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AKE Studio was established in 2013, starting with the detailed designs of complex façades for public utility, commercial and office buildings. Over time, the team grew to include ambitious architects, thus an opportunity to expand our operations to architectural design emerged. This is now the predominant focus of AKE’s design works.

The design team consists of architects and structural engineers. By continually building a stable, cohesive group of professionals, AKE ensures seamless collaboration within the office. Taking pride in nurturing technical talent from the ground up, AKE tailors new professionals in alignment to specific field of expertise.

AKE offices are located in Poland: Krakow (HQ) and Rzeszów. The firm specializes in large-scale and highly complex projects both in Poland and abroad, particularly in the fields of infrastructure support and industrial design.

Capitalizing on the long-term, close collaboration with APA Czech Duliński Wróbel, the architecture studio renowned for its expertise in civil airport architecture, AKE combined unmatched airport design knowledge with robustly founded resources to deliver top-quality and comprehensive services. 2023 holds another particular significance – a new brand essent. was created within the company's structure, due to its involvement in a number of projects in the HoReCa sector.

In design process, AKE integrates BIM technologies and CDE platforms, flexibly adapting to individual clients' needs.

People of AKE:

Partners
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Karol Frańczak / co-founder, CEO

A graduate of the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Cracow University of Technology. A designer with natural leadership skills, that combined with his technical education and in-depth understanding of the design process, ensure the smooth management of operations within the AKE.

karol.franczak@akestudio.com.pl

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Jan Duliński / co-owner, V-CEO

A graduate of the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Cracow University of Technology. An expert in addressing complex and challenging designs, responsible for ensuring the organization, quality, and optimization of processes, both in project documentation and technical construction solutions.

jan.dulinski@akestudio.com.pl

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Paweł Żwirek / co-founder, V-CEO

Designer and academic lecturer at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, holding a PhD in steel structures design theory. An expert in steel constructions with experience on Poland's largest projects. Author of numerous publications and expert opinions, member of DAFA's Technical Council, and assessor for the Cracow Regional Chamber of Civil Engineers.

p.zwirek@akestudio.com.pl

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Wojciech Duliński / partner, Head of Design

Architect and academic lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology, holding a PhD in airport terminals’ architectural design. A designer with extensive theoretical background, ensuring the architectural quality of the projects in AKE. Author of scientific and educational publications, member of the Panel of Competition Judges of the Polish Union of Architects, Kraków branch.

wojciech.dulinski@akestudio.com.pl

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Łukasz Chechelski / partner, Head of Technical Design

A graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at Cracow University of Technology, involved with AKE since the beginning of professional career. Specialist in technical design and facade detailing, overseeing detailed design processes at the pre-implementation stages.

l.chechelski@akestudio.com.pl

 Architecture Team
001 Adrian Kawik Junior Architect a.kawik@akestudio.com.pl
002 Aleksandra Pawlikowska Architect a.pawlikowska@akestudio.com.pl
003 Aleksandra Trojan Architect a.trojan@akestudio.com.pl
004 Anna Rutkowska Architect a.rutkowska@akestudio.com.pl
005 Barbara Karbarz - Kloc Architect b.karbarzkloc@akestudio.com.pl
006 Dawid Madej Architect, facades d.madej@akestudio.com.pl
007 Dominika Pietruczyk Junior Architect d.pietruczyk@akestudio.com.pl
008 Gabriel Szymański Junior Architect g.szymanski@akestudio.com.pl
009 Jakub Rojek Architect j.rojek@akestudio.com.pl
010 Kamila Mizera Junior Architect k.mizera@akestudio.com.pl
011 Konrad Łukaszek Senior Architect k.lukaszek@akestudio.com.pl
012 Lidia Juraszek Junior Architect l.juraszek@akestudio.com.pl
013 Łukasz Korpet Senior Architect l.korpet@akestudio.com.pl
014 Magdalena Pawlus Architect m.pawlus@akestudio.com.pl
015 Maria Tworek Junior Architect m.tworek@akestudio.com.pl
016 Marzena Cieniawska Junior Architect m.cieniawska@akestudio.com.pl
017 Michał Gnoiński Senior Architect m.gnoinski@akestudio.com.pl
018 Natalia Dziadura Junior Architect n.dziadura@akestudio.com.pl
019 Natalia Kudlińska Junior Architect n.kudlinska@akestudio.com.pl
020 Natalia Maj Senior Architect n.maj@akestudio.com.pl
021 Natalia Migut Junior Architect n.migut@akestudio.com.pl
022 Olga Urban Tatarczuch Architect o.tatarczuch@akestudio.com.pl
023 Paulina Marszał Architect p.marszal@akestudio.com.pl
024 Paulina Szeliga Architect p.szeliga@akestudio.com.pl
025 Sylwia Żywczak Architect s.zywczak@akestudio.com.pl
026 Szczepan Zygmunt Junior Architect sz.zygmunt@akestudio.com.pl
027 Vladyslav Kozlov Architect, facades v.kozlov@akestudio.com.pl
028 Weronika Gosztyła - Frańczak Architect w.franczak@akestudio.com.pl
029 Wiktoria Bogusz Junior Architect w.bogusz@akestudio.com.pl
 Structural Engineering Team
030 Jakub Żwirek Junior Structural Engineer j.zwirek@akestudio.com.pl
031 Jan Włodarczyk Junior Structural Engineer j.wlodarczyk@akestudio.com.pl
032 Karolina Czekaj Structural Engineer k.czekaj@akestudio.com.pl
033 Monika Kłak Junior Structural Engineer m.klak@akestudio.com.pl
034 Patryk Florek Structural Engineer p.florek@akestudio.com.pl
035 Rafał Ciura Project Leader r.ciura@akestudio.com.pl
 BIM/CDE manager
036 Kamil Czerw BIM Manager k.czerw@akestudio.com.pl
 Administration
037 Magdalena Zdyb Majerowska Office Manager office@akestudio.com.pl
038 Katarzyna Pancerz Office Asisstant k.pancerz@akestudio.com.pl
 Consultants
039 Janusz Duliński Consultant j.dulinski@akestudio.com.pl
040 Bartłomiej Pyrzyk Consultant b.pyrzyk@essent.pl

