Jadwiga Dobrzyńska

Jadwiga Dobrzyńska was the first female graduate of the architectural faculty at the University of Warsaw in 1922. She was considered one of the representatives of modernism in Poland. Between the two World Wars, she was involved in the reconstruction of the city of Katowice. Dobrzyńska was married to her colleague Zygmunt Łoboda, with whom she also submitted her two designs for the 1928 Olympics. Together, Dobrzyńska and Łoboda designed numerous public buildings, especially hospitals, but also residential buildings. In 1927 both participated in the tender for the business place of the League of Nations in Geneva. Dobrzyńska died at Warsaw in 1940.

Dobrzyńska and Łoboda initially won the tender for the new Central Institute for Physical Education in Warsaw-Bielany, but Edgar Norwerth’s design was eventually preferred. The Stadium in Warsaw (Szczęśliwice) was also not implemented. Its design won the third prize in the tender. Originally scheduled as an Olympic stadium, it was to be built in the old fortress Szczęśliwice. The stadium would have offered 13,000 seats and standing room for 27,000, and incorporated in the plans was a train stop. After planning began in 1926, the work was stopped in 1928, and the stadium was erected elsewhere.