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Category: Gdansk

Gdansk, Waterside, Długie Ogrody

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Golden Tenement Houses, Artus Park, Waterside – these are various names for the controversial tenement complex on Długie Ogrody Street in Gdańsk. Some consider it a monument to early postmodernism, while others consider it a “Gdańsk macabre” that embodies all Read more…


Gdańsk, Chrobry housing complex

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In the “Life in Architecture” architectural competition, the team won the award for the best building in Gdańsk in the residential building category from 1989-1999. The awards recognized the building’s “outstanding and innovative architectural values” and “creative solutions for the Read more…


Gdańsk, Hotel Fahrenheit

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A hotel in the center of Gdańsk, at the intersection of Grodzka and Sukiennicza Streets, built between 2006 and 2012. The Szotyńscy Architectural Studio (Małgorzata and Szczepan Szotyńscy), creators of the renowned Crooked House in Sopot, is responsible for the Read more…


Gdańsk, Centromor Office Building

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Rebuilt between 1998 and 2000, this mid-1960s office building served as the headquarters of Centromor until 2007. The expansion and modernization of the communist-era building included the addition of a new wing on the Bogusławskiego Street side, its functional connection Read more…


Gdańsk, ZUS, Social Insurance Institution

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A unique structure from the era of “ZUS palaces,” it draws on the history of the site instead of reflective blue glazing, stone cladding, and expressive deconstructivist forms. The building, erected in the late 1980s, references the complex of historic Read more…


Gdańsk, University of Health

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This four-story teaching building of a private university established in Gdańsk in 1999 was built between 2000 and 2002, designed by Zbigniew Reszka and his Arch Deco studio. The building’s most striking feature is its façade facing Subisława Street, composed Read more…


Gdańsk, Stągiewna quarter

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The development of the quarter on Granary Island between Stągiewna, Chmielna, Spichrzowa, and Motławska Streets was constructed between 1994 and 1998. The architectural design, which evokes retroversion—a concept that preserves the atmosphere and layout of the historic buildings but with Read more…