Recycled pearls

Developers are saving the symbols of  the communist era, converting them into modern office buildings and making a fortune at the same timeMladen PetrovThe most outstanding architect of his generation. A representative of the resistance movement in architecture. These are just a couple of the plaudits thrown his way. He designed the first glass curtain wall constituting the elevation of a high-rise building at the Rondo Waszyngtona roundabout (later renovated). He co-designed the Stadion Dziesięciolecia stadium and gave Poznań its famous Okrąglak tower. Added to this was that he also had a keen sense of humour. It is the hundredth anniversary of Marek Leykam’s birth this year. The Polish architect also designed the office of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers on ul. Wspólna in the capital city. He modelled what was to be the most important building in the country, the seat of the communist government, on Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, which is regarded as a symbol of bu