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Plants on wooden shelves in a light space

Visit a silent disco where plants are the DJs

Like humans, plants are living things. What's interesting is that plants somehow communicate information to each...

View of Wave One and the Baltic Sea

This innovative medical building resembles ocean waves

Near the coast of the Baltic Sea in a historic health resort town, Wave One, part of the European Center for Families,...

Rendering of a park with lots of greenery and a small creek in the front. People can be seen walking through the spaces

Park in Poland strengthens biodiversity and social community

The Pole Mokotowskie Park in Warsaw, Poland is currently undergoing a major transformation. The designers at WXCA...

A tiny wooden house on wheels sits in a grass field

Tiny home on wheels in Poland fits a family of four

"We use natural and organic materials for the construction, insulation and finishings," said REDUKT, a Poland-based...

An angled view of an oval-shaped wood desk in front of a large green wall.

This giant green wall is a show-stopper at Warsaw skyscraper

Generation Park Y tower by Stockholm-based project development and construction group Skanska features roughly...

long wood home at dusk

Modern, barn-inspired home ages gracefully in a wild Poznań meadow

After finding the perfect plot of land 30 minutes outside of Poznań’s historic city center, Carolina reached...

a close-up of the second floor, showcasing black frame accents and light-colored wood throughout the home

Old Polish barn transforms into a cool contemporary home

Poznań-based design studio mode:lina recently transformed a decrepit old barn into the Ślonsko Chałpa...

a green lawn area in front of a wood paneled high school building

LEED Platinum Akademeia High School caters to millennials

When Medusa Group Architects was tasked to design a high school in Warsaw, the Polish interdisciplinary...

timber building with angular roof

Green-roofed sports center adds sculptural appeal to the Augustow riverfront

Polish architecture firms PSBA and INOONI have recently completed a strikingly angular water sports center in the...

rendering of people lounging on hilly landscape

FAAB reimagines Warsaw’s largest public square as a solar-powered cycle park

In 2018, after celebrating the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining its independence, Warsaw-based firm FAAB Architektura...

aerial rendering of electric railway

Zaha Hadid Architects designs BREEAM-targeted terminal for electrified Rail Baltic

Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design the new terminal for the Rail Baltic railway, a major continuous...

colorful totem poles under a building

Giant totems in Poland warn against climate change catastrophe

In the heart of Poznań, Poland, artist Alicja Biała and architect Iwo Borkowicz have installed Totemy, a series...

cattle standing in green grass

A new Polish film has exposed the illegal trafficking of sick cattle

After a film broadcast on Polish TVN 24 revealed that a slaughterhouse was illegally trafficking sick cattle, Polish...

square brick home in a forest

Green-roofed home is built of waste bricks and wood in Poland

Environmentally friendly with a beautifully textured facade, this brick house built of recycled materials in Poland...

rendering of greenery-filled mall made from shipping containers

Massive shipping container shopping center to pop up in Warsaw

Nearly 300 shipping containers may soon be given a new lease on life as a massive pop-up shopping center in downtown...