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Architecture and urban planning
WXCA wins Gdynia theatre design
POLAND The WXCA architectural studio has won the competition to develop the concept for a major extension to the Witold Gombrowicz Theatre in Gdynia [Teatru Miejskiego im. Witolda Gombrowicza w Gdyni]. Construction work on the project is to start in 2021.
Architecture and urban planning
Planet Lem comes into view
POLAND Jems Architekci has won the first prize in the architectural and urban competition for the design of the Planet Lem Centre for Literature and Language [Centrum Literatury i Języka “Planeta Lem”]. Kraków's flagship cultural project involves the refurbishment of a former salt storehouse in Zabłocie and should be completed by 2023.
Architecture and urban planning
Trzop designs for Smyk
POLAND Children’s store chain Smyk has completed the fit out of its 6,000 sqm office in the D48 building in Warsaw’s Służewiec district. The interior design is by Trzop Architekci.
Projekt Praga for Służewiec
POLAND Projekt Praga has won the architectural competition for the design of a new student house at the University of Warsaw.
Architecture and urban planning
Golub GetHouse presents Liberty Tower
POLAND Liberty Tower, which is to be built at the corner of ul. Żelazna and ul. Grzybowska in Warsaw, will be a 41-storey residential block with a height of 140m and a cascading roof. The building, which is designed by US-based architectural studio Arquitectonica with Epstein acting as the local architectural partner, is also to house a hotel. Work is scheduled to start in Q2 2020.
Architecture and urban planning
Towering prospects for pl. Zawiszy
POLAND A concept has been published for the transformation of the area around pl. Zawiszy in Warsaw.
Architecture and urban planning
Libeskind designs for Łódź
POLAND The city of Łódź has set up the InLodz21 cultural institution which is to develop the Special Retail Zone (Specjalna Strefa Detalu) project.
Architecture and urban planning
From Slag to Silo
POLAND Kraków resigistered company Slag Recycling has started the design work on the almost 20 ha site of a former cement plant in Jaworzno-Szczakowa, 25 km east of Katowice.
Architecture and urban planning
A place to perform in Bielsko-Biała
POLAND Cavatina & Partners has designed an office building and a concert hall on ul. Dworkowa in the centre of Bielsko-Biała.
Architecture and urban planning
Hotel and offices at the mill
POLAND Warsaw-based company Starhedge has set up special-purpose vehicle Fabryka Ossera to develop a hotel project in the former Osser factory in Łódź.
Architecture exploring its feminine side
ESTONIA The ‘A room of one’s own: Feminist questions about architecture’ exhibition at the Museum of Estonian Architecture in Tallinn is to open on January 26th.
Architecture and urban planning
Silesian Uni faculty up for Mies Award
POLAND The new radio and television faculty of the University of Silesia in Katowice has been added to the short-list of buildings nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2019 for architecture – the only Polish project to reach this stage.
Architecture and urban planning
Five-star design in Pasym
POLAND MJZ (formerly KAMJZ) has designed a hotel and leisure complex with a conference centre and a marina to be built in Pasym in the Masurian lake district by Verdancy.
Architecture and urban planning
Poznań to build Uprising museum
POLAND The city of Poznań has announced an architectural competition to find a concept for the Museum of the 1918-1919 Wielkopolska Uprising, which is also to include the design of a park.
Architecture and urban planning
Two studios under consideration for theatre redesign
POLAND The WXCA and LWS Architekci have been shortlisted in the competition to find a design concept for the extension of the Witold Gombrowicz Theatre in Gdynia.
Architecture and urban planning
LWS now does nurseries
POLAND LWS Architekci studio has won the competition to design a nursery school at the junction of ul. Stolarska and ul. Szwedzka in Warsaw's Praga-Północ district.
Architecture and urban planning
Is it a square – or is it a palimpsest?
POLAND The architectural competition for the concept for pl. Centralny square (part of pl. Defilad) in Warsaw has been won by A-A Collective.
Architecture and urban planning
Polish-Italian job for Kraków concert hall
POLAND The design has been approved for the Centrum Muzyki concert hall complex in Kraków. The jury, chaired by Ewa Kuryłowicz, chose the proposal prepared by a Polish-Italian team comprising SBS Engineering Group of Krakow and 3TI Progetti Italia – Ingegneria Integrata of Rome, whose entry beat off rival bids from around the world.
Architecture and urban planning
Competition for new Polonia stadium
POLAND Warsaw city council has announced an architectural competition for the renovation concept of the Polonia Warszawa football stadium at ul. Konwiktorska 6.
Architecture and urban planning
Nizio opens up Warsaw Uprising Museum
POLAND The Nizio Design International architectural studio founded by Mirosław Nizio has won the competition to design the extension and renovation of the Warsaw Uprising Museum.
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Architecture and urban planning
MoMA wins architectural grand prix
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr ...
