Barbara Dunin
Barbara Dunin was born in Kraków. She is an artist, designer, and initiator of cultural and social projects. She pursued her artistic education in Kraków and France, studying Industrial Design and Visual Communication at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg, and L’École de Design Nantes Atlantique in Nantes. At the same time, she developed her interest in film, studying directing in Poland and France and gaining on-set experience in Europe and the United States.
For many years, she was actively involved in painting and analogue collage. She is a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers. Her work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions, and in 2023 she published a book documenting more than two decades of her artistic practice. Alongside her artistic work, she was involved in charitable initiatives, including organising art auctions whose proceeds supported social and charitable causes.
Her professional work included, among other areas, property restitution and compensation for properties taken over by the state, through which she gained experience in complex ownership matters and tangible heritage. Since 2020, she has been involved in the care of her family's palace and park estate in Głębowice. In 2023, she established the Dunin Family Foundation, one of whose key aims is to safeguard Głębowice and give the estate new meaning and purpose while respecting its history and preserving the character of the site. .
Antoni Borzewski - Chair of the Foundation Council
Maciej Koszarski - Member of the Foundation Council
Marek Szarzyński - Member of the Foundation Council
M. Eng. Architect Danuta Dunin
Danuta Dunin is an architect and architectural conservation specialist who has been involved in the protection of architectural and urban heritage for several decades. She graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Cracow University of Technology, obtaining the degree of Master of Science in Architecture and Engineering, and subsequently completed a three-year postgraduate programme in the conservation of architectural and urban heritage at the Institute of History of Architecture and Monument Conservation of the same university.
Between 1973 and 1991, she worked at the Chair of Architecture and Monument Conservation at the Cracow University of Technology, collaborating, among others, with Professor Wiktor Zin. During this period, she contributed to adaptive reuse, urban planning, and architectural conservation projects involving historic buildings and spaces, including residential complexes, historic urban ensembles, and elements of small-scale architecture of significant cultural value.
In 1992, she founded her own architectural practice, through which she carried out numerous architectural and conservation projects, including historic townhouses, residential properties, manor and palace complexes, as well as contemporary architectural developments. Her professional work has consistently focused on historic fabric and on seeking solutions that balance heritage protection with the functional requirements of contemporary use.
A particularly important place in her professional career is held by the palace and park complex in Głębowice, with which she has been connected since the 1970s. While still undertaking her postgraduate studies, she prepared a detailed adaptation project for the palace, demonstrating an early and sustained commitment to the site. Her long-term efforts contributed to the return of the Głębowice palace and park complex to the Dunin family, laying the foundation for its continued protection and responsible future development.