Szyszkowitz + Kowalski are regarded to be major co-founders of the internationally renowned Grazer Schule (school of architecture).
Originating in Graz in the 1970s, this name stands for architectural individualism of an especially creative type.
Szyszkowitz + Kowalski put great emphasis on three-dimensional and expressive architectural language with a distinctive reference to landscape and context.
Since 2005 Szyszkowitz – Kowalski + Partner ZT GmbH (Partner: Michael Lyssy, Ignacio Chavero García) In 2009 they donated the greater part of their life's work to the Berlin Akademie der Künste in a pre-mortem bequest.
[1] Founding partner Michael Szyszkowitz died at 71 while on holiday in the Maldives in February 2016.