Poznań with a green Aura
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Construction
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro ...
Strabag to build The Arc
Digitalisation to the rescue
Coronavirus
Vaccination centre provided by Globalworth
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Employers in no rush to return to workplaces
Catella sees hope and chances for real estate after Covid-19
Corporate social responsibility
Not only for horses
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
Panattoni sticks to the fairway
Colliers ends operations in Russia, Belarus
E-commerce
This is the end
Shopee is ending its operations in Poland. The Asian e-commerce platform, which debuted in Poland in 2021, intends to focus on operations in other reg ...
Wildberries now growing in Ukraine
Wildberries growing in April
ESG
Six buildings certified
Six class A office buildings in the PRO Portfolio, which is jointly owned by PineBridge Benson Elliot and Sharow Capital have been granted BREEAM In-U ...
Colliers qualifies as WELL Survey Provider
Nestlé House is Excellent
Eurobuild Awards
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
Call for nominations and jury members!
Let's live this again!
Eurobuild FM
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
Poland versus the West
EurobuildCEE
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The latest issue of Eurobuild is now out – and, as always, it’s packed with timely analysis, expert forecasts, industry commentary... and a good dose ...
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
Time to read Eurobuild's spring issue!
Events
CPK arises
We invite you to join us on June 10th in Łódź at our conference entitled ‘CPK - A new era for Poland and the commercial real estate market’ where we s ...
Back to the Future Conference
Race to the top
Exclusive
Capitalising on the landlord's market
Frederik Stentoft Berling, the group director of brand and communications, explains how Heimstaden's recently announced privatisation of its apartment ...
A more mature student scene
Strategy is key
Eye to eye
Eye to eye… with Władysław Grochowski
After a long break, we invite you to hot episode of the "Eye to eye" podcast! Today we talk with Władysław Grochowski, the head and founder of Arche.
Eye to eye… with Paweł Sapek
Eye to eye with… Daniel Bienias
For Ukraine
Nansen Refugee Award goes to Poland!
The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time. According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi ...
Build Europe supports refugees and appeals to European Commission
Former Russian building to house Ukrainian refugees
Green projects
EIB grants CTP solar-powered €200m loan
Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation ...
Cromwell granted €66m green loan for Janki
Pad Res to build 2 PV farms in Pomerania
Hotels
Romanian hotel market continues to recover
The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024, in terms of RevPAR and occupancy rate, while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone ...
Condo to be built on the Baltic
Marriott plans to expand Four Points by Flex portfolio
Human resources
A change of guard at Eurobuild
From the beginning of June this year, Anna Korólczyk-Lewandowska takes over the position of Editor in Chief of Eurobuild magazine.
Changes at the helm of Dom Development
Savills has new CEO
Infrastructure
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
The Polish and Danish governments have entered preliminary discussions for the construction of a tunnel between Szczecin and Copenhagen underneath the ...
Grand station in little Brzeziny
Ghelamco gets go-ahead for Gdańska
Interior design
JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch
JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasisin ...
Grainy effect for Viterra
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Investment & finance
Erste lends Panattoni EUR 10.2 mln
Panattoni has secured financing for the construction of the third and final building in Panattoni Park Warsaw West. The EUR 10.2 mln loan was granted ...
My Park enters Poland
EUR 1.1 bln transacted in first four months
Land acquisitions
Panattoni enlarges its Swedish portfolio
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
CTP purchases land in Kragujevac
CTP secures major brownfield site
Material partner
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures. Traditional infrastructure ...
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Excellent Fern at Off Piotrkowska
Office & mixed-use development
Three new tenants for Oxygen Park
Golden Star has announced three new tenants for its Oxygen Park centre in Warsaw’s Włochy district. In total, Trane Poland, Hamelin Polska and E-Xim I ...
Colliers lays out the perfect office
Pharma grows in Warsaw’s office scene
Property and Facility Management
Studio B under new management
Colliers has taken over the management of the Studio B office building located in the Warsaw Wola district. The property is owned by Stena Real Estate ...
Cushman feels the Vibe
CBRE will rule in Skyliner II
Public buildings
Warsaw Uni building underway
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Museum of Modern Art opens
Residential
Heimstaden starts apartment sales
Heimstaden has begun apartment sales for its Oh!Praga development in Warsaw.
EBRD supports Resi4Rent
Living sector on the rise
Retail & leisure
Multikino to open in Avenida
The Multikino cinema chain is to open a new multiplex in the Galeria Avenida shopping centre in Poznań'. The parties to the deal have signed a letter ...
Scallier opens park in Western Pomerania
Scallier opens retail park in Ploiești
Technology
Velis has a new name
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum
Warehouse & industrial
Data centres to boom in Romania?
Romania benefits from a series of favourable factors that facilitate the growth and expansion of data centres and could emerge as a developing market ...
