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Category: Lodz

Łódź, Emil Schmechel Department Store, Shoe House

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The Emil Schmechel Department Store was built in the early 20th century by expanding a former 19th-century tenement building. From 1961 until the late 1980s, it housed a State Department Stores store, the so-called “House of the Shoe.” On May Read more…


Łódź, Julian Tuwim Youth Palace

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A postmodernist building designed by Zbigniew Palma, built in 1996. It houses the Julian Tuwim Youth Palace, a cultural and educational institution. It is located in Łódź’s largest housing estate, Retkinia, at 86 Wyszyńskiego Avenue.  


Łódź, Saspol shopping center

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A postmodern building in the center of Łódź, often compared to the famous, but now demolished, Solpol shopping center in Wrocław. One of the first shopping centers in Łódź, the building was built in 1994. The architectural design was created Read more…


Łódź, tenement house at 6 Włókiennicza Street

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One of the tenement houses undergoing renovation as part of the city’s nearly PLN 300 million City Center Revitalization project, launched in 2017. As part of the project, over 20 tenement houses in the city center will undergo renovations, often Read more…


Łódź, tenement house at 15 Włókiennicza Street

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One of the tenement houses undergoing renovation as part of the city’s nearly PLN 300 million City Center Revitalization project, launched in 2017. As part of the project, over 20 tenement houses in the city center will undergo renovations, and Read more…


Łódź, tenement house at 20 Włókiennicza Street (Atlas Sztuki Foundation)

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One of the tenement houses undergoing renovation on Włókiennicza Street in Łódź, unlike a dozen or so others, was rebuilt and remodeled by private entrepreneur Andrzej Walczak – an architect, artist, and businessman. He collaborated with architect Wiesław Jankiewicz (technical Read more…


Łódź, Artur Rubinstein Łódź Philharmonic

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The Philharmonic Hall was built between 2000 and 2004 on the site of the demolished Ignacy Vogel Concert Hall from the turn of the 20th century, whose façade is echoed by the postmodern design by Krakow architect Romuald Loegler. The Read more…


Lodz, PKO Bank Polski, Aleksandrowska

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A low-rise banking pavilion adjoins the 9-story Real Office building on Aleksandrowska Street in the Bałuty district of Łódź. It was created by renovating a former company cafeteria. Built in the early 1990s, it was designed by Jakub Wujek and Read more…


Łódź, House Under the Roses

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The infill on Wigury Street in Łódź was built in 2001 according to the design of Mirosław Błaszczyński (1955-2016). Address: 15a Wigury Street, Łódź.  


Łódź, building complex on Dobra Street

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The residential complex on Dobra Street in Łódź was built between 1992 and 1997. The five-building development was designed by the Łódź-based Panorama Design and Investment Office. The complex’s architecture is characterized by historicizing details (columns, canopies, arches) and vibrant Read more…


Konstantynów Łódzki, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński High School

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The high school building was constructed between 1991 and 1993 and expanded with an additional wing and a swimming pool in 1996. The complex was designed by Łódź architect Zbigniew Palma, in collaboration with Mirosław Błaszczynski and Tomasz Królikowski. Address: Read more…


Łódź, Radogoszcz East Estate

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This Łódź housing estate, built between 1984 and 1992 on the site of the former village of Radogoszcz, features a spatial layout reminiscent of traditional urban planning. At the center of the estate is Plac Słoneczny (Sunny Square), a market Read more…


Łódź, EC1 Łódź – City of Culture

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The revitalized Łódź Power Plant complex houses a number of the city’s cultural institutions, including the Centre for Science and Technology, the CE1 Planetarium, the National Centre for Film Culture, and the Łódź Film Commission. It consists of two main Read more…


Łódź Fabryczna, railway station

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One of the most modern railway stations in Poland (PREMIUM standard), built on the site of a former railway station modernised in 1930. Completed between 2011 and 2016 according to a design by Ewelina Oskroba, in collaboration with the Systra Read more…


Łódź, Department of Microelectronics and Information Technology

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Department of Microelectronics and Information Technology