The architecture of transformation and postmodernism in Poland
fotografie: Paweł Mazur
- churches
- commercial
- hotels
- office buildings
- other
- public
- residential
Warsaw, Nautilus
One of the most interesting office buildings designed by the “architect of nascent capitalism” in Poland, Stefan Kury...
Warsaw, Kindergarten No. 412 in Kabaty
Children like it. Adults, not so much. In 2021, the building was included in a publication by the Culture.pl website, listing R...
Łapalice Castle
The work of Gdańsk sculptor and furniture manufacturer Piotr Kazimierczak. One of the most famous and largest illegal constructio...
Gdańsk, Chrobry housing complex
In the “Life in Architecture” architectural competition, the team won the award for the best building in Gdańsk in th...
Poznań, Różany Potok Estate
The development was built throughout the 1990s and later expanded with single-family homes and terraced houses. Designed by Marian...
Siedlce, Siedlce Commune Office
Polish postmodernism of the early 21st century. Completed in 2008, the corner building’s form reflects the city’s char...
Rzeszów, Church of Our Lady of the Rosary
The church was built between 1983 and 1989, designed by Krakow architects Romuald Loegler and his collaborator Jacek Czekaj. Addre...
Lublin, ZUS, Social Insurance Institution
The building complex was expanded in 1998 in the postmodern style, designed by Zygmunt Hofman and Witold Thumenas (HTT Studio). Th...
Żurawiczki, Church and Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary
The church, reminiscent of the Roman Colosseum, boasts 214 windows and a circular plan designed by Leonard Reppel (the architect o...
Lublin, Villa in fortezza
This four-story house, with an area of over 400 square meters, in the form of a cube enclosed by a concrete cylinder, was bu...
Białystok, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic
The Białystok project was designed by Marek Budzyński, the architect of the University of Warsaw Library and the Supreme Court L...
Gdańsk, Hotel Fahrenheit
A hotel in the center of Gdańsk, at the intersection of Grodzka and Sukiennicza Streets, built between 2006 and 2012. The Szotyń...
Gdynia, City Arcade
This office building was built in 1996, designed by Croatian Miljenko Dumenčić, who was associated with Poland and was the creat...
Toruń, Baj Pomorski Theatre
The building was expanded and modernized in 2005-2006, based on a design by the Ambit architectural studio (Elżbieta and Mateusz ...
Warsaw, Neptune, Sirius, Orion
Three office buildings: Neptun (currently the seat of the Institute of National Remembrance), Syriusz, and Orion, forming part of ...
Katowice, Millennium Plaza
This blue and white Katowice office building features a turn-of-the-century design, featuring a profusion of windows with blue ref...
Warsaw, Media Business Centre, TVN
An office building serving media functions, home to TVN, TVN24, and other stations within the Polish arm of Warner Bros. Discovery...
Warsaw, Roma Office Center
This office building on Nowogrodzka Street in Warsaw was designed by Jacek Jedynak and Witold Kalinowski. It was constructed in 19...
Legnica, Środkowa Street
A historic street in Legnica, laid out in the 13th century for commercial purposes. In the 1960s, it was demolished and later part...
Warszawa, Atlas Tower
A skyscraper on Aleje Jerozolimskie in Warsaw, built and designed by the controversial Turkish businessman Vahap Toy (later expell...
Warszawa, Agora
The headquarters of the media corporation Agora S.A., built according to a design by JEMS Architekci, selected in the largest arch...
Warsaw, Church of the Ascension of the Lord
The church in Warsaw’s Ursynów district, built between 1982 and 1989, was designed by Marek Budzyński and Zbigniew Badowsk...
Kraków, “Castle” Block in Czyżyny
The second most popular Krakow castle in Poland after Wawel. A monumental, “castle-like” fortress made of prefabricate...
Poznań, Chartowo Tower
One of the tallest residential buildings in Poznań, this 20-story, 61-meter-high skyscraper is an architectural landmark of the R...
Poznań, Dolna Wilda 88
The residential complex on Dolna Wilda Street in Poznań was built between 1997 and 1998 by the real estate development company Ag...
Wrocław, Wyszyński/National Unity block
The residential complex between Wyszyńskiego and Jedności Narodowej Streets in Wrocław was built in 1994. Its eastern section f...
Poznań, MM Gallery
The building was built between 2010 and 2013 on the site of a glass shopping arcade from the early 1990s, according to the archite...
Warszawa, Złote Tarasy
The center of the Polish capital. A complex of several buildings, including the 105-meter-high Skylight skyscraper, a multiplex ci...