Development timeline:

2013

The beginning

setting up AKE Studio, location in building of the cooperating partner
ME Polska in Kraków, Poland

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2014

Wroclavia

shopping mall facades design
Wrocław, Poland

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2014

Schollglas

domestic appliance glass factory
Tarnobrzeg, Poland

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2015

New space

moving to 220m² space
on Łowińskiego Street 7e

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2018

Überseequartier

multifunctional quartier facades
Hafen City, Hamburg, Germany

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2019

Kraków-Balice Airport

Cargo terminal
Kraków, Poland

 
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2022

New branch

setting up new office branch in Rzeszów

 
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2023

HoReCa design services

setting up essent

 
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2023

New headquarter

moving to our new headquarter to 700m² space that gave us growth opportunity

 
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2023

B2G

2nd generation bioethanol plant complex
Jedlicze, Poland

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2023

APA

purchase of APA sp. z o.o.

 
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2024

CPK

Rescue and Fire Fighting Services
CPK airport
Baranów/Warszawa, Poland

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Promoting architecture

At AKE, we are deeply committed to education processes. Beyond our architectural professional projects, we actively contribute to the advancement of architectural awareness through a wide range of initiatives. Our team is actively involved in teaching, mentoring, and guiding students, as well as participating in workshops, lectures, and academic discussions.

We believe that sharing our expertise and insights not only helps shape the future of the profession but also fosters a dynamic exchange of ideas. Through this dual engagement in practice and education, we aim to inspire, challenge, and nurture the next generation of architects.

This commitment to education is one of our central values, enabling us to contribute to the evolution of architectural thought and push the boundaries of the discipline.

Selected publications:

Paweł Żwirek

Perforated facades in the renovation of buildings - selected issues / P. Żwirek // Civil Engineer, 2021, No. 7/8 (196)

Selected issues of forming and calculating steel frames of buildings / A. Machowski, I. Tylek, P. Żwirek, Kraków : Cracow University of Technology Publishing House, 2021

Selected issues of forming, design and implementation of roofs made of corrugated sheets. Part II / P. Fiszer, P. Żwirek, Building Review, 2020, No. 10, pp. 30-40, National Workshop on the Work of a Structural Designer, Wisła, 03-06.03.2020

Selected issues of shaping, design and implementation of corrugated sheet metal roofs. Part I / P. Fiszer, P. Żwirek // Building Review. - 2020, No. 9, pp. 20-32, National Workshop on the Work of a Structural Designer, Wisła, 03-06.03.2020

