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15 of April '24

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There will be an Empik in Warsaw's Cepelia. There are visualizations!

Modernist icon of the capital almost in its original form

Jakub Głaz, 07 of May '24
wizualizacja pawilonu Cepelii w Warszawie po remoncie, proj. AMC - Andrzej M. Chołdzyński, Bernatek Architekci

Visualization of Cepelia pavilion in Warsaw after renovation, proj. AMC - Andrzej M. Choldzynski, Bernatek Architekci

Source: Empik, © AMC - Andrzej M. Choldzynski, Bernatek Architekci

Not hamburgers and not monkeys will be sold in the renovated Cepelia pavilion in Warsaw. Empik will move into the iconic building of the capital's downtown. Visuals have finally been shown. Cepelia is expected to look almost like the original. However, it regrets the old neon sign and graphics. [...]

Not hamburgers and not monkeys will be sold in the renovated Cepelia pavilion in Warsaw. Empik will move into the iconic building of the capital's downtown. Visuals have [...]

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Gdansk South will finally gain a center of real interest? The city has announced a competition

 

Ewa Karendys, 07 of May '24
Centrum Południe - granice z lotu ptaka

Center South - borders from a bird's eye view

Source: www.obliview.brg.gda.pl / mat. UM in Gdansk

The city is putting the finishing touches on the creation of a new neighborhood center to help turn a bedroom community in Gdansk into a place where residents can spend time. The concept for the district center will be chosen in a competition that officials have just announced. [...]

The city is putting the finishing touches on the creation of a new neighborhood center to help turn a bedroom community in Gdansk into a place where residents can spend [...]

Success of Gdansk University of Technology students in an international competition!

Jan Momot and Mateusz Pludowski - Faculty of Architecture, Gdansk University of Technology

Aleksandra Skorupa, 07 of May '24
„Circadian Retreat House in Bieszczady” – zwycięska koncepcja studentów Politechniki Gdańskiej

"Circadian Retreat House in Bieszczady" - winning concept of students of Gdansk University of Technology

© Jan Momot and Mateusz Pludowski

Jan Momot and Mateusz Pludowski - students of the Faculty of Architecture at the Gdansk University of Technology - won the top prize in the international PLEA Sustainability & Resilience Student Design Competition 2024. Their project "Circadian Retreat House in Bieszczady" proved unrivaled in the "Definition Scale" category (building or enclosed public space). [...]

Jan Momot and Mateusz Pludowski - students of the Faculty of Architecture at the Gdansk University of Technology - won the top prize in the international PLEA [...]

A like architecture. WWAA in the spring edition of FOPA 2024

FOPA 2024, spring edition [May 16, 1 p.m.].

Ola Kloc, 07 of May '24
WWAA

WWAA

Photo: Sabina Chmiel-Sutor | Illustrations courtesy of the studio

During this spring edition of the Festival of Open Architecture Studios - an event accompanying the Culture of the Regenerative City congress - we will visit as many as two Warsaw offices. The secrets of the WWAA team's work will be revealed to us by Natalia Paszkowska. [...]

During this spring edition of the Festival of Open Architecture Studios - an event accompanying the Culture of the Regenerative City congress - we will visit as many as [...]

Professor Rafal Czerner is dead

He was 66 years old

Wiktor Bochenek, 07 of May '24
nie żyje profesor Rafał Czerner

Professor Rafal Czerner is dead

© Courtesy of the Press Office of Wrocław University of Technology

Professor Rafal Czerner, an architect, conservator and researcher of the history of Silesian architecture, died on May 3, 2024 at the age of 66. He was the son of Professor Olgierd Czerner. [...]

Professor Rafal Czerner, an architect, conservator and researcher of the history of Silesian architecture, died on May 3, 2024 at the age of 66. He was the son of [...]

Let's shrink

Kuba Glaz's column

Jakub Głaz, 06 of May '24
Jakub Głaz

Jakub Głaz

fot.: Lubomir Nikolov

What does the future hold for us? - I asked here two years ago on the occasion of the previous Venice Biennale. Shast-prast, two years have passed and we know the answer: to make events with the word "future" in the name. Such as this year's [...]

What does the future hold for us? - I asked here two years ago on the occasion of the previous Venice Biennale. Shast-prast, two years have passed and we know the [...]

