Architecture and urban planning

Eurobuild Awards for Architecture winners selected

POLAND The winners of the Eurobuild Awards for Architecture competition are to be announced on September 14th.

Architecture and urban planning

New music theatre for Klaipėda

LITHUANIA In 2020, the Klaipėda Music Theatre is to be reopened after expansion and renovation work.

Architecture and urban planning

Art House to open in the spring

POLAND The Art House art gallery is to be developed near Warsaw’s Ujazdowski Park. The project, at the junction of ul. Piękna and ul. Johna Lennona, will also serve as the new headquarters of the Desa Unicum auction house, which is currently situated on ul. Marszłkowska, in a building owned by MDM estate.

Architecture and urban planning

Negotiations broken off for Goleniów station

POLAND The Goleniów administrative district has broken off talks with Graz-based architectural studio Riegler Riewe Architekten, the winners an architectural competition for the concept for a communication and cultural centre on the site of Goleniów railway station.

Architecture and urban planning

Nizio takes up Lublin pearls

„„POLAND Nizio Design International is to carry out the design work for the Royal Palace and Kraków Gate in Lublin.

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Meet the mayor at Three Crosses Square

Architecture and urban planning

Getting to know the nominations!

Architecture and urban planning

Vilnius hill brought to life by Libeskind

LITHUANIA The Vilnius Beacon sports centre on Laimis Hill in the city’s Liepkalnis district is to open in December 2017. Daniel Libeskind and his Libeskind Studio is responsible for the design of the complex, which is officially called the Vilnius Beacon Sports Centre for Winter and Summer Entertainment. The aim of the centre is to create a new tourist destination, to widen the range of tourist activities in Vilnius and to transform the city as a tourist destination and reference point in the Baltic region.

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First 3D-printed office building opened, furnished by Bene

WORLD The world’s first 3D printed office building has opened in Dubai, with Austrian company Bene being responsible for the interior design and furnishing of the building. The building was prindted within 17 days. It is just the first building of the complex.

Architecture and urban planning

Winning concept for Stacja Muzeum

POLAND The Forum Architekci studio has won the first place in a competition for a draft of the architectural and urban concept for Stacja Muzeum – a new institution set up to replace the defunct Warsaw Railway Museum.

New development plan for Klaipėda in 2018

LITHUANIA A new comprehensive spatial development plan for Klaipėda is to be prepared for an area of 9.8 ha of the city.

Architecture and urban planning

Libeskind design revealed for Modern Art Center

LITHUANIA The design has been unveiled of the new Modern Art Center (MMC) in Vilnius. Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind from Studio Libeskind (New York/Milan/Zurich) in partnership with Do architects (Vilnius) and Baltic Engineers (Vilnius) are responsible for preparing the architectural design.

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Jürgen Mayer coming to Poland

POLAND World-renowned German architect and artist Jürgen Mayer is to visit Poland in mid-September. He will be the keynote speaker giving the opening speech at Warsaw’s Architecture Festival on September 14th.

Architecture and urban planning

New doctors in a new building

LITHUANIA A new complex of buildings for the medical faculty of the University of Vilnius has been designed by Sweco.

Architecture and urban planning

Office in a tree house

POLAND The Brain Embassy has started its operations in the Adgar Park West building in Warsaw’s Ochota district.

Tétris opens competition for HQ design

POLAND Tétris, which entered the Polish market in 2015 when it acquired Neo Świat, has decided to hand over the design the most important part of the company’s space, i.e. its own office to Polish architects.

Architecture and urban planning

Sports Palace to be renovated for 100th anniversary

LITHUANIA The city of Vilnius is planning the refurbishment and reopening of the Sporto Rūmai ‘Sports Palace’ in Vilnius.

Competition announced for Kołobrzeg station design

POLAND The Polish State Railways (PKP) and the local authorities of Kołobrzeg have announced an architectural competition for the development of the area near the railway and bus stations in the coastal town.

Architecture and urban planning

Design for combined stations in Ustka

POLAND The results of a competition for the development of the urban planning and architectural concept for the Local Integration Hub in Ustka have been announced.

Architecture and urban planning

Polish success at MIPIM 2016

POLAND/FRANCE A project by Mielno Holding, part of Firmus Group, has won the Regeneration and Masterplanning category in the MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards competition.