 Among the participants were the renowned Viennese architects Fellner & Helmer, whose entry was rejected as too international and eclectic.An independent jury chose the design by Zygmunt Gorgolewski, a graduate of the Berlin Building Academy and the director of city's Engineering Academy.Gorgolewski pleasantly surprised the jury by planning to locate the building in the center of the city, despite the area having been already densely built-up.