On 12th of January 2011, the City Hall of Katowice announced an open international competition for an architectural concept of the Market Square’s public spaces. Deadline to submit applications for participation in the contest expired today. “34 architectural studios submitted their applications. Opening of bids will take place next ...

The City Hall of Katowice announced today an open international competition for an architectural concept of public spaces in the heart of Katowice City Center. An awarded studio will be given a soul-source contract worth PLN 1,6 million ...

One month ago, Neinver showed us a prototype of pillars and underground interiors of Galeria Katowicka. Meantime, works have began on the new cap-shaped “umbrellas” of the Railway Station. Construction crews already prepared four bottom structures of the pillars. The former original sixteen cup-shaped pillars of the main ...

In 2009, KWK Promes, an architectural studio from Katowice, presented a design project of Multivilla – residential building located near the Academy of Fine Arts’ seat in the City Center. Despite planned construction work’s start in 2010, the investment has not kicked-off thus far. Nowadays, the studio ...

In July last year the City of Katowice was granted a financial help within the European Union funds to implement an e-promotion of the City’s modernist architecture. Called the Route of Modernism, it is already available for tourists. The sixteen greatest examples of modernism, had selected by the Silesian Cultural ...

The Association of Polish Architects (SARP) has decided an annual competition “Prize of the Year” for the best architecture project realized in Poland last year. The Grand Prix award went to the “AIR Jurkowscy Architekci” studio for the design of the “Książęce” housing estate. Both the studio and ...

While a preparatory work is running at the construction site of the new Silesian Museum and the prime contractor waits to sign the contract and to enter the site, take a few minutes and become familiar with the future building. Here is the interview with Anna Pędziwiatr, ...

Nikiszowiec, a former workers housing estate was registered last week as the Monument of History and became 41st monument of Poland at the list. Also it is an important step in efforts to register this unique complex as the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Monuments Preservation Council had accepted the ...

The Trans-Ziem company needed 21 days to demolish 16 cup-shaped pillars forming the building structure of the Railway Station’s main hall. The demolition works of the pillars had started on 22nd of December last year, and finished today, on 11th of January just in the early afternoon ...

Yesterday, on 22nd of December, deconstruction works on the Railway Station’s main hall started. It will take several weeks to take the building to pieces. The demolition works are conducting by Trans-Ziem. Today, workers tore down a first pillar of the main hall. In February 2011, construction works ...