Selected issues of forming, design and implementation of roofs made of corrugated sheets / P. Fiszer, P. Żwirek in Design of steel structures / ed. by Jan Zamorowski, Polish Association of Engineers and Technicians Construction, Katowice Branch, Bielsko-Biała : Scientific Publishing House of the Academy of Technology and Humanities Bielsko-Biała, 2020 (Monograph / Academy of Technology and Humanities in Bielsko-Biała. Innovative and Modern Solutions in Construction : metal structures, industrial floors, light housing, scaffolding ; 1). - pp. 129-172

Execution and inspection of steel hollow sections welded joints / K. Kuchta, R. Silezin, P. Żwirek,  Journal of Civil Engineering, Environment and Architecture [online]. - 2018, vol. 35, z. 65, no. 2, pp. 69-80, doi: 10.7862/rb.2018.25

Technological aspects of execution of welded joints in hollow sections / K. Kuchta, R. Silezin, P. Żwirek, Journal of Civil Engineering, Environment and Architecture [online]. - 2018, vol. 35, z. 65, no. 2, pp. 35-42, >doi: 10.7862/rb.2018.22

Selected issues of using perforated metal cladding in the renovation of buildings / P. Żwirek,Building Review - 2018, No. 3, pp. 56-60

Execution and inspection of welded junctions of steel tubular sections / K.Kuchta, R. Silezin, Pa. Żwirek  in: Joints and Nodes in  Metal and Composite Structures : 11th Scientific Conference, Rzeszów - Bezmiechowa, October 11-13, 2018, conference materials / Rzeszów University of Technology. Department of Building Structures. - S.l.] : [s.n.], 2018. - pp. 36-37

Technological aspects of execution of welded joints in hollow sections / K. Kuchta, R. Silezin, P. Żwirek in: Joints and Nodes in Metal and Composite Structures : XI Scientific Conference, Rzeszów - Bezmiechowa, 11-13 October 2018 r. : conference materials / Rzeszów University of Technology. Department of Building Structures. - S.l.] : [s.n.], 2018. - pp. 34-35

Modern perforated metal facades / P. Żwirek, Building Review. - 2017, No. 3, pp. 34-41

Selected issues in design and implementation of perforated metal claddings / P. Żwirek in Building technologies and energy : monograph / ed. by W. Celadyn and S. Kuc ; Cracow University of Technology. – Kraków : Cracow University of Technology Publishing House, 2017. – pp. 39-48

Selected issues in the design of perforated metal claddings / P. Żwirek in XIth NBTAD 2016 : 11th International Conference New Building Technologies and Architectural Design, Cracow, 13-14 October 2016, Kraków : Cracow University of Technology – pp. 82

Reliability Index Betha according to PN-EN 1990 for structural design and calibration of partial factors / A. Machowski, P. Żwirek in XV International Scientific Conference Current Issues of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, Rzeszów – Lviv – Kosice, 9-10 September 2015, Rzeszów, Poland : book of abstracts / Rzeszów University of Technology. Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture. – [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2015. – pp. 44-45

Selected issues of using nominally flat corrugated sheets and self-supporting panels to realize roofs curved / P. Żwirek in Structural shaping, Thin-walled structures : New Achievements of Science and Technique in Construction : IX Scientific and Technical Conference, Rzeszów, September 11-12, 2015 : abstracts papers. - Rzeszów] : [s.n.], 2015. - pp. 94-95

Revitalization of buildings from the 1970s within the Old Town of Kraków / P. Żwirek, J. Fiszer in Renovation of buildings and modernization of built-up areas : VIII Scientific and Technical Conference, Zielona Gora, March 19-20, 2015. : conference materials - abstracts / University of Zielona Góra. - Zielona Góra :University of Zielona Gora, 2015. - pp. 181-182

Selected issues in the use of nominally flat corrugated sheets and self-supporting panels for the implementation of roofs curved / P. Żwirek, Journal of Civil Engineering, Environment and Architecture [online]. - 2015, vol. 32, z. 62, no. 4, pp. 519-530, doi: 10.7862/rb.2015.214

Revitalization of the 1970s within the ‘Old Town’ In Kraków / P. Żwirek, J. Fiszer , Civil and Environmental Engineering Reports [online]. - 2015, Vol. 19, Iss. 4, pp. 141-148, doi: 10.1515/ceer-2015-0060

Issues of shaping the steel structure of roofs with complex geometry / P. Żwirek, Engineering and Construction. - 2015, R. 71, No. 2, pp. 74-78 

Relationship between the Eurocode safety index and partial coefficients to bearing capacity and effects impacts / A.Machowski, P. Żwire, Engineering and Construction. - 2015, R. 71, No. 1, pp. 44-46

