Ignaz Sowinski

[2] Between 1876 and 1881 he studied at TU Wien in Vienna under Heinrich von Ferstel and Karl König [arz; de; fr; ru].

[2] From around 1881, he was active as a freelance architect in Vienna where he opened his own studio and occasionally also worked as a journalist.

From September 1913, he took part in the restoration work of the Wawel Castle in Kraków and was appointed head of the company in July 1914.

After the outbreak of World War I in the autumn of that year, he left Kraków again and returned to Vienna.

A little over a year later, on (1917-07-20)20 July 1917, he died in Kraków and was buried in the Rakowicki Cemetery.