Paweł Graliński

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Paweł Graliński
Born10 January 1961 (1961-01-10) (age 63)
NationalityPolish
Alma materWarsaw University of Technology
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsSadyba Best Mall in Warsaw

Paweł Wiktor Graliński (born 10 January 1961) is a Polish architect, specializing in planning and design of mixed-use developments and commercial and entertainment centres in Poland and Europe.

Life and career[edit]

Graliński attened the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology, studying the work of the Polish Academy of Sciences. While he attended the University he was involved in anti-communist opposition. He graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology in 1984.

In 1984, he moved to Oslo, Norway. From 1986, he led the design office "Andersen, Larsson, Graliński AS", and he founded his own design studio in 1988. His contribution was in shopping centers in the eighties and nineties in Scandinavia. He also designed insurance company headquarters, office buildings, coastal land developments, housing, redevelopment projects and residential sites.

In 1996, he was invited to design Sadyba Best Mall in Warsaw. In 1997 he founded his own architectural firm in Poland: Paweł W. Graliński Arch Magic Assoc. Architects, dealing with investment projects and real estate development. Graliński designed entertainment projects, university buildings, offices, industrial areas, and residential areas.

Graliński belongs to the Association of Norwegian Architects, the Chamber of Architects, the Engineers Chamber of the Republic of Poland, and the Association of Polish Architects.

He lives outside of Warsaw in a house of his own design, cultivates a vineyard and breeds race dogs.

Awards and prizes[edit]

In 2002, Sadyba Best Mall in Warsaw, which he designed, was recognised by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) for its design. It was the first ICSC award for a project in Central and Eastern Europe regions.

He was further recognised for:

  • The most beautiful office building (Viking House, 2000, the prize by the Mayor of Warsaw, District of Ursynów)
  • Building of the Year (Punkt 44 entertainment centre in Katowice, Silesia, Poland, 2002, the prize by the Polish Association of Construction Engineers)
  • Interior of the Year (Cinema City Toruń, 2004, the Pomerania Marshal award.

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