Background
Mączyński was born in Wadowice in southern Poland.
Mączyński was born in Wadowice in southern Poland.
January Matejko Academy of Fine Arts.
Prominent by 1910, his commissions include several major churches, and turn-of-the-century civic and cultural institutions designed in a Polish-influenced Secession style. In 1936 he was awarded the Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature. Mączyński"s work is concentrated in KrakóWest
Mączyński"s work includes (in Krakow unless otherwise noted):
The "House Under the Globe" for the Krakow Chamber of Commerce, with Tadeusz Stryjeński, 1904-1906
Concert Hall of the Musical Society (1903–1906), now Stary Teatr im.
Heleny Modrzejewskiej. Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 1909-1921
The Press Palace, originally as a Bazaar Polish Société Anonyme department store, with Tadeusz Stryjeński, 1920-1921
Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice, with architect Zygmunt Gawlik, begun 1927, completed 1955
Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1929-1932
Piłsudski"s Mound, 1934-1937.
He trained with the architect Slawomir Odrzywolski, and in 1900 won an international architectural competition organized by the Paris-based magazine Moniteur des Architectes with a design of a villa in the ethnic Zakopane style. Already accomplished as an architect, he continued his studies at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts under Konstanty Laszczka from 1902 to 1904, and finished his education in Vienna and Paris.
