Poland

NAWA by Oskar Zieta, NAWA Daliowa Island, Daliowa Island art, Oskar Zieta sculpture, NAWA sculpture, FiDU technology, polished steel art sculpture

Ultralight NAWA sculpture continually changes its appearance throughout the day

Bionics, art, and public space merge in NAWA, a striking sculpture designed by Oskar Zięta of Zieta Prozessdesign...

LODOVNIA by mode:lina, traffic cone architecture, mobile ice cream shop, mobile sweets shop, mode:lina Stary Browar, LODOVNIA shop, LODOVNIA in Pozna, Pozna in Courtyard of Art, sculptural architecture shop

Spiky sweets shop makes extraordinary use of the common traffic cone

This new ice cream shop in Poznań, Poland is a treat for the stomach—and the eyes. Clad in nearly a thousand...

zalipie village, polish village, painted village, painted buildings, polish paintings, post-wwii art, polish artwork

Polish village heals post-WWII blues with hand-painted homes

The small village of Zalipie, Poland leaves a big, bright, and beautiful impression on travelers. Everywhere you...

Krakow Music City masterplan, Krakow Music Academy. Krakow Music City by FAAB Architektura, smog fighting architecture, air purification architecture, buildings that fight smog, buildings that fight air pollution, Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie

This smog-fighting music academy will have an air purifier as effective as 33,000 trees

The Polish city of Krakow has some of the worst air pollution in the world. In hopes of improving the city’s...

Varso Tower by Foster + Partners, tallest tower in Poland, tallest tower in Warsaw, Hermanowicz Rewski Architects Varso, Varso Development in Poland, BREEAM Outstanding architecture in Poland,

Foster + Partners break ground on Poland’s tallest tower

Construction has begun on Varso Tower, a skyscraper designed by Foster + Partners that will be the tallest tower...

National Museum in Szczecin, National Museum in Szczecin by KWK Promes, World Building of the Year 2016, World Building of the Year 2016 National Museum in Szczecin, Szczecin Square by KWK Promes

Poland’s National Museum in Szczecin wins World Building of the Year 2016

Hidden underground so as not to obstruct views of the neighboring Philharmonic Hall (the 2015 winner of the Mies...

TPA Instytut Badań Technicznych Sp. z o.o., TPA Sp. z o.o., glowing bike lane, luminous bike lane, blue bike lane, Poland glowing bike lane, Poland biking, phosphors bike lane, bike lane charged by the sun

Poland unveils glowing bright blue bike lane that’s charged by the sun

Poland just unveiled an amazing new bike path that glows bright blue at night! The path near Lidzbark Warminski...

Opera Software headquarters, green headquarters, Poland, Mode:lina Architekci, office space, from recycled materials, green design, interior design, reused materials

How Opera used 1,000 old floppy disks and other e-waste in their new Poland headquarters

Opera's new headquarters are located in two prestigious townhouses in the heart of Wroclaw. The buildings-one built...

The Infinite Green, Wroclaw, Poland, Adam Kalinowski, Infinite Green by Adam Kalinowski, Infinite Green, Infinity Loop covered in plants, living sculpture covered in 3,000 plants, art sculpture covered in plants, Polish living art, living green art in Poland, green art in Poland

This amazing living sculpture is covered in over 3,000 plants

The Infinite Green is based on the designer's previous project The Green Wall- a system which dynamically interacts...

KWK Promes, concrete home, Poland, Robert Konieczny, Konieczny Ark, safe home, hllside home, lets rainwater flow,

Concrete Ark house ‘floats’ to facilitate natural rainwater runoff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q41C_oE94OQ Konieczny's super-safe gable-roofed home is resembles an old-fashioned...

Beskid Mountain, Serpent-shaped hotel, low ecological footprint, coiling serpent hotel, Beskid Mountain Hotel, Beskidy Hotel, dd Architekci, Polish green design, timber hotel shaped like a serpent

Serpent-shaped hotel coils around site contours in the Beskid Mountains

"We started the project with an analysis of the building plot and its shape because we decided to fit our building...

Fernando Menis, Poland, Polish architecture, music hall, concert hall, brick, concrete, picado, recyling, tenerife, Spanish architects, cave-like, torun

Crushed bricks recycled for a cave-like concert hall in Poland

Located between Torún’s old town, a UNESCO-protected site, and the new development area of the city, the concert...

Cedar House by Mariusz Wrzeszcz, Cedar House in Poland, Mariusz Wrzeszcz in Poznan, east west oriented homes, Mariusz Wrzeszcz designed homes

Contemporary Polish home is clad almost entirely in cedar planks

Built for a single homeowner who wanted easy access to all rooms of the home, the 166-square-meter Cedar House...

poland, belarus, Bialowieza Forest, Bialowieza Puszcza, logging, greenpeace, national parks, unesco world heritage site, unesco world heritage sites, protected land, natural forests, protected forests

Poland is planning to log one of the last primeval forests of Europe

One of the last remaining untouched forests in Europe will be opened up to logging activity, according to Poland’s...

