The Synagogue was a project driven primarily by a US based art, design, and research team. The TFG was brought in as the structural and timber specific muscle. The TFG also led the workshop efforts and the bulk of the ground team was from stateside.
But yes, it happened in Poland.
Just wait. Another 20 or 30 years and you will be in shock and awe at the amount of period correct suburban tract housing reconstruction projects we'll have going on. There will be great focus on using period correct tools and dressing in period correct garb. Hair metal will be playing from boom boxes, there will be arguments over which pneumatic nailers should be used (hoses only!), and there will be a resurgent interest into the mullet and a cheap to buy liquid substance that loosely resembled watered down beer.
