A higher education establishment is a specific investor for many reasons, mainly because it sometimes reaches the point when it is absolutely necessary for the school to invest in its facilities. But when it does, it’s always unusual, going way the beyond institution’s everyday operations – and thus can be a source of unforeseen hazards. This is reflected in the figures: the number of spectacular building projects carried out by Polish universities and colleges can be counted on one hand – and those for teaching buildings on virtually just one finger.
Years fly by fast
Last June work started on the second stage of the construction of a scientific and teaching building for Warsaw University at ul. Dobra 55. The buildings, which have been designed by the Kuryłowicz & Associates studio, are to be used by the faculties of modern languages and applied linguistics. Because the competition for the first stage of this project was announced as early as 2006,