The architecture of transformation and postmodernism in Poland
fotografie: Paweł Mazur
- churches
- commercial
- hotels
- office buildings
- other
- public
- residential
Warszawa, Zepter Business Centre
It’s no coincidence that the office building on Domaniewska Street in Warsaw resembles a kettle and the letter “Z.R...
Białystok, Church of Casimir the Prince
This two-story church, built in the postmodern style between 1983 and 1993, was designed by Jan Krutul. The church is distinguishe...
Gdańsk, University of Health
This four-story teaching building of a private university established in Gdańsk in 1999 was built between 2000 and 2002, designed...
Zduńska Wola, ZUS, Social Insurance Institution
Building “B” of the Social Insurance Institution in Zduńska Wola, built in the late 1990s. Address: ul. Kilińskiego ...
Warsaw, corner of Kochanowskiego/Rudnickiego
This residential complex at the intersection of Kochanowskiego and Rudnickiego Streets in Warsaw’s Bielany district was buil...
Siedlce, Hotel Janusz
A landmark building from the turn of the century, a time of Polish transformation. Postmodern, multi-story, and gleaming, with irr...
Łódź, EC1 Łódź – City of Culture
The revitalized Łódź Power Plant complex houses a number of the city’s cultural institutions, including the Centre for Sc...
Wronki, Hotel Olympic
According to the owners, Olympic is a “carefully designed facility whose captivating and futuristic shapes create a unique a...
Karpacz, Hotel Gołębiewski
Built in 2009-2010, contrary to the design (it is larger), and in violation of the zoning plan. It was completed in stages, parall...
Kraków, NOT office building, Szkieletor, Unity Tower
A complex of three office buildings, with the tallest, Unity Tower (102 meters), built on the site of the unfinished NOT office bu...
Gdańsk, Stągiewna quarter
The development of the quarter on Granary Island between Stągiewna, Chmielna, Spichrzowa, and Motławska Streets was constructed ...
Kraków, Church of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Rybitwy)
One of Krakow’s most unusual and yet little-known churches, located in the Podgórze district in Rybitwy – the eastern, le...
Krakow, Villa Bateau-Bateau
A postmodern villa designed by Dariusz Kozłowski and Maria Misiągiewicz, built between 1992 and 1996 in Krakow’s Zwierzyni...
Kraków, Jagiellonian University Guest House in Przegorzały
The Jagiellonian University’s Polish Diaspora College, later the Jagiellonian University Guest House in Przegorzały, is now...
Warsaw, Warta Tower (V-Tower)
The modernization of V Tower (formerly Warta Tower), ongoing since 2024, has become an example of an ecological approach to the pr...
Warsaw, Supreme Court
The design for the complex at Krasiński Square in Warsaw was selected in a competition held in 1991. The winning concept was crea...
Wrocław, multi-story car park on Rejtana Street
This 24-hour parking garage on Rejtana Street in Wrocław was built in 1998 in a postmodern style. The facility was designed by Ed...
Olkusz, Słowiki Housing Estate
A large panel housing estate designed to resemble a small town on a hill – with its own market square, a ‘town hall’ tower w...
Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Ratusz apartment block
The locals call it the ‘town hall’, although it is a residential block, not an office building. The building was constructed o...
Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Church of Divine Mercy
The temple was built between 1984 and 1993 (consecrated in November 1993) according to a design by Mieczysław Król, author of Ka...
Poznań, Batman
An apartment building in Poznań’s Winogrady district, built in 1997 according to a design by the Klimaszewska & Biedak ...
Katowice, Primary School No. 51
The school complex in Giszowiec was built between 1990 and 2002 according to the winning design by Stanisław Niemczyk, Anna Pień...
Krakow, Higher Theological Seminary of the Congregation of the Resurrection Fathers
The Higher Theological Seminary of the Congregation of the Resurrectionist Fathers in Krakow is one of the most important works of...
Warsaw, HOP office building
An office building in the centre of the capital city on Chmielna Street, built between 1993 and 1996 as the Aktyn Business Centre....
Wrocław, St. Elizabeth’s Church on Grabiszyńska Street
One of two churches in Wrocław dedicated to St. Elizabeth of Hungary (the other is the basilica on the market square), built toge...
Poźrzadło, Pyramid of Horus
According to its owners, the Horus Pyramid in Poźrzadle is ‘one of the most beautiful public buildings in Poland’. It is part...
Krakow, Gate to the City of the Dead
The cemetery chapel at Batowice Cemetery on Powstańców Street was built in 1998 according to a design by Romuald Loegler. It is ...
Tychy, Church of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Clare
“Mały Asyż” – bo nawiązuje do bazyliki św. Franciszka z Asyżu, “polska Sagrada Familia” –...

