Only until November 12 you can still cast your vote in the plebiscite for the best Warsaw architectural projects and events. This is the fifth time the Architectural Award of the President of the Capital City of Warsaw will be awarded. In the first part of today's "Coffee Break" we present the buildings nominated in the categories: Best Public Building, Best Commercial Building and Best Residential Building. The second part of the list can be found here.
1st Best Public Building 2018
Parliamentary Commissions Building
design: Stelmach and Partners Architectural Office, Bolesław Stelmach
cooperation: Marek Zarzeczny, Zbigniew Wypych, Rafał Szmigielski, Sławomir Kłos
investor: the Chancellery of the Sejm
Photo credit: Agnieszka Krasowska
The Sejm Commissions building is located on a plot of land on Wiejska Street. The distinctive facade is made up of razor blades of prefabricated concrete and large glazing.
Zodiac Warsaw Pavilion of Architecture
design: Kalata Architekci, Szymon Kalata, Eliza Kalata; Mateusz Świętorzecki
investor: the City of Warsaw
Photo credit: Juliusz Sokolowski
Zodiak is an example of modern architecture, which was built based on and retaining elements of the 1960s implementation.
Warsaw Wesola Public Library
design: +48 Architektura, Kamil Miklaszewski, Karol Szparkowski, Krzysztof Pasternak, Marta Feder
investor: the City of Warsaw
© +48 Architecture
The minimalist library building was added to the building of Elementary School No. 172. The green roof, with which the building is covered, supports rainwater retention.
2nd Best Commercial Building 2018
Nowogrodzka Square office building
design: HRA Architects, Wojciech Hermanowicz, Błażej Hermanowicz, Stanisław Rewski, Michał Chrzanowski
author team: Baltazar Brukalski, Adam Wojtalik, Monika Chełmińska, Mariusz Rakus, Agata Dobrowolska, Agata Jakubek-Oktaba, Zofia Mikołajczak, Marta Zofińska, Robert Ptasiński, Elżbieta Kozłowska
Investor: Yareal Polska
© HRA Architects
The façade of the office building refers to the surrounding modernist buildings with a vertical facade layout. The building is powered exclusively by renewable energy, and both the lighting and elevators are energy efficient.
Hotel Warsaw
designed by Marcin Weinfeld and Stefan Bryla (1934); Michal Grzybek, Grażyna Grzybek, Marcin Stępniewski-Janowski, Przemyslaw Kramarz, Juan Zardini, Joanna Wichłacz (2018)
Investor: Liwa Holding (Likus Hotels and Restaurants)
photo: Filip Bramorski
A symbol of pre-war Warsaw - the Prudential Insurance Company building - now houses a five-star hotel with one hundred and forty-two individually arranged rooms.
The Nest office building
design: Group 5 Architects, Michał Leszczyński, Roman Dziedziejko, Krzysztof Mycielski, Rafał Zelent, Rafał Grzelewski
cooperation: Piotr Bzdel, Tomasz Szponar, Krzysztof Kamiński
investor: Equinox Capital Partners
Photo credit: Mikolaj Lelewski
The unusual, narrow office building was built on a triangular plot. Its body is divided into several, gradually expanding segments.
3rd Best Residential Building 2018
Building on Witebska Street
design: TZA, Aleksandra Targońska, Marcin Zadrożny
cooperation: Karolina Stejskał, Sylwia Pałatyńska
investor: Agena Inwestycje
Building on Witebska Street, design: TZA
photo: Piotr Krajewski | illustrations courtesy of TZA
www.tzarch.pl, www.facebook.com/tzarchitekci
A minimalist, five-story block in Targówek is varied with geometric indentations of windows and loggias.
Holm House building
design: HRA Architects, Wojciech Hermanowicz, Błażej Hermanowicz, Stanisław Rewski
Designteam: Michał Badowski, Marek Skreczko, Aleksandra Brzozowska
investor: Skanska Residential Development Poland
© BySkanska
Holm House was the first residential building in Warsaw to be certified as a "Barrier-Free Building" and was checked at the design stage to meet the needs of wheelchair users, the blind, visually impaired and the deaf.
House for W
design: MFRMGR, Marta Frejda, Michał Gratkowski
cooperation: Waldemar Nowicki
investor: private
Photo credit: Maciek Jeżyk
The remodeling and modernization of a 1970s corner house is decorated with an openwork facade of hand-formed brick.
Which of the nominated projects or initiatives is your favorite? Be sure to let us know in the comments. You can vote for the Architectural Award of the President of the City of Warsaw here.
