Interior designer Bozena Joworska and designer Alex Miedzik are celebrating 40 years with Architecture49.

Joworska left the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw Polytechnic for a visit to Canada over 40 years ago, the plan was to stay for only a couple of months. However, political developments in Poland led her to extend her stay. After a short adaptation she began her career with what is now A49. She works out of the Ottawa office.

Bozena’s sense of design backed by strong freehand skills quickly made her an asset during presentation and design development stages. For the next couple of years, she helped design many upscale hospitality and residential projects overseas in India, UAE, Oman, and Pakistan. Working on site with local architects and contractors, in direct contact with local cultures deepened her passion for interior design. She particularly enjoyed the opportunity to cooperate with local manufacturers in development of custom furniture and fabrics for her projects.

Miedzik began his career with Architecture49 when he came to Canada from Poland via the Middle East and USA. Throughout that time, he has had the fortune to work in sectors such as performing arts and culture, hospitality, urban design, aviation, and transportation.

Whether he is in the Middle East designing a national library, hotel resorts in Barbados or Bermuda, or airports in Thompson or Kenora, the unwavering foundation is a passion and commitment to great architecture. Miedzik said that the variety he has been afforded in his work could be called luck, an accident or maybe an opportunity but either way it has maintained his love for the job at Architecture49 all these years.