Smolna 8 – Block of Flats
A 19-storey residential tower with 140 apartments and a rooftop restaurant, designed by outstanding Polish architects Jan Bogusławski and Bohdan Gniewiewski, constructed between 1964-1976. In the beg...
Category Archives: Local spots
Cross an Iconic Warsaw Bridge (Most Gdański)
The Gdański Bridge is a double-decked steel truss bridge constructed in 1957-1959 according to Janusz Ratyński’s design. It was built on the pillars of the Citadel Rail Bridge from 1875, destro...
Łepkowski House – Pre-war Villa Inspired by Le Corbusier
Łepkowski House is an iconic pre-war villa inspired by Le Corbusier, constructed in 1933-1934 according to the design of Lucjan Korngold and Piotr Łubiński. It was built for a director of Chevrolet c...
Courtyard Shrines Throughout Warsaw
There are hundreds of courtyard shrines with Virgin Mary throughout Warsaw, especially in the Praga Północ district. Most were created in 1943 by the Catholic residents of the buildings during severa...
“Ząbkowska 9 – Take Off” by Piotr Janowski
Another cool piece of public art in the Praga district: “Ząbkowska 9 – Take Off” by Piotr Janowski. The artist wrapped a 19th century, mostly abandoned tenement in aluminium foil. F...
WSM Koło II Housing Estate
The WSM Koło II housing estate was designed by Helena and Szymon Surkus. It was built shortly before the socialist realism became the required architecture style in communist Poland. It’s an ar...
Behind the Iron Gate Housing Estate (Osiedle Za Żelazną Bramą)
Behind the Iron Gate housing estate is a complex of nineteen 15-storey residential buildings designed by A. Skopiński, J. Czyż, J. Furman and J. Jozefowicz in 1961, built between 1965-1972. These mon...
Look Inside – Polish Vintage and Contemporary Design
Praga district in Warsaw becomes known for its design and vintage stores. You can find them especially in the Nowa Praga neighborhood along streets: Wileńska and Stalowa. One of the coolest shops is ...
Hanna and Gabriel Rechowicz House
Behind this house during WWII, Irena Sendler hid glass jars with the names of Jewish children she rescued from the Warsaw Ghetto. After the war the house belonged to the artist couple Hanna and Gabri...
Shrine/Kapliczka by Low Bros
Mural “Shrine/Kapliczka” was painted by Low Bros – Berlin based brothers Christoph and Florin Schmidt. Artists examine the contradictions associated with identity in a digital age. ...