Church of the Holy Spirit in Tychy – a sacred masterpiece designed by the “Polish Gaudi”
The Church of the Holy Spirit in Tychy is undoubtedly one of the most original and interesting religious...
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A market hall in the shadow of the Palace of Culture. It was built to bring order to the local trade
The company Kupieckie Domy Towarowe, abbreviated to KDT, was established in 1999 by an agreement between the Warsaw...
Stalexport skyscrapers. They are one of the symbols of Katowice
The skyscrapers were built for the state-owned company Stalexport. Their design in the 1970s was prepared by the...
A temple on the Lower Millennium in Katowice – architecture full of dynamism and character
The temple at Dolny Tysiąclecie in Katowice is one of the most characteristic religious buildings erected in Poland...
The New Steelworks dolphin will be a fountain again!
The Nowa Huta Dolphin is a sculpture located in the Górali estate in Krakow’s Nowa Huta district. The...
The famous Mokotow block as an oasis of greenery. Here is the vision by the MJZ office
The massive block of flats at 100 Sobieskiego Street in Warsaw’s Mokotów district made headlines less than two...
Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Poznań – one of the most interesting Polish churches
The Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Poznań is one of the largest and most...
Work has begun on the Cepelia pavilion. An icon of modernism to be as beautiful as before
The Cepelia pavilion is one of the icons of Warsaw modernism. Unfortunately, for years it had no luck...
The Metalowiec Sanatorium in Złockie will soon welcome guests again. Its modernisation is underway
The historic Metalowiec sanatorium in the village of Złockie near Muszyna will change its face. The building was...
ARCHITECTURE in Warsaw. Screening of the film “Uniwersam Grochów”
This is the next meeting in the ARCHITEKA series. Guests of the event will be able to see...
Kozia 9 in Warsaw – socmodernism at its best
The modernist block of flats at Kozia 9 stands hidden away from prying eyes and the hustle and...
The President’s Castle in Wisła – an avant-garde work of the inter-war period
The President’s Castle in Wisła was built between 1929 and 1930 on the site of a burnt wooden...
Katowice Super Unit – a paraphrase of Le Corbusier’s famous Unité d’Habitation
The Compassed Housing Unit, more widely known as Superjednostka, was born 60 years ago, when Katowice was planning...
Christmas mapping in Warsaw. Staszic Palace will light up with a thousand colours!
Christmas mapping in Warsaw will make this year’s festivities even more colourful. We recently wrote about the new...
This is how the pavilion of the Archaeological Museum in Biskupin will look like
The competition to find out what the pavilion of the Archaeological Museum in Biskupin will look like has...
A modernist decoration is disappearing from yet another Szczecin block of flats. This is becoming increasingly common
Another Szczecin block is being stripped of its modernist roof structure. This time we are talking about the...
Warsaw Rotunda – how a modernist symbol of the capital was destroyed
For more than half a century, Warsaw’s PKO Rotunda was one of the capital’s most recognisable symbols and...
The Światowit hotel in Łódź is disappearing. Demolition of the modernist edifice is underway
The Światowit Hotel in Łódź was built in 1974. It is a modernist building that is 46 metres...
Warsaw Hammer – a post-war exclusive residential block and an icon of modernism
With Poles with foreign currency (dollars) in mind, an exclusive apartment block was built in Warsaw in 1976....
Silesian Planetarium with the title of Modernisation of the Year 2023. The investment was carried out by Budimex
The Silesian Planetarium in Chorzów received the title of Modernisation of the Year – Construction of the 21st...
Pyramids in Ustroń entered in the register of monuments. It is a valuable example of this type of architecture
on 8 September 2023, the pyramids in Ustroń were entered in the register of immovable monuments of the...
Warsaw Supersam – a breath of luxury and an icon of communist Poland
In June 1962, the largest and most modern retail outlet at the time – Poland’s first self-service Supersam...
Pavilion at Balladyny 10 in Lublin has a chance to regain its former glory
The commercial pavilion at 10 Balladyny Street in Lublin does not impress. For years passers-by have been passing...
Mosaic on the wall of the former Mining Electronics Plant in Tychy
This is a valuable example of decorating a public space. The mosaic on the wall of the now-defunct...