Karol Schayer

Karol Schayer (25 December 1900 in Lwów – 15 March 1971 in Rockford, Illinois) was a Polish architect and soldier. He designed buildings in Katowice, Warsaw, and (during and after World War II) in Beirut, Lebanon.

Karol Schayer
Born(1900-12-25)December 25, 1900
Lwów, Galicia (Central Europe), Austria-Hungary
DiedMarch 15, 1971(1971-03-15) (aged 70)
Rockford, Illinois, United States
NationalityPolish
OccupationArchitect
Apartment building in Katowice (1930)
School building in Chorzów (1932)

Schayer immigrated to Lebanon during World War II where he collaborated with Fritz Gothelf, a German architect educated in the spirit of the Bauhaus, and Bahij Makdissi, a Lebanese structural engineer.[1]

Major buildings and projects
  • 1929 - school, Lubliniec
  • 1930 - apartment building on Dąbrowskiego 24 / W. Reymonta 6, Katowice
  • 1932 - school on ul. Farna in Chorzów (with Antoni Olszewski)
  • 1934 - Muzeum Śląskie building, Chrobrego square (demolished in 1941)
  • 1936 - Żytomierski House, PCK street, Katowice
  • 1936 - Międzynarodowy Bank Handlowy, Mielęckiego street, Katowice
  • 1937 - Radowski House, Korfantego street, Katowice
  • 1937 - Chmielewski House, Frascati 4 street, Warsaw
  • 1952 - AUB Alumni Club building, Beirut (1952)
  • 1954 - Dar Al Sayad, Beirut (1954)
  • 1955 - Hotel Carlton, Raouche, Beirut (demolished)
  • 1958 - Horeshoe Building, Hamra street, Beirut
  • 1959 - Shell Building, Beirut

See also

Bibliography
  • Arbid, George (2012), Karol Schayer, Architect (1900 - 1971): A Pole in Beyrut, Basel, Birkhauser Verlag, ISBN 978-3-03-460772-8

References
  1. Peter Rowe, and Hashim Sarkis. "Projecting Beirut Episodes in the Construction and Reconstruction of a Modern City". Prestel 1998, p. 91


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