Helena Syrkus
General Information
Occupation: Architect/Writer/Poet/Townplanner
Date of Birth: May 14, 1900
Date of Death: November 15, 1982
Birth Country: Poland
Resident Country: Poland
Sources: Sister
Specialties
No specialties on record
Jobs
Employer: Warsaw Polytechnic School, Faculty of Architecture
Title: Professor
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Employer: Office of Reconstruction
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Employer: CIAM
Title: Vice President
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Collaborators
Name: Simon Syrkus
Project: Various
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Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Inducted into the Golden Book of the Warsaw Polytechnic School as an outstanding academic teacher
Name: "Polonia Restituta"
Notes: and many other medals from the Municipality of Warsaw
Description: partner in the creation of the Polish School of Architecture
Description: often represented Polish architects and townplanner abroad
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
Description: apartment houses in Warsaw
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Description: neighborhood units in Warsaw
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Description: individual houses and villas in Warsaw
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Description: worker settlements
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Description: worker settlements in Warsaw, which appear in the register of architectural and townplanning monuments
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Education
Institution: Warsaw University, Faculty of Philosophy
Institution: Warsway Polytechnic School, Faculty of Architecture
Notes: One year later
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
Organization: Praesens, a polish avant garde group of young architects and artists
Role: Secretary
Organization: International Union of Architects
Organization: Underground Worshop of a housing cooperative
Role: Chief during the Nazi occupation
Organization: Association of Polish Architects
Organization: Society of Polish Townplanners
Publications By
Co-author: Simon Syrkus
Notes: author of a book on social housing
Title: "To the Idea of Social Settlements"
Date Published: February 01, 1976
Title: "The Man and the Environment: Socialism of Urbanism"
Notes: published after Helena's death
Title: "It is necessary to dig out of deep roots: the meditations of an old architect"
Publication: Odra
Publications About
No publications about on record