AURA - the winning concept of the students of Gdansk University of Technology

Ewa Bombalicka, Alicja Jackowska - Faculty of Architecture, Gdansk University of Technology

Aleksandra Skorupa, 06 of May '24
AURA – zwycięska koncepcja studentek Politechniki Gdańskiej

AURA - the winning concept of the students of Gdansk University of Technology

© Ewa Bombalicka and Alicja Jackowska

Alicja Jackowska and Ewa Bombalicka - students of the Faculty of Architecture at the Gdansk University of Technology - have created the winning design for the Polish Sailing Museum in Wladyslawowo. The competition for the architectural and urban planning concept for a branch of the National Maritime Museum in Gdansk was organized by the Gdansk University of Technology, the National Maritime Museum in Gdansk and the Society of Friends of the National Maritime Museum. "AURA" was appreciated for [...]

Alicja Jackowska and Ewa Bombalicka - students of the Faculty of Architecture at the Gdansk University of Technology - have created the winning design for the Polish [...]

"An egg shell is a sophisticated work of engineering". OVO Grąbczewscy Architekci in the spring edition of FOPA 2024

FOPA 2024, spring edition [May 13, 1 p.m.]

Ola Kloc, 06 of May '24
Muzeum Ognia w Żorach, 2015

Fire Museum in Zory, 2015

Photo: Tomasz Zakrzewski © Illustrations courtesy of the studio

Ahead of us is the next spring edition of the Festival of Open Architectural Studios — an event accompanying the International Congress on Culture of the Regenerative City. We will start FOPA in Katowice, at the headquarters of the OVO Grąbczewscy Architekci studio, where Oskar Grąbczewski will show us around. [...]

Ahead of us is the next spring edition of the Festival of Open Architectural Studios — an event accompanying the International Congress on Culture of the Regenerative [...]

QUATRO ILUMINARE lamp - a distinguished project by students of Gdansk University of Technology

Kacper Bernat, Oliwia Kłos, Mateusz Fuks - Faculty of Architecture, Gdansk University of Technology.

Aleksandra Skorupa, 02 of May '24
lampa Quatro iIuminare – wyróżniony projekt studentów Politechniki Gdańskiej

Quatro iIuminare lamp - an award-winning project by students of Gdansk University of Technology

© Kacper Bernat, Oliwia Klos, Mateusz Fuks

Kacper Bernat, Oliwia Kłos and Mateusz Fuks - students of the Faculty of Architecture at the Gdansk University of Technology - won honorable mention in the competition "Lighting fixtures for public and commercial spaces", organized by the Polish Lighting Industry Association. Their work "Quatro iluminare" was recognized for its simplicity of form and design. The students created a universal lighting system related to public [...]

Kacper Bernat, Oliwia Kłos and Mateusz Fuks - students of the Faculty of Architecture at the Gdansk University of Technology - won honorable mention in the competition [...]

Small-town tourism

May Day "tourism"

Magdalena Milert, 02 of May '24

May Day is a time when Polish lakes and mountains, full of attractions, attract tourists. However, behind the curtain of the tourist season lies a reality that may surprise you. Tourism is a phenomenon that affects all urban processes. For residents, it means a form of dispossession that is both material and emotional. The main role in regulating and controlling tourism, however, is played by local governments. [...]

May Day is a time when Polish lakes and mountains, full of attractions, attract tourists. However, behind the curtain of the tourist season lies a reality that may [...]

Certified buildings have increased in Poland

#ThursdayReport

Wiktor Bochenek, 02 of May '24
raport „Zrównoważone Certyfikowane Budynki 2024” opracowanego przez PLGBC.

"Sustainable Certified Buildings 2024" report developed by PLGBC.

© Polish Green Building Council PLGBC

What is the situation of certified buildings? In which sectors are they increasing the most? The latest report issued by PLGBC answers these questions. [...]

What is the situation of certified buildings? In which sectors are they increasing the most? The latest report issued by PLGBC answers these questions. [...]

DS Jowita to be demolished again. But what in return?

Modernist dormitory in Poznań under threat

Jakub Głaz, 30 of April '24
dom studencki Jowita w Poznaniu, elewacja frontowa, wschodnia

Jowita student house in Poznań, front elevation, eastern

Photo: Jakub Głaz

In December - a promise to save. In April - a change of mind. The future fate of the well-known Jowita student house in Poznan still depends on not quite clear analyses and decisions. One thing is known: an architectural competition is to be held. But what will be its conditions? Will it be preceded by decent consultations? [...]

In December - a promise to save. In April - a change of mind. The future fate of the well-known Jowita student house in Poznan still depends on not quite clear analyses [...]

Main Post Office with conservationist approval. What's next.

The decision lies with the magistrate

Wiktor Bochenek, 30 of April '24
co dalej z budynkiem poczty?

What's next for the post office building?

© Zeitgeist Asset Management Press Materials

What next for the Main Post Office building in Krakow? The unique place on the map of the city for many years reminds us of itself, being a partially undeveloped space. Will something change since the announcement of its [...]

