Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak

Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak (born October 29, 1920 – died June 4, 2018 ) was a Polish architect active between 1954 and 1993. She is known for designing housing and schools, and for her contributions to the post-WWII reconstruction of Wrocław.

Life Grabowska-Hawrylak was born in the village of Tarnawce in Eastern Galicia. The city had been within German borders since 1740, but was returned to Poland after the war, Rebuilding the city was secondary to rebuilding the more thoroughly destroyed capital of Warsaw, and did not begin until 1952.

In 1950, Grabowska-Hawrylak graduated from the Wrocław University of Technology, after having completed a thesis on interior design. Her first professional work was a historic reconstruction of Burgher houses in Wrocław's market square.

The American Institute of Architects' Center for Architecture hosted a retrospective exhibition titled "Patchwork: The Architecture of Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak" in 2019.

Personal life Her husband was Henryk Hawrylak, a mining machinery specialist. She had three children: Katarzyna, Maciej, and Paweł.

Maisonette House(Mezonetowiec) Wrocław 1958–1960 On Kołłątaja Street; nine storeys, with ground floor retail with duplex apartments on floors above; registered as a protected historic monument in 2017, renovated in 2022.