Maciej Franta was included in the prestigious Europe 40 Under 40 list. The list has been prepared for years by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture Art Design.
The award jury included Mino Caggiula (Mino Caggiula Architects), Mert Eylier (MeMALoNDoN), Christoph Hesse (ChristophHesseArchitekten), Dirk Meonch (INUCE) and Constantinos Yanniotis (Yanniotis & Associates Architectural Bureau).
This year's list of the best Architects before the age of forty was dominated by the French. Twenty-four male and female architects from France made the Europe 40 Under 40 list.
The only Pole on the list is Maciej Franta - founder of Franta Group. Among the architect's most important projects are the award-winning Villa Reden in Chorzów(See here), Żorro in Żary(See here) or the Vidok group of point buildings in Katowice(See here).