We have completed the poll for the most beautiful houses in Poland, which we showed on whiteMAD.pl in 2024. The choice was decided by our readers, who could vote in the poll until the end of January this year. It turns out that the metamorphosis of an old brick house in the Mazury region designed by TiM Grey Interior Design was the most popular. Second place went to a villa with a garden pavilion on the water, which was built for one of the richest Poles (designed by JMW Architekci). Which other building made it onto the podium? Take a look.
FIRST place. 25 per cent of the votes
METAMORPHOSIS OF AN OLD COTTAGE IN MAZURY
Project: TiM Grey Interior Design
Photos: TiM Grey Interior Design
Location: Rudziszki
This is a new chapter in the history of the building. The metamorphosis of an old cottage happened on the initiative of Marek Bernatowicz and Tomasz Motylewski from TiM Grey Interior Design studio. They found a small house in Rudziszki in the Mazury region, which they transformed into an ideal place to live.
The design duo had been thinking about realising such a project for several years. They wanted to buy a post-German habitat to make it available to tenants after renovation.
We know the Masuria region, one of us comes from here, the other fell in love with the place thanks to the first one. We feel good here, we feel that this is our time and place. At the time of the pandemic, the number of people and the increase in investments in the Mazury region made us look for a place that is further away from civilisation, where we can find peace and quiet,” explain Marek Bernatowicz and Tomasz Motylewski.
They found out through word of mouth that there was a cottage for sale in the northern Masuria region, right on the border. The first photos of the building announced that they had a lot of work ahead of them. They went to the site to see the house with their own eyes. Driving between hills of fields, they noticed a green clump of trees and bushes, from behind which nothing could be seen. No house, just the entrance road hidden in an overgrown tunnel. After driving into a vast and sunny courtyard, they spotted an old post-German house, a barn and outbuildings. Everything was drowned in greenery.
We published more photos of the house HERE.
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SECOND place. 16 per cent of the vote
VILLA WITH A PAVILION ON THE WATER. CREATED FOR ONE OF POLAND’S RICHEST MEN
Design: JMW Architekci
Photos: Piotr Krajewski
Location: Poland
Lakefront Residence is a project developed by Krzysztof Jachowicz and Jakub Wisniewski of JMW Architekci studio and their team. The magnificent villa they designed was built on a vast plot of land in a picturesque corner of Poland. The surroundings are like a large park that encourages strolls.
The very location of the building is unique. It is a large, green plot of land, much of which is covered by wetlands. On the one hand, the diversity of the plot is naturally attractive, but on the other, it required very thoughtful design solutions. The house was to have a swimming pool, a spa area or even a helipad and an underground garage for several cars.
The villa was built on an artificial hill. Three ponds have been designed around it. The first is stocked, the second allows swimming under natural conditions and the third is a viewing pond. A heavily glazed building has been created, from which the morning mists and picturesque sunsets can be viewed. The glazing is several metres high. Additional space for outdoor relaxation is provided by terraces that surround the building on the ground floor and a smaller one on the ground floor.
We published more photos of the house HERE.
Place THIRD. 14 per cent of the vote
A HOUSE IN THE FOREST NEAR WARSAW. THE BUILDING DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM NATURE
Project: Z3Z ARCHITEKCI
Photos: Z3Z ARCHITEKCI
Location: Warsaw surroundings
The landscape in which the new house of the Z3Z ARCHITEKCI studio was built is so strong and uncompromising that it dictated the architects’ next steps during the design process from the very beginning. This is because the brick building is situated on a plot of land in the middle of a dense pine forest. The austerity and consistency that the architects strived for can be seen in both the form of the designed building and its finishing materials. The house in the forest aspires to become one of its natural elements.
The house in the suburbs of Warsaw consists of two main blocks connected to each other by a connecting link with a communication zone and a garage. The day and night blocks are analogous. Both have the same width, roof pitch and finishing material. The difference is in the spatial arrangement and the window openings. The night block is based on a strong base in the form of a communication link and the economic zone. The entire composition is balanced and creates a clear, simple form. The ascetic character of the blocks was broken by the use of a protruding horizontal glazing over the kitchen cabinets.
More photos of the house were published HERE.
Below we publish the results of the vote for the most beautiful houses in Poland, and you can see photos of the other seven buildings on the plebiscite website HERE.
Najpiękniejszy dom w Polsce 2024 r.
- 8. METAMORFOZA STAREGO DOMKU NA MAZURACH (25%, 389 Votes)
- 7. WILLA Z PAWILONEM NA WODZIE. POWSTAŁA DLA JEDNEGO Z NAJBOGATSZYCH POLAKÓW (16%, 242 Votes)
- 6. DOM W LESIE POD WARSZAWĄ. BUDYNEK CZERPIE INSPIRACJĘ Z NATURY (14%, 211 Votes)
- 5. DOM POD WARSZAWĄ JAK Z ANGIELSKIEGO MIASTECZKA (9%, 147 Votes)
- 10. WSPÓŁCZESNA ZAGRODA POD LASEM (8%, 131 Votes)
- 9. MIEJSKA WILLA NA ŻOLIBORZU. CEGŁĘ ELEWACJI FORMOWANO RĘCZNIE (8%, 118 Votes)
- 1. JEST W OTOCZENIU NATURY. NOWOCZESNY DOM W BESKIDACH (7%, 111 Votes)
- 4. DOM PARTEROWY POD WARSZAWĄ. PRZYPOMINA KALIFORNIJSKĄ WILLĘ Z LAT 50. (6%, 86 Votes)
- 3. DOM NA ŻOLIBORZU ZMIENIŁ SIĘ W MODERNISTYCZNĄ WILLĘ (5%, 83 Votes)
- 2. ELEWACJĘ ZDOBI CEGŁA. JEDNORODZINNY DOM POD WARSZAWĄ (2%, 30 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,410

The numbers in the pictures refer to the number of the house in question in the poll.
source: whiteMAD study
Voting in the poll for the most beautiful houses in Poland 2024 lasted from 2 to 31 January.