Calibration of partial factors for the required reliability index / A. Machowski, P. Żwirek in Metal Structures : ZK 2014 : Scientific and Technical Conference, Kielce-Suchedniów, July 2-4, 2014, ed. by Leszek Chodor. - 2nd ed. And rev. - Kielce : Π Press Engineering & Architecture, 2014. - pp. 67-70

Selected issues of structure forming of the contemporary roofs with complex geometry / P. Żwirek in Current problems in metal structures : 2nd Polish-Ukrainian International Conference, Gdansk 27-28 November 2014 / ed. by Tomasz Heizig, Elżbieta Urbańska-Galewska. - Gdansk : Foundation for Civil Engineering Development, 2014. - pp. 253-256

Statistical research of steel grades: DX51D, DX52D and DX53D / P. Żwirek, Technical Transactions. Civil Engineering [online]. – 2014, Iss. 4-B, pp. 101-108. Technical Transactions

Selected issues of structure forming of the contemporary single and multi-curved roofs / P. Żwirek, Technical Transactions. Architecture [online]. – 2014, Iss. 8-A, pp. 103-110. Technical Transactions

Design and implementation of roofs with covering of self-supporting metal panels on the example of the airport terminal Rzeszów-Jasionka / P. Fiszer, P. Wróbel, P. Żwirek in Problematics of design and workmanship in the aspect of application of new technologies and materials and modern technology in the aspect of the use of new technologies, materials and modern technology in the construction industry : European standards - theory and practice : 1st Scientific and Technical Conference TECH-BUD' 2013, Cracow, October 23-25, 2013. / ed. S. Nowak, R. Nowak, M.j Gruszczyński] ; Polish Association of Construction Engineers and Technicians Branch Małopolska in Cracow, Center for Technical and Organizational Services of the Construction Industry. - Kraków : PZITB-CUTOB, 2013.- pp. 91-98

Selected reliability issues of steel frames of buildings / M. Gwóźdź, A. Machowski, P. Żwirek, Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology. - Krakow : Cracow University of Technology Publishing House, 2013, 217

Statistically-based tolerances of steel frame columns out-of-plumbs / A. Machowski, P. Żwirek, Advances in Structural Engineering [online]. – 2013, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 353-363, doi: 10.1260/1369-4332.16.2.353

Statistical evaluation of the strength of hot-rolled plates and sections / M. Gwóźdź, P. Żwirek, Engineering and Construction. - 2012, R. 58, No. 3, pp. 145-149

Statistical verification of partial coefficients of bearing capacity of thin plates / M. Gwóźdź, P. Żwirek, Engineering and Construction. - 2011, No. 9, pp. 492-495 

Selected issues of designing roofs with metal cladding = Selected issues of designing of roofs with metal cladding / P. Żwirek, Technical Transactions. Architecture. - 2011, Z. 2-A/1, pp. 279-286. - Main series: Technical Transacti Journals

Analysis of non-verticality tolerance of columns in steel hall frames / A. Machowski, P. Żwirek, Engineering and Construction. - 2010, R. 66, No. 7, pp. 385-390

Research and modelling of selected imperfections of hall steel skeletons - doctoral dissertation / P. Żwirek - Krakow, 2010. - 153, [1], [120] p. : figs, diagrams. -Cracow University of Technology. Faculty of Civil Engineering. - Promoter: D. Eng. A. Machowski, prof. PK

Influence of the shape of columns on behaviour of the exhibition hall / M. Gwóźdź, A. Machowski, P. Żwirek // Archivesof Civil Engineering. – 2008, Vol. 54, Iss. 2, pp. 349-370

Fore-damage state of steel frame with defective field splices / M. Gwóźdź, A. Machowski, P. Żwirek , [Construction Failures] : prevention, diagnosis, repair, reconstruction : XXIII scientific and technical conference, Szczecin-Międzyzdroje, May 23-26, 2007 / compiled. conf. mat. M. Kaszyńska ; Szczecin University of Technology. Faculty of Construction and Architecture.- Szczecin : Szczecin University of Technology Publishing House, 2007. - pp. 569-576

Limit states criteria of steel building frames = Limit states criteria of steel building frames / A. Machowski, P.ł Żwirek in Issues of limit states of steel structures : a scientific conference combined with the jubilee of the 50th anniversary of scientific and professional work and the 70th anniversary of the birthday of Prof. Z. Mendera, Cracow, April 22-23, 2004. : conference materials / ed. by A. Machowski ; Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology Faculty of Civil Engineering. Institute of Construction Materials and Structures. Department of Metal Structures and Reliability Theory and Metal Structures Section of the KILiW PAN. - Krakow :Cracow University of Technology Publishing House, 2004. - pp. 195-202