What next for the Main Post Office building in Krakow? The unique place on the map of the city for many years reminds us of itself, being a partially undeveloped space. [...]

REHAU

How to design a designer kitchen that is practical to use?

REHAU

30 of April '24
kuchnia z meblami Rehau

kitchen with Rehau furniture

© Rehau

Unconventional furniture development - we're a yes! On the other hand, what is crucial is the combination of style and practical aspects of the room. How it will be designed by the architect is related to the needs of the users, the lifestyle of the residents for whom he is designing. [...]

Unconventional furniture development - we're a yes! On the other hand, what is crucial is the combination of style and practical aspects of the room. How it will be [...]

We know the result of the competition for the best student bathroom design

 

Wiktor Bochenek, 30 of April '24
największą liczbę głosów uzyskała łazienka autorstwa Jakuba Targosza

the highest number of votes was received by the bathroom by Jakub Targosz

© Jakub Targosz

Voting for the Audience Award - the best interior design for the bathroom of a single-family house made at the Cracow University of Technology - has ended. This is another edition of the audience vote. [...]

Voting for the Audience Award - the best interior design for the bathroom of a single-family house made at the Cracow University of Technology - has ended. This is [...]

How can culture help regenerate the city?

4th International Congress on Culture of the Regenerative City

Ola Kloc, 30 of April '24
IV Międzynarodowy Kongres Kultura Miasta Regeneracyjnego

4th International Congress on Culture of the Regenerative City

© organizers archive

The fourth cover of the Urban Regeneration Congress in Lodz is fast approaching. This year, the event organized by the Open Eyes Economy movement and the City of Lodz will be dedicated to the issues of regenerative city culture. [...]

The fourth cover of the Urban Regeneration Congress in Lodz is fast approaching. This year, the event organized by the Open Eyes Economy movement and the City of Lodz [...]

A MONEY HOUSE - a family history of a Poznan UAP student

Michał Kościuk - Faculty of Architecture and Design, University of Arts in Poznań

Aleksandra Skorupa, 30 of April '24
DOM PONADPOKOLENIOWY zmodernizowany przez Michała Kościuka

A MONDAY HOUSE modernized by Michal Kosciuk

© Michal Kościuk

The project PONADOPOCENTAL HOUSE is a unique idea, originating in Poznan's Swierczewo district. Its creator is Michal Kościuk - a student at the University of Arts in Poznań. Inspired by the rich heritage of his family roots, he decided to create something more than just a building. His HOUSE is an extraordinary journey through generations, where history and modernity are intertwined in one unique story. [...]

The project PONADOPOCENTAL HOUSE is a unique idea, originating in Poznan's Swierczewo district. Its creator is Michal Kościuk - a student at the University of Arts in [...]

On opportunities and threats of water in agriculture

Conclusions of the 4th Water Roundtable.

30 of April '24
Jakub Mazur – Wiceprezydent Wrocławia

Jakub Mazur - Deputy Mayor of Wroclaw

Photo: MPWiK Wrocław | Illustrations courtesy of the organizers

"Complex problems lack simple solutions," - said Professor Zbigniew Kundzewicz, hydrologist and climatologist, at the opening of the 4th Water Roundtable, this year focused on the opportunities and risks of water in agriculture. The event was organized by the Open Eyes Economy movement and the City of Wroclaw. [...]

"Complex problems lack simple solutions," - said Professor Zbigniew Kundzewicz, hydrologist and climatologist, at the opening of the 4th Water Roundtable, this year [...]

Competition for students to design a large-format sculpture in Warsaw's Wola district

#CompetitionBasePoland

Ola Kloc, 30 of April '24
Konkurs dla studentów na projekt wielkoformatowej rzeźby plenerowej

Competition for students to design a large-scale outdoor sculpture

© Yareal Polska

Yareal Poland, in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, is organizing a competition for students and graduates of the Media Art Department of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, in which young artists are tasked with creating a design for a large-format sculpture for the space of an office complex in Warsaw designed by HRA Architects. [...]

Yareal Poland, in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, is organizing a competition for students and graduates of the Media Art Department of the Warsaw [...]

PERFORACJA – BLACHY PERFOROWANE Sp. z o.o.

Perforation - perforated sheets

from the series "Material in architecture - trends 2024"

30 of April '24

Perforation company - perforated sheets sp. z o.o. - a leader in the industry of perforated sheets and meshes - awarded the prestigious Business Gazelles award eleven times and Forbes Diamond four times. [...]

Perforation company - perforated sheets sp. z o.o. - a leader in the industry of perforated sheets and meshes - awarded the prestigious Business Gazelles award eleven [...]

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