Pool House, 42mm Architecture, Poland, green architecture, swimming pool, wooden cladding, exposed concrete, concrete shell, glass facade

42mm Architecture’s sculptural Pool House in India is wrapped in a curved concrete shell

The extension accommodates a home theater, lounge, changing rooms, a gym and two suites, with a large swimming...

mode:lina architekci, LIDL, supermarket chains, green interior, Poland, wood interior, wooden furniture, natural lighting, restaurant design

mode:lina architekci design a playful new restaurant for LIDL Poland

LIDL's new headquarters in Jankowice, in the suburbs of Poznań, required a new restaurant which would reflect...

Czermna Chapel, Poland, Capela dos Ossos, green design, eco design, sustainable design, ossuary, bone church, Our Lady of the Conception of the Capuchins, Rome, Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic, Monastery of San Francisco, UNESCO world heritage, catacombs, San Bernardino alle Ossa,

6 Creepy Churches Made of Bones

Our Lady of the Conception of the Capuchins Sedlec Ossuary Monastery of San Francisco San Bernardino alle Ossa Czermna...

Mode:lina Architekci, Poland, Poznan, apartment design, flexible spaces, open-plan layout, natural materials, wooden interior, green interior, storage spaces

Stunning modular Open/Private Apartment in Poland boasts a mini cinema

Mode:lina Architekci has a distinct design approach; their space-efficient pop-up stores are dominated by natural...

eco mural, reverse graffiti, PGE Polish Energy Group, Bieszczady National Park, Bieszczady Mountains, Solina, Poland, Solina Dam, Lake Solina, eco art, mural, Scholz & Friends, Good Looking Studio, Przemek “Trust” Truscinski, pressure wash

Giant reverse graffiti eco-mural cleans up Poland’s largest dam

The Solina Dam, completed in 1969, generates 200 MW of electricity and was responsible for the creation of the...

2015 Milan Expo, 2pm, archtiectural facade, Poland, Polish design, polish designers, Polish green architecture, Polish green building, Polish Pavilion, recycled wood, warsaw, Wood, wood architecture, wood facade, world expo 2015

This building made from hundreds of apple crates has a surprise inside

Built on a rectangular plot of 2,370 square meters, the Polish boxed building is the 2015 Expo’s fourth biggest...

Szymon Hanczar, tiny home, tiny apartment, 140 square foot apartment, 13 square metre apartment, Poland, interiors, interior design, compact spaces, multipurpose living space,

Polish designer lives every minimalist’s dream in a tiny 140-square-foot apartment

First the obvious: this tiny space is for single living only. However, within the compact floor plan, Hanczar has...

Tomasz Zablotny, Paweł Maszota, Gdańsk Shipyard, Small House on Tracks, Poland, solar powered homes, tiny homes, tiny house community, tiny home community, mobile house, transformable house

Affordable community of tiny homes could revitalize abandoned railway tracks

Designed for an innovative housing competition, Small House on Tracks was envisioned as a livable low-cost commune...

Rozove Cafe, mode:lina architecture studio, pinkest shop and cafe in Poznan, Poznan, Poland, mode:lina, plywood, MFP boards, herringbone tiles, brick walls, natural light

Poland’s Rozove Cafe captures the feeling of home within a small flexible space

The client wanted a space that would evoke a cozy and welcoming home-like environment. Thus mode:lina swapped the...

Auto family house, KWK Promes, Poland, drive thru art gallery, automobiles, car, eco-friendly car, green roof, modern home, art gallery, cantilever

Stunning green-roofed Autofamily House features a drive-thru art gallery in Poland

Access to the 990-square-meter Autofamily House starts at the south-end entrance, where a ramped driveway leads...

philips, szczcein, poland, led, leds, citytouch, smart cities, streetlights, street light, green lighting

Philips to install LED streetlights in Poland for a 70 percent energy savings

Philips Lighting just announced that they were selected to conduct a massive overhaul of over 5,000 streetlights...

KAMJZ, Kurylowicz & Associates, energy efficient building, solar panels, Gdańsk Central Business District Development, Poland, mixed use building, Gdańsk, green roofs, rainwater recycling, office building, sustainable building, acoustic barrier, sun shade,

KAMJZ and Kurylowicz unveil designs for green-roofed, energy-efficient Polish office building

Gdańsk’s new Central Business District Development will be located along the city’s main axis roads and rail...

Edge House, Mobius Architecture, terrace, cantilever, Krakow, Poland, pitched roof, stone and timber, stone house, lime rock, family house, green architecture

Mobius Architecture’s modern Edge House is ringed by a green-roofed terrace

Mobius Architecture's Edge House by is carved 8 meters into a lime rock in the mountains near Krakow, Poland. The...

Le 2 Workshop, Third House From the Sun, Poland, Lodz, minimalist architecture, passive home, passive design, natural daylight, solar study, sun mapping, open-plan

Le 2 Workshop’s Third House From The Sun is a passive minimalist dwelling in Poland

The clients desired an eco-friendly home filled with natural daylight and a sense of spaciousness. As a result,...

Poland, Warsaw, Izabelin, Izabelin House 2, REFORM Architekt, Marcin Tomaszewski, minimalist house, mirrored home, mirrored house, mirrored panels, floor-to-ceiling glazing

Mirrored modern home appears to vanish into the Polish forest

Izabelin House 2’s large reflective surfaces and minimalist boxy structure is characteristic of Tomaszewski’s...

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