Association of Polish Architects

The Association of Polish Architects (Polish: Stowarzyszenie Architektów Polskich, SARP) is a Polish professional architecture organisation. Since 1948 it has been a member of the International Union of Architects (UIA) and the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA).[1] It also acts as a publishing institution of architectural journals, books and magazines.

Association of Polish Architects
The Konstanty Zamoyski Palace, SARP headquarters.
AbbreviationSARP
FormationJuly 1934
TypeProfessional organisation
PurposePromoting architecture
Headquartersul.Foksal 2, Warsaw
Location
Websitewww.sarp.org.pl

The organisation's headquarters are located at the Konstanty Zamoyski Palace in Warsaw, but it also has 25 local branches across Poland, amongst them in Katowice, Krakow, Wroclaw, Poznan and Opole.[2]

History

The Association of Polish Architects was established in 1934, but traces its history to earlier institutions, such as the Krakow Technological Association (1877) and the Polish Architects' Delegation (1908).[1][3] It is a merger of the Polish Architects Association, established in Warsaw in 1926, and the Union of Polish Architects' Associations, established in Poznan in 1929.[1]

Main activities
  • investing, and establishing the ultimate conditions for the development of architectural creativity and its protection,
  • supervising the quality of Poland's built (architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture) and natural environment,
  • organising cultural, scientific and educational exhibitions, as well as architectural competitions.

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Recent Presidents
  • Zbigniew Zawistowski 1981 - 1985
  • Roman Hordyński 1985 - 1986 (until his death)
  • Andrzej Kiciński 1986 - 1988
  • Ryszard Semka 1988- 1994
  • Krzysztof Chwalibóg 1991 - 2003
  • Ryszard Jurkowski 2000 - 2006
  • Jerzy Grochulski 2006 - 2012
  • Mariusz Ścisło 2012 - present

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Awards

The SARP Honorary Award and the SARP Award of the Year are the two most significant and prestigious Poland's annual architectural prizes.[6] The former is awarded in the recognition of the outstanding lifetime achievements in the field of architecture,[7] and the latter to the designers of most significant contemporary buildings[8]

Publishing

The Association of Polish Architects is a publisher of architectural journals and magazines, such as the ARCH Magazine,[9] Biuletyn[10] and the Komunikat SARP.[1][11] In 2018 it published On Adam's House in Paradise (pol. O rajskim domu Adama), a book by the RIBA Royal Gold Medal winner, architect and historian Professor Joseph Rykwert.[12][13]

Further reading
  • Stowarzyszenie Architektów Polskich (1998). SARP 1925-1995: 70 lat działalności organizacji architektonicznych na Górnym Śląsku. Muzeum Śla̜skie.
  • SARP: http://www.sarp.org.pl/

References
  1. "Stowarzyszenie Architektów Polskich - Encyklopedia PWN". encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  2. "Kontakt | SARP Warszawa". Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  3. "Stowarzyszenie Architektów Polskich - Historia SARP". www.sarp.org.pl. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  4. "SARP Activities" (PDF). www.sarp.org.pl. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  5. "Presidents of SARP". www.sarp.org.pl. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  6. Art & business: gazeta aukcyjna. Epoka-Dialog. 1 Jan 2007. p. 179. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  7. "SARP Honorary Award - Art of Architecture". sztuka-architektury.pl. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  8. "SARP Award of the Year - Art of Architecture". sztuka-architektury.pl. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  9. "ARCH Magazine". www.archsarp.pl/. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  10. "Biuletyn SARP". www.sarp.org.pl. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  11. "Stowarzyszenie Architektów Polskich - Komunikat SARP". www.sarp.org.pl. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  12. "On Adam's House in Paradise - SARP". Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  13. "On Adam's House in Paradise - NIAIU" (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-05-29.
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