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: Warsaw Architecture
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...
The Royal Sculpture Gallery in the Old Orangery
The Royal Sculpture Gallery in the Old Orangery is one of three main galleries in the Royal Łazienki Park, arranged according to the Royal inventory from 1795. The collection mostly includes 18th cen...
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...
Prudential Tower with the Hotel Warszawa
Prudential tower was built in 1931-1933 according to the design of Marcin Weinfeld. It was the tallest building in Poland and a symbol of pre-war Warsaw. Its image, with walls riddled by German missi...
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...
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...
ZODIAK Warsaw Pavilion of Architecture
ZODIAK Warsaw Pavilion of Architecture was created to present architectural achievements of Warsaw. It’s located in a vibrant part of the city center at the Pasaż Wiecha. The pavilion, being it...
The Potocki Mausoleum – a Little Bit of Royal Kraków in Warsaw
The Potocki Mausoleum, a monument founded by Aleksander Potocki to commemorate his parents Stanisław Kostka Potocki and Aleksandra (nee Lubomirska) Potocka. In 1805 they opened the first public museu...
Przyczółek Grochowski – Discover an Odd Communist-Era Housing Es...
Modernist masterpiece designed by Oskar and Zofia Hansen, considered one of the most important Polish architects of the 20th century. In 2017 their own house in Szumin was included into the Iconic Ho...