Effect of yield stress autocorrelation on the random plastic load carrying capacity of structures / A. Machowski, P. Żwirek,  Technical Journal. Construction, 2024, 110B, pp.81-90 - Main series: Technical Transactions

Failure states of steel shell conveyor structures / M. Gwóźdź, P. Żwirek in Construction failures : research - diagnosis - repairs - reconstructions : XXI Scientific and Technical Conference, Szczecin - Międzyzdroje, May 20-23, 2003 / [compiled by. conf. materials Maria Kaszyńska] ; Szczecin University of Technology. Faculty of Construction and Architecture. - Szczecin, Szczecin University of Technology Publishing House 2003, [8] 

Patents

Patent PL 224164 B1
for an invention granted abroad or granted by the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland for the benefit of an entity other than PK - patent for the invention “Cladding panel of a building partition” (year of announcement of granting the patent 2016)

Patent PL 224165 B1
for an invention granted abroad or granted by the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland for the benefit of an entity other than PK - patent for the invention “Cladding panel of a building partition” (year of announcement of granting the patent 2016)



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Wojciech Duliński

An Assessment of Relation Between Sustainability and Architectural Representativeness of Passenger Airport Terminals in Poland / W. Duliński, 2025, Sustainability, 17(1), 296, doi: 10.3390/su17010296

On the design of workplace architecture. Volume 2: Architecture of office buildings / M. Bystroń, W. Duliński, A. Taczalska-Rynia, K. Zawada-Pęgiel, M. Złowodzki, 2024, Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology

On the architecture of European passenger air terminals for low-cost carriers - doctoral dissertation / W. Dulinski, 2023, Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology

On the design of workplace architecture. Volume 1: Architecture of production facilities / M. Bystroń, W. Dulinski, M. Złowodzki, 2022, Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology

The Dominion Tower building in Moscow as an example of point architectural interference in the existing urban structure / W. Duliński, 2020, Portfolio of the Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture of the Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow, T. 48, pp. 91-99  

Influence of a multi-method style of narration in stimulating learning environments in a museum / D. Raś, I. Drygała, W. Duliński, 2019, Technical Transactions, 116(3), s. 133-139

Museum space as a modern storytelling medium: new narrative model of exhibition in Yad Vashem and Wadowice Museums / D. Raś, I. Drygała, W. Duliński, 2018, 5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2018, 19-21 March, 2018, Vienna, Austria: conference proceedings. Vol. 5, Urban planning, architecture and design. 5.1, s. 211-218

Modern architectural solutions as an element shaping the environmental conditions of air passenger terminals. Ergonomics towards the challenges of new techniques and technologies / W. Duliński, 2016,  Cracow: Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology, pp. 197-215

Sustainable airport passenger terminal design – the review of selected examples / W. Duliński, 2015,  Technical Transactions. Civil Engineering, 112(28), s. 93-98

Low-tech urban solutions in data based environment – a new concept of sharing-oriented metropolitan transportation / W. Duliński, 2015, Advances in Civil Engineering and Transportation IV. Pt. 3, Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Transportation (ICCET 2014). 744‑746, s. 1943-1948

The new airport typology: architectural interventions towards travel time optimization / W. Celadyn, W. Duliński, 2015, Proceedings of the 3rd Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE 2015), 1, s. 57-65



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Rafał Ciura

Vibration Serviceability of Footbridges: Classical vs. Innovative Material Solutions for deck slabs / I. Drygała, J. Dulińska, R.Ciura, K. Lachawiec, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 2022, doi: 10.3390/ma13133009

Serviceability assessment of a pedestrian bridge: Concrete vs. GFRP composite deck / I. Drygała, J. Dulińska, R. Ciura, Advances in Engineering Materials, Structures and Systems: Innovations, Mechanics and Applications, 2019

Dynamic assessment of a cable-stayed footbridge under earthquake sequence using a concrete damage plasticity model (CDP) / R. Ciura, I. Drygała, J. Dulińska, The 14th International Conference on Vibration Engineering and Technology of Machinery, 2018,
doi:10.1051/matecconf/201821109002


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Careers

We continuously seek both experienced professionals and up-and-coming talents.

If you are enthusiastic about joining our team, please send a cover letter, CV, and portfolio (max. 10 MB). We will contact you as soon as possible.

careers@akestudio.com.pl