Nowicki, Maciej, 1910-1950

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Dates:

Birth 1910

Death 1950

Nationality: Poles,

Biographical notes:

Matthew Nowicki (1910-1950), born Maciej Nowicki, was a professor of Architecture and served as the acting Head of the Department of Architecture at North Carolina State College (1948-1950). He studied at the Chicago Art Institute (1922), the School of Design of Gerson-Warsaw (1925-1926), the School of Mehofer-Cracow (1927), and the Polytechnic of Warsaw (1925-1926). Nowicki was born in Chita, Russia and later married artist Stanislowa Sandeck. He designed the interiors of the Carolina Country Club in Raleigh and was a design consultant to William H. Deitrick for Dorton Arena. He also did consulting on a State Archives and Museum building (unbuilt) and was a member of the design team for the headquarters of the United Nations. He died in a plane crash over Egypt in 1950 while flying back to the United States from India.

From the description of Matthew Nowicki Drawings and Other Material, 1944-2002 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 491403570

From the guide to the Matthew Nowicki Drawings and Other Material, 1944-2002, (Special Collections Research Center)