Paweł Wiktor Graliński (born 10 January 1961) is a Polish architect who plans and designs mixed-use developments, as well as commercial and entertainment centers in Poland and Europe.
Life and career Graliński attended the Warsaw University of Technology at the Faculty of Architecture, studying under the Polish Academy of Sciences. While there, he was involved in the anti-communist opposition and graduated in 1984.
He moved to Oslo, Norway in 1984. From 1986, he led the design office "Andersen, Larsson, Graliński AS" and founded his own design studio in 1988. While in Scandinavia, he designed shopping centers, 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 architectural firm in Poland, Paweł W. Graliński Arch Magic Assoc. Architects, which deals with investment projects and real estate development. Graliński has designed entertainment projects, university buildings, offices, industrial areas, and residential areas.
Graliński is affiliated with 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 near Warsaw in a house he designed himself, cultivates a vineyard, and breeds racing dogs.
Awards and prizes
In 2002, the Sadyba Best Mall in Warsaw, which he designed, was recognized by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) for its design, becoming the first project in Central and Eastern Europe to receive the ICSC award.
He was further recognised for:
The Most Beautiful Office Building in Ursynów (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.
Selected projects
Vinterbro Center, Vinterbro, Norway, 1994 Viking House, Warsaw, 2000 Sadyba Best Mall, Warsaw, 2000 (first 3D IMAX® theatre in Poland) Punkt 44, Katowice (entertainment centre: cinema Multiplex & IMAX®, bowling), 2003 Cinema City, Toruń, 2004 Horse Race Apartments, Warsaw, 2005 Cinema City (IMAX) Manufaktura, Łódź, 2005 Cinema City Arkadia, Warsaw, 2006 private residency, Konstancin-Jeziorna, 2006 Focus Mall, shopping centre, Piła, project Centrum Nowych Technologii I (CENT I) University of Warsaw, 2013 Faculty of Psychology University of Warsaw, project Vogla square, Warsaw– Wilanów, project
References
External links
Arch Magic – official site New Technologies Centre, Warsaw University interview with Paweł Graliński Paweł Graliński about commercial centres Psychology faculty, Warsaw University