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Władysław Ekielski (17 February 1855 – 23 June 1927) was a Polish architect known for his work in the eclectic and modern style.
Biography
Władysław was the son of Eustachy Ekielski and Elżbieta Sieradzka. He attended to St Ann's Gymnasium and then studied at Institute of Technology in Kraków (1872– 1876) and Polytechnic Institute in Vienna (1876–1880). In 1892 he went back to Kraków and began to work with Tadeusz Stryjeński. Together they designed a house at Piłsudski Street 14 and a building of Lubomirscy Foundation (currently main building of Kraków University of Economics).
Since 1918 he was a professor at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts. In years 1904–1906 Ekielski and Stanisław Wyspiański designed the conversion of the Wawel Hill (the so-called Acropolis).
In 1896 he married Zofia Stiasny. They had three sons and two daughters.