2026-02-04
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…
In the summer of 2024, demolition began on one of Poland’s most famous failed construction projects – the “villa on a block” in Jastrzębie-Zdrój. The five-story building on Północna Street was built in the early 1990s at the initiative of Read more…
Despite all the ecological, aesthetic, and social sins committed by this mountain of stone and concrete, Stobnica Castle is a stunning investment fantasy. It rises 70 meters, stretches 200 meters, and boasts 15 double-height stories. It is one of the Read more…
This building, with a facade resembling the side of a ship, was built in 1999-2000 according to a design by Krzysztof Skalski. It is adjacent to the yellow-and-blue Inkatus building, designed by the same architect. Address: Kiełczowska 51 and Poselska Read more…
This apartment building in Tychy was built between 1979 and 1983. It is an icon of Tychy postmodernism. Designed by Zdzisław Łojewski and Kazimierz Wejchert, it has 13 floors and includes a nursery and a kindergarten, among other facilities. Address: Read more…
This corner residential building, located on Legionów Piłsudskiego and Zamoyskiego Streets, is located at the corner of Independence Square in the Old Podgórze district of Krakow. Designed by Wojciech Obtułowicz, it won the Grand Prix at the 1st International Architecture Read more…
Tenement house on Poznańska Street in Poznań designed by Izabela Klimaszewska and Tadeusz Biedak. One of the so-called “supplementary infills” built between 1993 and 2000 in the old Jeżyce area, according to a design by PAB “Klimaszewska & Biedak.”
The “Zamek” building was built in 2000 by Ataner, based on an architectural design by PAB “Klimaszewska & Biedak.” It serves both residential and commercial purposes. Address: ul. Zwierzyniecka 24, Poznań.
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…
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…
This 12-building estate in Mikołów, built between 1983 and 1986 according to a design by Stanisław Niemczyk, is one of the most famous and successful examples of postmodern architecture in Poland.
This postmodernist housing estate was built between 1983 and 1989 in Murowana Goślina, near Poznań. It was built for the workers of the H. Cegielski Metal Industry Plant, and its principal architect was Jerzy Buszkiewicz. It has the character of Read more…
A house on the corner of Poznańska and Kochanowskiego Streets in Poznań designed by Izabela Klimaszewska and Tadeusz Biedak. One of the so-called “supplementary infills” built between 1993 and 2000 in the old Jeżyce area, according to a design by Read more…
The northern section of the Stefan Batory housing estate (facing Opieńskiego Street) was built between 1999 and 2001, designed by Domus studios Mirosława Traczyńska and Małgorzata Matusiewicz. It comprises 450 residential units.
The most famous Polish infill of the 1990s. Built in 1996 at Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 36 in Wrocław, designed by Wojciech Jarząbek, it is now the most iconic example of Wrocław postmodernism following the demolition of the Solpol building in 2022. Read more…
The colorful apartment blocks on Szwedzka Street in Wrocław were built at the turn of the 21st century. Designed by Wojciech Jarząbek, the complex forms a zigzag shape, aligned north-south, receiving sunlight from the east in the morning and from Read more…
A distinctive building on the corner of Twarda and Sienna Streets in Warsaw, with two circular bay windows protruding above the roofline and culminating in openwork concrete pseudodomes. The infill, constructed in 1991-1992, was designed by Andrzej Kiciński. Several years Read more…
The residential complex was built adjacent to the historic Bamberski Dwór (Bamberski Manor House), built in the late 19th century by settlers from German Bamberg. The team designed it in a historicizing postmodern style, referencing the 19th-century Bamberski architecture in Read more…
Built between 1992 and 1995, this multi-family building at the intersection of Zielińskiego and Swobodna Streets in Wrocław was designed by Wojciech Jarząbek in collaboration with Edward Lach and Ewa Leś (designed in 1991). In 2009, the building underwent renovations, Read more…
A residential and office building completed in 2008 at the intersection of Kukułcza and Gęsia Streets in Wrocław. Designed by Wojciech Jarząbek. Address: Kukułcza Street 1, Wrocław.
A colorful, eclectic complex of residential and commercial buildings, built between 1996 and 1999 by the Metalowiec Housing Cooperative, designed by Wojciech Jarząbek and his Studio Ar-5 team (Jan Matkowski, Jacek Sroczyński, Paweł Jaszczuk). The buildings are located in the Read more…
This corner building at Barska and Madalińskiego Streets in Krakow was built in the late 1980s according to a design by Romuald Loegler. The building’s two perpendicular wings are connected by a “tower” with a green roof and a glass-block Read more…
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.
Rebuilt communist-era apartment blocks in Gorzów’s Old Market Square on Obotrycka Street. The stylized, postmodern facades were created during the market’s modernization in 1997 – just before the visit of John Paul II and the celebration of the 740th anniversary Read more…
A postmodernist development located between the socialist realist buildings of Osiedle Centrum A and Central Square, and the Nowohuckie Meadows. It was built between 1988 and 1995, designed by Romuald Loegler, with Wojciech Dobrzański and Michał Szymanowski as collaborators. The Read more…
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…
This corner apartment building at Fabryczna Street and Aleja Pokoju in Krakow was built between 1992 and 1994, designed by a team led by Romuald Loegler. It features two gently arched wings connected by a rounded staircase made of glass Read more…
This 1980s-era apartment building received a new facade in 1997, prior to John Paul II’s visit to Legnica. Address: Legnica, ul. Złotoryjska 2-14.
