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Ewa P. Porębska

Warsaw (Poland)

@porebska_ewa

Ewa P. Porębska

Architect and architecture expert, critic, curator, mentor. Member of the Prize Jury (2016-2018). Member of the Prize’s Board of Experts (2010-2014, 2022-2024)

For 30 years (1994-2024)editor-in-chief of the Architektura-murator, the leading Polish architectural monthly magazine.Committed to popularizing the highest standards of world architecture. She was awarded the Honorary Prize of the Association of Polish Architects and the Knight's Cross of the President of Poland for her work in favor of architecture and spatial order. Active on the international forum as a consultant or member of juries in architectural competitions.

Originator and co-creator of numerous architectural exhibitions, events and conferences, author of numerous articles, guest lecturer (Europe, Asia, United States), also consultant of several urban scale projects (Europe, Asia). Author of the concept of the periodic LIFE IN ARCHITECTURE competition for the best buildings constructed in Poland after the fall of communism.

Member of many international and domestic opinion-forming bodies including the board of the Museum of Architecture in Wrocław and the Polish Council of Architecture; she has been also a jury member for the European Union Mies van der Rohe Award and Barcelona’s World Architecture Festival. Member of the jury of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016, 2018. Member of the expert committee from 2010 to 2014 and 2022, 2024.

Last updated: January 2024

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