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Brutalist town hall in Bensberg – concrete construction adjacent to historic castle

Bensberg Castle is a medieval complex in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Between 1962 and 1972, it was extended according to…

10 May 2024

American settlement in Upper Silesia. Colony established in the 1920s for families from the USA

The American Colony in Katowice's Giszowiec is one of the most original residential complexes not only in Silesia, but also…

9 May 2024

Houses by the forest in Pagórska Wola. The façade is covered with larch!

The houses by the forest in Pagórska Wola were designed by architects Łukasz Derus and Katarzyna Pikiewicz-Derus from the Ładnie.…

9 May 2024

The Spodek in Katowice is now more than 50 years old. It is one of the icons of Polish architecture

Spodek is one of the icons of Polish post-war architecture. This extremely bold and innovative structure was built more than…

7 May 2024

Weichmann textile house – iconic architectural landmark of Gliwice

The Weichmann Textile House (Seidenhaus Weichamann) is one of Upper Silesia's most important objects of modernist architecture. It combines functionalist…

6 May 2024

Residential complex like white pearls

The complex of residential buildings was designed by Martin Cenek. They were built in 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic. It…

1 May 2024

Stargard Town Hall – a Gothic gem of Western Pomerania

The Stargard Town Hall is one of the most valuable surviving Gothic monuments in Pomerania. Its creator decorated it with…

29 April 2024

The Officer’s House in Warsaw’s Filtry district – monumental architecture of the inter-war period

The Officers' House on the corner of Niepodległości Avenue and Koszykowa Street is the largest of the residential buildings erected…

29 April 2024

Redevelopment of an old Prague townhouse. The elegant building now has spacious terraces

Prague's Břevnov neighbourhood is unique in many ways. Despite its proximity to the bustling centre and major tourist attractions, it…

29 April 2024

Rector’s Palace on Koszykowa Street. A neo-Rococo gem awaiting renovation

At 80 Koszykowa Street, at the busy intersection with Tytus Chałubiński Street, there is a small building. Although the current…

29 April 2024

Major investment in the centre of Katowice. Tenement houses on Dworcowa Street will undergo modernisation

A wide-ranging investment will soon begin in the centre of Katowice, changing the face of the Silesian capital and strengthening…

26 April 2024

Pharmacy “Under the Blackbird” – avant-garde modernism from the Oder River

The "Pod Murzynem" (German: Mohrenapotheke) pharmacy is one of the most characteristic buildings in Wrocław built in the spirit of…

26 April 2024

Hala Mirowska in a new version. One of the offices proposed an openwork installation on the extension

Mirowska Hall is today a unique monument of engineering art in the capital. Together with its twin, Gwardia Hall, they…

25 April 2024

The Grand Hotel is almost a century old. The Sopot icon is still a symbol of luxury

Sopot's Grand Hotel is one of the most famous hotels in Poland. Construction of the building, now operating under the…

25 April 2024

The city will subsidise the renovation of Poznań’s historic buildings. Among others, Art Nouveau townhouses will regain their splendour

The city will subsidise the renovation of Poznań monuments. Thanks to grants of PLN 1.3 million, 11 buildings will regain…

24 April 2024

Skarpa was one of the most popular post-war cinemas in Warsaw. The building was demolished in 2008

The Skarpa cinema was one of the most popular buildings of its kind erected in the post-war capital. It operated…

24 April 2024

A hotel on Lake Malta in Poznań is getting closer. The investment has been given the green light

A 150-metre-long lakeside hotel will stand across the slope, right on one of Poznań's largest bodies of water. The investor,…

24 April 2024

Another Łódź townhouse will regain its former glory. 1 Włókiennicza Street is currently undergoing modernisation

Another Łódź tenement will regain its former glory. In 2022, the city settled the ownership rights to the property at…

23 April 2024

Grossówna’s house was rebuilt. The building was moved to Wola Zamkowa Street in Toruń

A reconstructed Grossówna house, where the artist lived in her youth, has been erected at Wola Zamkowa Street in Toruń.…

23 April 2024

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 after the…

21 April 2024

CeDeT – the winding fate of Warsaw’s icon of post-war functionalism

CeDeT was the first Central Department Store to be built in the capital after the war. It was put into…

20 April 2024

The oldest secular brick building in Konin has undergone renovation. The Zemełka House is as good as new

The Zemełka House is one of the oldest and most valuable historical monuments in Konin. The simple building, not really…

19 April 2024

Gdansk Główny train station in Japan? The country of the Blossoming Cherry has a copy of it

The Chinese are famous for copying many things. Counterfeit products from well-known brands bearing the Made in Chinacan…

19 April 2024

The former building of the Shooting Fraternity in Bytom. Controversial modernisation in the 1970s

The Bytom Cultural Centre is housed in a building at 1 Karin Stanek Square. This building was the seat of…

18 April 2024

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