modernism

Modernism’s most famous house. Frank L. Wright’s Fallingwater

Mr and Mrs Kaufmann's summer house, more widely known as 'Fallingwater', is one of Frank Lloyd Wright's finest designs. The…

8 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

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

Marian Lalewicz: the great architect of Warsaw-Petersburg. His works still inspire admiration today

Marian Lalewicz is one of the most prominent architects of pre-war Poland. He was active not only in the country,…

29 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

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 buildings built…

26 April 2024

A spacious flat in a functionalist townhouse. The designer has captured the spirit of the building here

The project concept for the redevelopment of a flat in a Prague townhouse, the first to be built in the…

25 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 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 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

A shoe factory like a modernist palace. Today it is on the UNESCO list

The Fagus shoe factory in Alfeld is a large industrial complex that was built in the early 20th century. The…

12 April 2024

Like a futuristic sculpture. Punta del Hidalgo lighthouse

It is located on the north-east coast of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The Punta del Hidalgo lighthouse was built…

12 April 2024

Warsaw Ochota railway station – an iconic monument from the 1960s with an unusual form

Warsaw Ochota railway station is one of the railway stations built in the 1960s on the cross-city line. Like other…

11 April 2024

Paradistal’s functionalist masterpiece – Warsaw’s first residential skyscraper

The Galleria building, designed by Ludwik Paradistal, was Warsaw's first residential high-rise. The building, towering above the escarpment at the…

9 April 2024

Oscar Niemeyer in Paris. Modernist party headquarters

The edifice has had monument status for several years. The headquarters of the French Communist Party in Paris is a…

7 April 2024

Basilica of Niepokalanów – a modernist temple with pre-war roots

The Basilica of the Immaculate Mother of Graces in Niepokalanów was built between 1948 and 1954 in the modernist style,…

2 April 2024

Sunken modernism: Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye by art installation

Although this project was completed in 2018 it is worth remembering. Villa Savoye is an icon of modernism. The artist…

1 April 2024

A beautiful example of modernism. Cotton House in Gdynia

This is a building from the interwar period. The Cotton House in Gdynia was built in the 1930s. Its design…

1 April 2024

The early modern building of the Central Agricultural Society in Warsaw. Its interior is decorated with stone mosaics

The building at 30 Kopernika Street was constructed at the beginning of the 20th century as the headquarters for the…

29 March 2024

A modernist tenement house on Grzybowska Street is standing empty. Luxury flats will be built in it

The modernist tenement house standing at 73 Grzybowska Street in Warsaw was built between 1935 and 1937, designed by Szymon…

28 March 2024

Symbol of modernism. KKO building in Chorzów

It was built in 1937 as a memorial building. According to the inscription, the building was erected "on the 15th…

24 March 2024

St. Joseph’s Church in Zabrze – Poland’s most magnificent church of the inter-war period

St Joseph's Church in Zabrze is one of the most valuable examples of modern sacred architecture in Upper Silesia. The…

23 March 2024

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