Cezary Marek Bednarski

Cezary M Bednarski MSc Dip Arch RIBA FRSA SARP

Born in Krakow, Poland and based in London since March 1981, Cezary won 23 design competitions and several awards, including the Manser Medal for best one-off house built in the UK.
Cezary worked in sensitive urban contexts and was the architect for an international consortium on an EU-funded project involving Via Appia in Rome.
As an architectural consultant to UNESCO, he reviewed contemporary structures and urban environments in sensitive historic locations in Cairo and Luxor in Egypt.
Cezary served as a member of the London Borough of Brent Design Review Panel and Islington Conservation and Design Panel, was a member of the RIBA Panel of Competition Assessors, a Fellow and past Advisory Council Member of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA); a Fellow and a past Member of Fellows Committee of the 21st Century Trust / Salzburg Global Seminar, and an advisor to the mayor of Warsaw.
Cezary served as an external examiner at the University of Cardiff Architecture School, was a Rome Scholar with the British School at Rome, a Diploma Unit Master at the AA - Architectural Association School of Architecture ( jointly with the artist Peter Fink ), and a visiting Professor of Architecture at Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría, in Havana, Cuba.
Cezary was featured among 34 creative Londoners of Polish origins selected for London Creatives Polish Roots exhibtion at the Museum of London.
The Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs named Cezary as a recipient of the Polish Medal of Bene Merito, first time given to an architect.

"Cezary has been a truly inspiring and driving force behind our house project. We have arguably one of the most challenging private construction projects in the Borough and it is thanks to Cezary’s many decades of experience, creative problem-solving and guidance that we are realising our project of a lifetime."

Ms S.P. and Mr R. L-S. our current clients in RBKC

"I simply adore their architect; he is a very intelligent, sensitive, creative man who has built lots of houses in challenging places. Very impressed. He says he has never worked with a couple who are so keen to get it right and pay attention to detail."

Ms D.I. lecturer at the Imperial College, London, a neighbour of the above clients of ours

"There is nothing tired about Cezary's architecture. He is always determined to create more than you would expect."

David Birkbeck, Chief Executive, Design for Homes