarue in 1994 from the Académie d'architecture for her collected work. In 2003, she received the Prix grand public de l’Architecture from the region Ile-de-France for her work at Le Blanc-Mesnil.

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