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Architekt Robert Konieczny / Logika prostoru (The Logic of Space) -
Architekt Robert Konieczny / Logika prostoru (The Logic of Space) -
Architekt Robert Konieczny / Logika prostoru (The Logic of Space) -
Architekt Robert Konieczny / Logika prostoru (The Logic of Space) -
Architekt Robert Konieczny / Logika prostoru (The Logic of Space) -

Architekt Robert Konieczny / Logika prostoru (The Logic of Space)

The Polish architect Robert Konieczny is a leading figure not only in Polish architecture, but also on the European scene as a whole. For more than a decade he has been the head of the KWK Promes studio. Konieczny holds a number of major awards and a nomination for the prestigious Mies van der Rohe Award. This publication presents eight of his most important projects, including an atrium-based design from 2003–2006 which won the 2006 House of the Year award from World Architecture News magazine.Robert Konieczny was born in 1969 in Katowice. His studio has achieved a number of important international accolades, including an award in the Weimar-based New Bauhaus competition, a nomination for the Mies van der Rohe Award (for his ‘Broken House’ design), House of the Year 2006 (World Architecture News), and a place among the 101 most interesting architects of the year for 2007.

Czech-Polish-English publication.
The catalogue was published to accompany the exhibition “Logika prostoru | Architekt Robert Konieczny | KWK Promes” held at Ostrava’s the House of Art (Dům umění) from 4 December 2009 – 7 February 2010 and co-organized by the Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava (GVUO) in collaboration with the Association for Ostrava Culture (SPOK – Spolek pro ostravskou kulturu) and under the patronage of Jerzy Kronhold, General Consul of Poland in Ostrava.
Exhibition curators in Ostrava: Tadeáš Goryczka and Jaroslav Němec
Texts: KWK Promes
Text: 10 questions for Robert Konieczny (pp. 57–58) and translations from Polish (pp. 19, 27, 35, 47, 53) taken from Archinews 3/08 – Dominik Herzán, Petr Vaněk: Přirozená soutěživost = záruka úspěchu?, Archinews 3/08
Translation from Polish: Tadeáš Goryczka (pp. 7, 13, 41, 57–58)
Photographs: KWK Promes, Wojciech Kryński (pp. 38–43), Juliusz Sokołowski (pp. 24–37)
Visualizations, plans and drawings: KWK Promes
Catalogue concept and editing: Tadeáš Goryczka and Jaroslav Němec
Text editing: Martina Němcová-Dragonová
Graphic design and typesetting: Jaroslav Němec.
Print: Printo, s. r. o., Ostrava – Poruba
First edition, Ostrava 2009
Print run: 1000 copies
Published by SPOK – Spolek pro ostravskou kulturu and the Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava

ISBN 978-80-904096-5-1
ISBN 978-80-85091-97-7


Product code: K0212
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