The works of Edgar Kováts occupies a significant place in the architecture of Galicia. he established himself as a practicing architect, restorer, art theorist, and professional leader of a powerful university in the context of Lviv Polytechnic. His high professional level of architectural graphics is perceived at European level.
Ivan Levynskyi is an outstanding representative of cultural and scientific life in Halychyna at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. He is one of the representatives of the Lviv Architectural School, which formed a direction, with pronounced tendencies of using folk traditions. Gradually he created a peculiar kind of direction in European architecture – the Ukrainian architectural style.
The article deals with Professor Andriy Rudnytsky's activity in the areas of architectural science, his creativite work and education. The characteristic features of his personality are studied in the context of socio-cultural background. On the background of historical circumstances his influence on forming the Lviv s architectural environment as well as on preserving its historical development, on developing the architectural school in Lviv, and eventually on the modern European status of Lviv is analized.
The article presents the area of activity of Polish professors and graduates of the Architecture Department of Lviv Polytechnic after their forced emigration in 1946 from Lviv. Their professional and educational activity under the new social and political conditions was shown. Their contribution to the formation of professional architectural education in Poland in the postwar period was determined.
The article deals with the functioning of the architectural faculty of Lviv Polytechnic during the period of the Second World War. The activities of professors in the conditions of the formation of Soviet power, as well as in the situation of German occupation, are shown.