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Matthew Nowicki
Matthew Nowicki (in Poland known as Maciej Nowicki) (26 June 1910 – 1 September 1950) was a Polish architect. He was chief architect of the new Indian city of Chandigarh. Career Nowicki was born in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita in Sybirak, Siberia. After the Second World War he received a commission to work on plans for the reconstruction of Poland's capital city, Warsaw. In December 1945 he was posted to New York City as an official delegate of the Polish state, to advertise the rebuilding of Poland.Nick Hodg''Maciej Nowicki: A Passage to India'', Kracow Post, 6 September 2010. Retrieved 2012-01-15. Nowicki was the architect of the J.S. Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh built in 1952 after his death. He was a member of the 'Workshop of Peace' team working on the United Nations Headquarters. He was a chair of the Faculty of Architecture at North Carolina State University. His wife, Stanislawa Nowicki (Polish:Nowicka), was also an architect who taught from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Dorton (or Dourton) is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. It is in the western part of the county, about north of the Oxfordshire market town of Thame. Manor The village Toponymy, toponym is derived from the Old English for "farm at a narrow pass". The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as ''Dortone'', and in the 13th century it was ''Durtone''. Before the Norman conquest of England Alric, son of Goding, a thegn of Edward the Confessor, held the Manorialism, manor of Dorton. However, the Domesday Book records that by 1086 the Norman baron Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham, Walter Giffard held it. Dorton House (Buckinghamshire), Dorton House is a Listed building#Categories of listed building, Grade I listed Jacobean architecture, Jacobean mansion to the south of the village. It is now a preparatory school, Ashfold School. Parish church The Church of England parish church of Saint John the Evangelist was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |