Architecture and urban planning

POLAND PLN 28 mln was reserved in the budget of Warsaw for co-financing the renovation of monuments in 2018. For the first time applications for subsidies for renovation may be submitted by owners and administrators of real estate entered into the record of monuments, and not only to the register of monuments.

Unrecognizable river banks

11 January 2018

LITHUANIA Vilnius wants to return the banks of the Neris River to residents.

A Pole chosen by UAE developer

11 January 2018

POLAND/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES A city installation, which presents a team of 14 dandelions, has been placed on a promenade near the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It is a contrasting and strongly European element of the futuristic city landscape.

Steel and glass at the foot of a mountain

02 March 2018

BULGARIA Advanced Architecture Apartments (A3) designed by Starh Stanislavov Architects has been constructed on the slopes of the Vitosha Mountain on the outskirts of Sofia.

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

Tender announced for Rynek Kobro

01 March 2018

POLAND The authorities of Łódź have announced a tender to find a contractor to build the Rynek Kobro square with construction sometime next year.

KD designs for Targ Węglowy

07 February 2018

The KD Kozikowski Design studio has been awarded second prize in a competition to find a concept for a hotel and office building with a shopping and service arcade at ul. Wały Jagiellońskie 2/4 in Gdańsk together with an urban plan for the redevelopment of the Targ Węglowy [coal market] square.

Post–glacial education on the Vistula

31 January 2018

POLAND An educational centre building inspired by the texture and shape of post-glacial stones is to be constructed in Golędzinów in Warsaw’s Praga-Północ district by the end of October 2018.

Galeria Młociny goes to Broadway

31 January 2018

POLAND International studio Broadway Malyan has won the competition to design the restaurant and entertainment area in the Galeria Młociny mall.

PHN with design for Łódź estate

26 January 2018

POLAND 3D Architekci together with Jakub Krzysztofik & Partnerzy and the Marek Rytych Architekt studio has won an architectural competition held by Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) to find a development concept for a new residential estate on a 1.96 ha plot on ul. Kusocińskiego in Łódź.

Cavatina remodels Młode Miasto project

25 January 2018

POLAND Cavatina has been holding talks over the development of a two-building office project in Gdańsk with the Pomeranian monuments preservation department.

Main street to become Main Street

19 January 2018

ESTONIA After decades of prioritising cars over pedestrians, Tallinn city council has embraced a plan to transform a now-congested 1.5 km stretch of road into a lively urban hub.

Polish architects in Kazakhstan

16 January 2018

POLAND/KAZAKHSTAN Maciej Zawadzki has been invited by the mayor of Astana and the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take part in a competition for the design of a symbolic national building.

Glass design for centenary

16 January 2018

LATVIA A stained glass window – glass sculpture dedicated to the events of the barricades of 1991 will be opened in Riga Dome Cathedral Chapel of Maria.

Too many ads in Nowa Sól

12 January 2018

POLAND The authorities of Nowa Sól have adopted a so-called landscape resolution to regulate billboards fences and other street furniture in the town.

Architecture contest for footbridge in Poznań

04 January 2018

POLAND The city of Poznań has announced a competition for the architectural and urban concept of a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the rivers Warta and Cybina. The bridge is to be completed in mid-2021.

Agreement concerning Młode Miasto

28 December 2017

POLAND Preparations for the development of strategic areas in the centre of Gdańsk are nearing completion. Młode Miasto, because this is what the district developed on the revitalized post-industrial plot is called, will be a mixed-use urban area including public space the frames of which were outlined in a local zoning plan, a public embankment, a residential area and some office space.

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

Beth Galí to work for Eurovea

21 December 2017

SLOVAKIA Spanish landscape architect Beth Galí of the Barcelona BB+GG Architects studio is to design the public areas of the Eurovea 2 waterfront project in Bratislava.

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

Neighbour-friendly Witomino

06 November 2017

POLAND An architectural design created jointly by three studios: Dynamo Produce Marzena Wytrykusz, Hago Architekci Andrzej Gołębiewski and Jakub Piórkowski PB Studio has won a competition concerning the concept of a neighbour centre in Gdynia’s Witomino district.