The most interesting city in Poland? Bielsko-Biala!

City Break for Advanced

Ola Kloc, 01 of July '24
City Break for Advanced

City Break for Advanced

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According to Mateusz Zmyślony, Bielsko-Biała is the most interesting city in Poland. What secrets does it hide? What constitutes its uniqueness? Welcome to the next episode of the vlog about cities - City Break for Advanced! [...]

According to Mateusz Zmyślony, Bielsko-Biała is the most interesting city in Poland. What secrets does it hide? What constitutes its uniqueness? Welcome to the next [...]

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Agnieszka Chudy in the series 10 Questions for Landscape Architects.

10 questions for architects and landscape architects

Przemysław Ciępka, 01 of July '24

"10 Questions for Landscape Architects" is a series of short talks inspired by the series "10 Questions for...". This time our attention is turned to architects and landscape architects. In today's episode, landscape architect Agnieszka Chudy of Arch-Point studio talks about her approach to design . [...]

"10 Questions for Landscape Architects" is a series of short talks inspired by the series "10 Questions for...". This time our attention is turned to architects and [...]

Aware - Architecture and Senses exhibition this summer at the Danish Architecture Centre

Visitors will be able to see installations created by 3XN

Ania Kociucka, 01 of July '24
Plakat wystawy Aware - Architecture and Senses

Poster for the exhibition Aware - Architecture and Senses.

Photo credit: Rasmus Hjortshoj | © 3XN

We are almost always present in architecture. It is in it that we sleep, eat, work and meet; it is in it that we travel to and between it. But how aware are we of the impact architecture has on us? On how we move, think and feel? We know that architecture has a lasting and even irreversible impact on the environment. Do we understand how these things are interrelated? [...]

We are almost always present in architecture. It is in it that we sleep, eat, work and meet; it is in it that we travel to and between it. But how aware are we of the [...]

5th edition of the Architectural Award of the Wielkopolska Region

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Ola Kloc, 01 of July '24
5. edycja Nagrody Architektonicznej Województwa Wielkopolskiego

5th edition of the Architectural Award of the Wielkopolska Region

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The fifth edition of the Architectural Award of the Wielkopolska Region (NAWW) has been launched. Once again, the jury will select the best architectural works from the region! The award is granted under the Honorary Patronage of the Governor of the Wielkopolska Region and the Marshal of the Wielkopolska Region. [...]

The fifth edition of the Architectural Award of the Wielkopolska Region (NAWW) has been launched. Once again, the jury will select the best architectural works from the [...]

Klub zostanie otwarty 29 czerwca

The club will open on June 29

Bartosz Bańka

After a break of more than a dozen years, the legendary club in the heart of Gdansk has returned - under a new name. The five floors of the newly renovated tenement house include two cinema halls, a restaurant, a bar, a café and a venue for intimate concerts. [...]

After a break of more than a dozen years, the legendary club in the heart of Gdansk has returned - under a new name. The five floors of the newly renovated tenement [...]

Not the kind of vacation waves we wanted

On the impact of extreme weather events on summer events

Magdalena Milert, 28 of June '24
O wypływie ekstremalnych zjawisk pogodowych na letnie wydarzenia

On the impact of extreme weather events on summer events

© Magdalena Milert

Climate change is increasingly threatening concerts, outdoor events and tourism, presenting organizers and participants with new challenges related to extreme weather conditions. [...]

Climate change is increasingly threatening concerts, outdoor events and tourism, presenting organizers and participants with new challenges related to extreme weather [...]

In today's fast-changing world, floors, flooring and carpets are of great importance in shaping the interiors of our homes, offices and public spaces. Their proper selection and installation affect not only aesthetics, but also functionality, comfort and acoustic and thermal efficiency of rooms. We present the latest trends in the series "Floors, floors, carpets", which will help create modern and stylish spaces. [...]

In today's fast-changing world, floors, flooring and carpets are of great importance in shaping the interiors of our homes, offices and public spaces. Their proper [...]

Konkurs FUTURE PK – Green Eco Friendly Campus

FUTURE PK competition - Green Eco Friendly Campus

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The Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology has announced the FUTURE PK - Green Eco Friendly Campus competition for the development of a conceptual design for the development of the area of the Cracow University of Technology Campus in Krakow, 24 Warszawska St. It is a response to the expectations of the academic community of PK regarding the formation of space with high aesthetic, natural, landscape and recreational [...]

The Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology has announced the FUTURE PK - Green Eco Friendly [...]

Mazurskie Centrum Bioróżnorodności i Edukacji Przyrodniczej „Kumak” w Urwitałcie

Mazurian Biodiversity and Nature Education Center "Kumak" in Urwitałta

Photo: Przemyslaw Andruk © Quadratura

In 2022, amid the Masurian lakes, wetlands and peat bogs, two small, but accommodating a multitude of functions, buildings have sprung up. Recently opened, the Biodiversity and Nature Education Center "Kumak" in Urwitałta delights. [...]

In 2022, amid the Masurian lakes, wetlands and peat bogs, two small, but accommodating a multitude of functions, buildings have sprung up. Recently opened, the [...]

7th edition of the competition for the best railway station in Poland

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Ola Kloc, 28 of June '24
Konkurs Dworzec Roku 2024

Station of the Year 2024 competition

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The 7th edition of the competition for the best railway station in Poland is underway! Its purpose is to promote good standards of passenger service and station infrastructure. [...]

