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Architects: KameleonLab
- Area: 235 m²
- Year: 2012
Poland
Black Cube House / KameleonLab
CRICOTEKA Museum of Tadeusz Kantor / Wizja + nsMoonStudio
Edge House / Przemek Olczyk / Mobius Architekci
KWK Promes Designs Hotel in Pieniny Mountains
Construction has begun on KWK Promes’ lakeside hotel in Poland. Inspired by traditional mountain homes that found refuge from flooding on a neighboring hilltop, the building’s low profile burrows into the ground at its entrance while opening up to the Czorsztyn waters as topography descends. Similar to the regions typical layout, two massive gable roofs, which appear as two separate structures, are designed to house the elevated sleeping quarters.
Business Garden Warszawa Hotel / Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas
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Architects: Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas
- Area: 14926 m²
- Year: 2013
Competition Entry: Ruch Chorzów Football Stadium / Andrea Maffei Architects
Andrea Maffei Architect's competition entry for a new stadium for Ruch Chorzów, one of Poland‘s largest football clubs, offers a capacity for 12,000 and provision for up to 16,000 seats. The design encourages the stadium and its surroundings to act as a new civic point of reference for Chorzów as part of a wider complex of shops and restaurants. The architects' understanding of the movement of people on match days is complimented by the facilities that the new stadium will offer to visitors seven days a week, the design for which will provide Ruch Chorzów with a state-of-the-art football pitch and associated amenities.
GowinSiuta Studio Wins 2013 "Changing the Face" Competition in Warsaw
Poland-based GowinSiuta Studio has won "Changing the Face 2013 Rotunda Warsaw," an annual design competition (now in its 13th year) to revamp the "sawtooth-topped Rotunda, a favorite landmark and meeting spot in central Warsaw." Alongside being awarded the $15,500 prize money, the practice also plans to see their proposal realized by 2015. The studio's proposal, entitled Modern Urban Oasis / Warsaw City Lounge, transforms the Rotunda into an integral part of a public square.
Seaside House / Ultra Architects
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Architects: Ultra Architects
- Area: 470 m²
- Year: 2013
Mecanoo Wins Competition to Design Subterranean Museum in Warsaw
A team consisting of Mecanoo, Michael van Gessel, Delva Landscape Architects and Jojko Nawrocki Architekci has won a competition to design the Royal Lazienki Museum in Poland's capital. The 1,800 square meter museum will be buried beneath a triangular, 2.5 hectare “Garden of the 21st Century” in Lazienki Park, one of Warsaw’s most popular cultural destinations. Michael van Gessel and Delva Landscape Architects will focus on the garden, while Mecanoo leads the museum's design.
PGE GiEk Concern Headquarters / FAAB
Museum Of The History Of Polish Jews / Lahdelma & Mahlamäki + Kuryłowicz & Associates
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Architects: Kuryłowicz & Associates, Lahdelma & Mahlamäki
- Area: 18300 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: D+H, ES-System, Lira Lighting
Pomeranian / AEC Krymow & Partners
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Architects: AEC Krymow & Partners
- Area: 13055 m²
- Year: 2013
Autofamily House / KWK PROMES
House in the woods / Hayakawa/Kowalczyk
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Architects: Hayakawa/Kowalczyk
- Area: 250 m²
- Year: 2013
Warsaw Villa / Kulczyński Architect + PL09
Świdnicka Underground Crossing Winning Proposal / Major Architekci
In October 2012, Major Architekci won a competition to reconstruct a crossing in Wroclaw, Poland. It is scheduled to be finished in 2016, when Wroclaw will be the European Capital of Culture. More images and a description from the architects after the break.