The Masters of Architecture series was initiated in 2004 by Wojciech Małecki. According to the original assumptions, it was to be a series of five lectures delivered by architects representing the five largest European capitals. Lectures by foreign architects are organized in Katowice until today and have influenced the education of many years of students who had access to completely different knowledge than their predecessors a few years earlier. Among the guests so far have been: Eduardo Souto de Moura, Hans Ibelings, Odile Decq, Jette Hopp from Snøhetta, Andy Bow from Foster+Partners and Jacob Kurek from Henning Larsen Architects

The book presents 70 architects from different parts of the world who visited the capital of Upper Silesia in 2004-2021 to share their knowledge and experience with the participants of the meetings. The whole is complemented by the memories of people who collaborated in the organization of the lectures. We will find here e.g. an interview with the originator of the series, Wojciech Małecki, texts by Tomasz Studniarek, Mikołaj Machulik and many others.