The 7th edition of the competition for the best railway station in Poland is underway! Its purpose is to promote good standards of passenger service and station [...]

In today's fast-changing world, floors, flooring and carpets are of great importance in shaping the interiors of our homes, offices and public spaces. Their proper selection and installation affect not only aesthetics, but also functionality, comfort and acoustic and thermal efficiency of rooms. We present the latest trends in the series "Floors, floors, carpets", which will help create modern and stylish spaces. [...]

In today's fast-changing world, floors, flooring and carpets are of great importance in shaping the interiors of our homes, offices and public spaces. Their proper [...]

Terminal już obsługuje pasażerów

Terminal already serving passengers

Photo by Ekansh Goel © Skidmore, Owens & Merrill

What if tourists could feel the city's heritage from the moment they stepped off the plane? That was the question the architects at Skidmore, Owens & Merrill asked themselves. The office with a rich history, whose modernist work inspired by the work of Mies van der Rohe can be seen in Chicago and New York, undertook the development of an airport serving a remarkably thriving [...]

What if tourists could feel the city's heritage from the moment they stepped off the plane? That was the question the architects at Skidmore, Owens & Merrill asked [...]

wystawa NeuroDiver-Comfort Space LAB podczas Łódź Design Festival 2024

NeuroDiver-Comfort Space LAB exhibition during Łódź Design Festival 2024

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How do neuroatypical people experience the world? What is important and what is difficult when interacting with the built environment? How can their perspective be brought to architects(k)s and design professionals more broadly? Can design decisions enhance neuroatypical people's sense of safety and belonging? [...]

How do neuroatypical people experience the world? What is important and what is difficult when interacting with the built environment? How can their perspective be [...]

Can the social value of a project be measured?

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Przemysław Ciępka, 27 of June '24
Wartość społeczna architektury

The social value of architecture

Photo: Ben Duhac © Unsplash

Can the social value of a project be measured? This is a question that is coming up more and more frequently in light of the upcoming ESG reporting obligation. The answer may lie in "Theory of Change," a design model developed by Arup. [...]

Can the social value of a project be measured? This is a question that is coming up more and more frequently in light of the upcoming ESG reporting obligation. The [...]

Sculptures of LIXA competition winners and laureates

Projects by Maciej Rembielinski, Jakub Augustyniak and Zofia Jackowska

Aleksandra Skorupa, 27 of June '24
Projekt „Harmonia kontrastów”

"Harmony of contrasts" project

© Maciej Rembielinski

Maciej Rembielinski, Jakub Augustyniak and Zofia Jackowska were awarded in the Lix sculpture competition. The winning project: "Harmony of Contrasts" will be realized and the sculpture will stand in front of an office building on Kasprzaka Street in Warsaw. Spatial models of the works "Sunflowers in Wola" and "Homo viator" will become part of the interior design of the office complex. [...]

Maciej Rembielinski, Jakub Augustyniak and Zofia Jackowska were awarded in the Lix sculpture competition. The winning project: "Harmony of Contrasts" will be realized [...]

International success of Archigrest and topoScape studios

Park under the Warsaw Uprising Mound with Landezine International Landscape Award

Ola Kloc, 27 of June '24
park pod Kopcem Powstania Warszawskiego zdobył nagrodę w międzynarodowym konkursie

The park under the Warsaw Uprising Mound has won an award in an international competition

Photo: Michal Szlaga | Illustrations courtesy of Archigrest studio

Another success for Archigrest and topoScape! The symbolic park under the Warsaw Uprising Mound, or "Storm" Action Park, has won an award in the Landezine International Landscape Award (LILA)! [...]

Another success for Archigrest and topoScape! The symbolic park under the Warsaw Uprising Mound, or "Storm" Action Park, has won an award in the Landezine International [...]

What if you could wander out of the city?

Magdalena Milert, 26 of June '24
Ilustracja

Illustration

© Magdalena Milert

Anna Ptaszycka, a prominent architect and urban planner. Her vision of a system of green seams, connecting parks, squares and other green areas, could become a model of a modern, sustainable city. [...]

Anna Ptaszycka, a prominent architect and urban planner. Her vision of a system of green seams, connecting parks, squares and other green areas, could become a model of [...]

VELUX Award 2024

VELUX Award 2024

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The jury of the International VELUX Award 2024 architecture competition has selected ten regional winners from among 468 entries from 220 architecture schools around the world. In the Eastern Europe and Middle East Region, students from Polish universities were recognized in both award categories. [...]

The jury of the International VELUX Award 2024 architecture competition has selected ten regional winners from among 468 entries from 220 architecture schools around the [...]

Kacper Kępiński Zastępcą Dyrektora NIAiU

Kacper Kepinski Deputy Director of NIAiU

Photo: Jakub Rodziewicz | © NIAiU

Kacper Kepinski - architect, architecture critic, curator of numerous exhibitions and editor of the A&B portal - has taken over as Deputy Director of the National Institute of Architecture and Urbanism since June this year. Congratulations! [...]

Kacper Kepinski - architect, architecture critic, curator of numerous exhibitions and editor of the A&B portal - has taken over as Deputy Director of the National [...]

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