This biography is republished from The Dictionary of Irish Biography and was written by Lawrence William White. Shared by permission in line with Creative Commons ‘Attribution’ (CC BY) licencing.
Born: 23 March 1938, Poland
Died: 7 May 2014
Country most active: Ireland
Also known as: NA
Danuta Kornaus-Wejchert (1938–2014), architect, was born 23 March 1938 in Lwów (Lviv), Poland (now in Ukraine), daughter of Pawel Kornaus and Lucia Kornaus (née Szlachepko). Her interest in architecture arising from an early fascination with and proficiency in mathematics, she too was an honours graduate of the architecture faculty of Warsaw Polytechnic (where she and Andrzej met), after which she worked in the building design office of the Polish health department. She continued her architectural studies in Paris at the L’école Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, and designed medical buildings with Agence Auffret, Paris. Following Wejchert to Dublin in 1965, she worked in the firm of Robinson, Keefe & Devane till she and Andrzej launched their own practice.