This residential building was built in 1991-1992, designed by renowned Wrocław architect Marian Barski and his son, Jacek Barski, who has been the City Architect of Wrocław since 2024. In 1995, the building received the “Most Beautiful Infill Building” award. Read more…
This housing development, developed as part of the Social Housing Association (TBS), is located in the block of Słowiańska, Murawa, Hercena, and Rylejewa streets in Poznań. Built between 1998 and 2001, it was designed by Krzysztof Wehr and Jan Płoskoń. Read more…
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…
This villa in Saska Kępa was built in 1993 according to a 1986 design by Jarosław Malinowski. The house is a three-segment terraced house in a palatial style with three independent numbers (24, 26, and 28). It has a total Read more…
A blue and white U-shaped residential complex on the corner of Łucka and Żelazna streets in Warsaw. Built between 1996 and 1998, it was designed by Stefan Wrona, Krzysztof Kakowski, Jacek Cybis, and Robert Dałek. The expansive building, comprising numbers Read more…
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…
The development was built throughout the 1990s and later expanded with single-family homes and terraced houses. Designed by Marian Fikus for employees of the adjacent Adam Mickiewicz University campus in Poznań, it was planned as a small town with a Read more…
This four-story house, with an area of over 400 square meters, in the form of a cube enclosed by a concrete cylinder, was built on the outskirts of Lublin in the late 2000s. Designed by Dariusz Kozłowski, the architect of Read more…
A historic street in Legnica, laid out in the 13th century for commercial purposes. In the 1960s, it was demolished and later partially built over with modernist high-rise apartment blocks. In the 2000s, along with parts of Szpitalna and Święty Read more…
The second most popular Krakow castle in Poland after Wawel. A monumental, “castle-like” fortress made of prefabricated concrete panels, it was built between 1985 and 1994 using the stable and flexible SBM-75 technology. The entire complex was designed by Leszek Read more…
One of the tallest residential buildings in Poznań, this 20-story, 61-meter-high skyscraper is an architectural landmark of the Rataje district. Built between 1996 and 2005, it features an elliptical plan and 210 apartments. It was designed by a team consisting Read more…
The residential complex on Dolna Wilda Street in Poznań was built between 1997 and 1998 by the real estate development company Agencja Inwestycyjna. The complex, and particularly its facades facing Dolna Wilda Street, are characterized by characteristic solutions of Polish Read more…
The residential complex between Wyszyńskiego and Jedności Narodowej Streets in Wrocław was built in 1994. Its eastern section facing the Old Oder River was designed (1993) by a team led by Kazimierz Grun, with collaboration from Aldona Kożan and Henryk Read more…
Two suburban villas, styled after medieval castles, stand at the entrance to Poznań from Luboń. The larger was built in the late 1990s, the smaller in 2003. Built and designed by two brothers, they were sold a few years ago; Read more…
This postmodern, monumental building in Warsaw’s Praga district was built between 1984 and 1993, according to a design by a group of architects including Wojciech Hermanowicz, Tomasz Lechowski, Marek Żarski, Janusz Jaworski, Elżbieta Latek-Lechowska, and Małgorzata Łukasiewicz-Traczyńska. The Praga Nursing Read more…
A model example of a gated community, heavily secured and monitored, enclosed by fences and barriers, offering costly comfort to approximately 5,000 beneficiaries of the 1990s political transformation in Poland. It encompasses a fenced area of over 21 hectares, with Read more…
A complex of terraced single-family homes in Praga-Południe, near Saska Kępa. The development was designed in 1994 by Wojciech Hermanowicz, Piotr Majewski, and Andrzej Wyszyński. The development was built between 1996 and 1997. A distinctive feature of all 60 segments, Read more…
The first luxury apartment complex built in Poznań after the 1989 revolution. Equipped with a swimming pool, sauna, and resident gym, it was built in 1999-2000 by the development company Echo Investment, based on a design by Jerzy Gurawski and Read more…
A student residence hall belonging to the University of Białystok, built in the postmodern style between 1997 and 2002. Occupied since 2003, initially by students of the University of Białystok, and a year later by students of the University of Read more…
A residential building in Warsaw’s Sadyba district, near Stanisław Dygat Park. The complex was built between 1993 and 1995, designed by Studio Architekt Juliusz Marcinowski. Inspired by the capital’s classicist architecture, the rectangular complex features a long courtyard and is Read more…
The Ursynów housing estate in the Kabaty district, also known as the SM Przy SGGW Housing Estate, was built between 1998 and 2000, designed by Sołtyk & Sołtyk Architekci. It consists of three buildings – the first one, a long Read more…
This irregular complex of interconnected buildings, varying in style, color, and height, with an internal courtyard on Powsińska Street was built at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s (most likely between 1989 and 1995). The complex was built by Read more…
Zrealizowano w ramach stypendium Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego