The architecture of transformation and postmodernism in Poland
fotografie: Paweł Mazur
- churches
- commercial
- hotels
- office buildings
- other
- public
- residential
Licheń, Basilica in Licheń Stary
The Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń is the main church of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland in Licheń Stary ...
Łódź, Emil Schmechel Department Store, Shoe House
The Emil Schmechel Department Store was built in the early 20th century by expanding a former 19th-century tenement building. From...
Łódź, Julian Tuwim Youth Palace
A postmodernist building designed by Zbigniew Palma, built in 1996. It houses the Julian Tuwim Youth Palace, a cultural and educat...
Łódź, Saspol shopping center
A postmodern building in the center of Łódź, often compared to the famous, but now demolished, Solpol shopping center in Wrocł...
Łódź, tenement house at 6 Włókiennicza Street
One of the tenement houses undergoing renovation as part of the city’s nearly PLN 300 million City Center Revitalization pro...
Łódź, tenement house at 15 Włókiennicza Street
One of the tenement houses undergoing renovation as part of the city’s nearly PLN 300 million City Center Revitalization pro...
Łódź, tenement house at 20 Włókiennicza Street (Atlas Sztuki Foundation)
One of the tenement houses undergoing renovation on Włókiennicza Street in Łódź, unlike a dozen or so others, was rebuilt and...
Mikołów, “Nad Jamną” Housing Estate
This 12-building estate in Mikołów, built between 1983 and 1986 according to a design by Stanisław Niemczyk, is one of the most...
Murowana Goślina, Zielone Wzgórza estate
This postmodernist housing estate was built between 1983 and 1989 in Murowana Goślina, near Poznań. It was built for the workers...
Poznań, Academy of Music, Aula Nova
The new wing of the Poznań Academy was built between 1995 and 1997, designed by Jerzy Gurawski. It echoes the adjacent, historic ...
Poznań, Stary Browar
A shopping and cultural center where, in accordance with the vision of its founder, Grażyna Kulczyk, half of the project is dedic...
Poznań, Collegium Stomatologicum
The deconstructivist building, designed by Piotr Namysł, was opened in 2004. The building is currently occupied by the Specialist...
Poznań Plaza
A shopping center built in the Winiary district of Poznań in 2004-2005. Designed by Pentagram Architekci, the facility boasts 45,...
Poznań, Tenement house at Kochanowskiego Street 28
A house on the corner of Poznańska and Kochanowskiego Streets in Poznań designed by Izabela Klimaszewska and Tadeusz Biedak. One...
Poznań, Stefan Batory Estate
The northern section of the Stefan Batory housing estate (facing Opieńskiego Street) was built between 1999 and 2001, designed by...
Wrocław, Centrum Orląt, EFL Building
The EFL building at Orląt Lwowskich Square in Wrocław, also known as the Centrum Orląt, was built in 2000-2001 according to a d...
Poznań, Totalizator Sportowy
The Totalizator Sportowy office building was constructed between 1993 and 1995 on Palacza Street in Poznań. The three-story build...
Łódź, Artur Rubinstein Łódź Philharmonic
The Philharmonic Hall was built between 2000 and 2004 on the site of the demolished Ignacy Vogel Concert Hall from the turn of the...
Wrocław, Papugowiec, a colorful Infill
The most famous Polish infill of the 1990s. Built in 1996 at Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 36 in Wrocław, designed by Wojciech Jarząb...
Głogów, Old Town
Głogów’s historic Old Town was almost completely destroyed during a seven-week bombardment by the Russians in early 1945. ...
Warsaw, Hotel Sheraton Grand
The first Sheraton hotel in Poland, currently one of only two (along with the one in Krakow) with “Grand” in its name,...
Wadowice, Church of St. Peter the Apostle
This postmodern church was built between 1984 and 1991, designed by Jacek Gyurkovich, Ewa Węcławowicz-Gyurkovich, and Przemysła...
Pszczyna, Church of Saint John Paul II
Construction of the church in the Silesian Insurgents’ Housing Estate in Pszczyna has been ongoing since 2011, with completi...
Krakow, Krakow Opera
The building complex was built between 2004 and 2008, designed by Romuald Loegler. The lowest building, with a semicircular roof a...
Warsaw, Focus
This project became an iconic turn-of-the-century office building in Poland and set the standard for Class A buildings. Built betw...
Wrocław, colorful apartment blocks on Szwedzka Street
The colorful apartment blocks on Szwedzka Street in Wrocław were built at the turn of the 21st century. Designed by Wojciech Jarz...
Wrocław, Church of St. Stanislaus Kostka
This two-story Catholic church was built between 1984 and 1997 on the site of a pre-war Protestant chapel. The church was designed...
Stalowa Wola, Church of Divine Providence
The church was built between 1990 and 1993, designed by Aleksander Holas, the architect of over 60 churches and chapels in Poland....

