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Architecture

Lublin’s commie bus station to get futuristic facelift

The new station, officially named the Integrated Centre of Communication for the Lublin Functional Area, promises to be a far cry from its predecessor. Press materials

The design of the station’s buildings will include eco-friendly solutions to make the station self-sufficient in energy as well as smog-fighting paving slabs, which will convert toxic exhaust fumes into harmless substances, a wall of air-cleaning plants on the roof of the planned parking and a rainwater collection system.

Sleek new benches based on designs of renowned architect Jerzy Sołtan reappear in heart of seat-y centre

Located in the heart of Warsaw, the new benches have a striking simplicity, consisting of a row of smooth wooden slats supported by a frame, with no back or armrests.

Mastermind that reconstructed Warsaw's Old Town’s to finally be honoured

Described as one of Warsaw’s greatest heroes, Jan Zachwatowicz’s defining project has previously been inducted onto UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

New interactive map celebrates Gdynia’s rich modernist heritage

Marketed as “a virtual compendium of knowledge relating to Gdynia’s architecture”, it is hoped that the exhibition will open the copious glories of Gdynia to a new, wider audience.

Monastic makeover: offshore wartime torpedo station gets recast as monastery

New design aims to give peace a chance by changing a military base into a place of prayer.

Warsaw architects scoop international award for house design

Through the use of natural materials the house is designed so that it is “embedded in the environment”.

Kielce’s famed “UFO” bus station glitters once again following overhaul

One of the most distinctive buildings born of Poland’s communist era, the bus station has become something of a tourist attraction.

Space-age tunnel built under new business district

The new underground passage will link the Warsaw HUB to a metro station.

At last! After 52 years Kraków skyscraper finally nears completion

Originally designed in 1968 as a modern showcase of Poland’s historic second city, work on the showpiece tower began in 1975 but stopped in 1981 leaving it as a PRL eyesore. Now, the 102.5-metre structure has nearly been completed and finished off with so-called Nordic Royal aluminium sheets to lend it a golden glow on Kraków’s skyline.

Design student comes up with beautiful mountain therapy centre to beat depression

Intended to be built in a village in the Bieszczady Mountains in south-eastern Poland, Agnieszka Skwirut’s designs show a building perched on the side of a mountain, far from any major city and surrounded by the mountain’s wild natural beauty.

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Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

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Exclusive

‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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