The architecture of transformation and postmodernism in Poland
fotografie: Paweł Mazur
- churches
- commercial
- hotels
- office buildings
- other
- public
- residential
Warszawa, Twarda 44
A distinctive building on the corner of Twarda and Sienna Streets in Warsaw, with two circular bay windows protruding above the ro...
Poznań, Bamberski Dwór
The residential complex was built adjacent to the historic Bamberski Dwór (Bamberski Manor House), built in the late 19th century...
Wrocław, corner of Zielińskiego and Swobodna
Built between 1992 and 1995, this multi-family building at the intersection of Zielińskiego and Swobodna Streets in Wrocław was ...
Wrocław, building at 1 Kukułcza Street
A residential and office building completed in 2008 at the intersection of Kukułcza and Gęsia Streets in Wrocław. Designed by W...
Wrocław, Lower Silesian Tax Office (formerly Wrozamet)
An office building designed in 2000 by Wojciech Jarząbek and his Studio A+R team for the household appliance manufacturer Wrozame...
Wrocław, Herbarium
This four-story, cube-shaped building with a distinctive, glass-enclosed round corner is a branch of the University of Wrocław...
Wrocław, Hotel HP Park Plaza
This seven-story hotel was built in 1998-1999, designed by Edward Lach and his colleagues at EL Studio. It opened on December 27, ...
Wrocław, Wratislavia Tower
An office and cinema complex (opening until 2025) located at the intersection of Kazimierza Wielkiego and Św. Antoniego Streets i...
Wrocław, Church of St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe
The church was built in Wrocław’s Gądów Mały neighborhood by the parish’s first and long-time pastor, Dr. Czesław...
Wrocław, Legnicka Business House
This eight-story office building was constructed between 1999 and 2007 next to the Magnolia Park shopping center on Legnicka Stree...
Wrocław, Millenium Towers
A complex of three office buildings on Strzegomska Street in Wrocław, designed by Wojciech Jarząbek and his colleagues at Studio...
Wrocław, Renaissance Business Center
A postmodern version of a Renaissance urban palace with enclosed windows and glass walls. The building was constructed between 199...
Wrocław, Solpol II
The second, undemolished Solpol building, designed by Wojciech Jarząbek, is located across Świdnicka Street, opposite the empty ...
Wrocław, Ołowiana-Pereca-Żelazna
A colorful, eclectic complex of residential and commercial buildings, built between 1996 and 1999 by the Metalowiec Housing Cooper...
Wrocław, National Bank of Poland at Lelewela Street
Wrocław’s high-tech postmodernism. A rare example of the use of high-quality materials in 1990s postmodern architecture, it...
Krakow, Barska 1
This corner building at Barska and Madalińskiego Streets in Krakow was built in the late 1980s according to a design by Romuald L...
Krakow, Church of Our Lady of La Salette
The church on Cegielniana Street in the Cegielniana housing estate is built of brick on the site of a former brickyard. Originally...
Lodz, PKO Bank Polski, Aleksandrowska
A low-rise banking pavilion adjoins the 9-story Real Office building on Aleksandrowska Street in the Bałuty district of Łódź. ...
Łódź, House Under the Roses
The infill on Wigury Street in Łódź was built in 2001 according to the design of Mirosław Błaszczyński (1955-2016). Address:...
Poznań, Malta regatta course complex
A complex of buildings with stands, a referee’s tower, and a refereeing center, located on Lake Malta in Poznań. The center...
Gorzów Wielkopolski, Polish Post Office
The District Post Office building in Gorzów Wielkopolski was built between 1993 and 1997, designed by architect Jerzy Suchanek. T...
Gorzów Wielkopolski, Old Market Square
Rebuilt communist-era apartment blocks in Gorzów’s Old Market Square on Obotrycka Street. The stylized, postmodern facades ...
Jelenia Góra, ZUS branch
The most famous, colorful, postmodern “ZUS Palace” of the Polish transformation era. Built in 1997, it was designed by...
Lędziny, City Hall
Lędziny was granted city rights in 1991 after being separated from Tychy following the local government reform of the early 1990s...
Warsaw, Polsat skyscraper
The skyscraper was built between 2000 and 2003, designed by Wojciech Kluk and his team from the Pro-Arte Architects’ Coopera...
Kraków, Centrum E Housing Estate in Nowa Huta
A postmodernist development located between the socialist realist buildings of Osiedle Centrum A and Central Square, and the Nowoh...
Łódź, building complex on Dobra Street
The residential complex on Dobra Street in Łódź was built between 1992 and 1997. The five-building development was designed by ...
Wrocław, Church of the Redeemer of the World
A church commemorating the Millennium of the Diocese of Wrocław, its design echoes that of the Archcathedral of St. John the Bapt...

