Skanska completes largest Polish archive

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POLAND Skanska has completed the new home of the National Archives in Kraków, which according to the company is the largest complex of its type in Poland.
The low-energy buildings will house such documents as the city of Kraków Charter of 1257 and thousands of other parchments, among others bearing the royal seals of the Piast and Jagiellonian dynasties. The new National Archives in Kraków consist of two interconnected buildings: an administration building with five above-ground storeys and an underground level, and an archive building with seven above-ground levels and one underground. The complex has a useable area of more than 14,400 sqm. In
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schedule 13 October 2026
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schedule 13 October 2026
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schedule 13 October 2026
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schedule 13 October 2026
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schedule 13 October 2026
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schedule 13 October 2026
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schedule 12 October 2026
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schedule 19 June 2026

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schedule 03 June 2026

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schedule 13 March 2026

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schedule 02 February 2026

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schedule 15 November 2024

Warsaw Uni building underway

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schedule 25 October 2024

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The Museum of Polish History in Warsaw, designed by the WXCA studio, was one of seven winners of the ULI Global Awards for Excellence 2024, awarded by the Urban Land Institute. Presented in the Arts and Culture category, the award is one of the highest international honours in the real estate and urban planning industry. 

schedule 25 October 2024

Museum of Modern Art opens

The Museum of Modern Art opens to the public today. The residents of the capital have been waiting for this investment for nearly twenty years. It is not only a major new institution on the cultural map of Poland, but also another project changing the centre of Warsaw.

schedule 06 September 2024

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schedule 09 August 2024

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A consortium of Balzola Polska, Lantania and EBS Bud has signed a contract for the construction of a building for the District Court for Łódź - Bałuty and Polesie and the District Court for Łódź Śródmieście. The value of the contract is approx. PLN 267,6 mln gross.

schedule 07 August 2024

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schedule 18 July 2024

Nova Marina for sailors in Gdynia

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schedule 07 December 2023

First privately-built state school on its way

Echo Investment and its subsidiary Archicom have started the construction of a primary school for 450 pupils on ul. Konstruktorska in the Służewiec sub-district of Warsaw’s Mokotów district.

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