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In 1982, a group of leading Polish architects formed a firm called Autorskie Pracownie Architektury (APA).
The beginning of our activities is related to the person of Arch. Zbigniew Pawelski. Together we have developed the Headquarters of the Brothers of St. John of God in Warsaw, a church in Otwock, an apartment and production building for the Polish Association of the Blind, and many designs of offices and buildings for individual investors.
The relaxation of restrictive legal regulations allowed a group of architects affiliated with the APA to create increasingly independent forms of activity, and as a result of economic changes in Poland in the early 1990s, the APA split into several private studios (hence several companies working under the name). And so in 1993, after the retirement of Arch. Zbigniew Pawelski, APA Markowski Wojciechowski was established.
APA WOJCIECHOWSKI ARCHITEKCI IS MORE THAN 120 TALENTED ARCHITECTS IN WARSAW AND TRICITY.
Our first major contract reflected the political changes in Poland. It concerned the reconstruction and adaptation of part of the building of the Polish-Soviet Friendship Center for the headquarters of Amerbank in Warsaw – the first foreign bank in our country. This opened a window for us to work with foreign investors, which resulted in more orders. Lawyers from Amerbank – Vinson & Elkins, engaged us to design their company’s headquarters, and then recommended us to the Coca – Cola corporation, etc. The list of our clients has gradually expanded to include large international companies such as Procter& Gamble, Volvo, Shell, Texaco, Microsoft, Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, Nestle, AIG/Lincoln, Hewlett-Packard, ING Bank, Coty, Burger King.
The company’s early successes were the result of a combination of our professionalism, enthusiasm, knowledge of CAD techniques and fluency in negotiating English. It also proved invaluable to understand not only the architectural, technical, but also the formal aspects involved in contracting with a client. These factors have contributed to the company’s rapid growth. In 1994. We employed 4 people, five years later 33 people, now – 82 people, including 75 architects.