Architectural guide: Warsaw

Modern shape of the capital Poland

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the MUSEUM of HISTORY of the POLISH JEWS POLIN

Muzey devoted to thousand-year history of Jews in Poland and the tragic page in this history — to the Holocaust, opened in 2013. The Finnish architects Ilmari Landelma and Reinera Machlameki became authors of the project; the building is built to territories of the former Warsaw ghetto.

Housing estate of Zlota 44

Night Warsaw. In the center — Zlota 44

the 192-meter skyscraper according to great Libeskind Danielle reflected as a symbol Warsaw. On 52 floors inhabited apartments, penthouses, a Spa center with the pool with a panoramic view, a wine cellar, a nine-floor underground parking — generally, all achievements of modern town-planning here took place.

Palace of culture and nauki

Samoye the high building in Poland is not incidentally so similar to "Stalin skyscrapers" in Moscow. Palace of culture and the sciences, constructed in 1952-1955 — a gift Soviet Union to Poland. The author of the project — the architect Rudnev Leo , which most known work — the building of the main case of Moskovsky state university named after M. V. Lomonosova, Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosova, Moskovsky university or Moscow State University.

Shopping center Zlote Tarasy

Torgovy the Gold Terraces center opened in 2007 and at once there was sight Warsaw thanks to unusual futuristic architecture. Company Jerde Partnership International which has developed the project of shopping center, received popularity thanks to the Olympic village at the games to United States of America 1984.

in 1816, and at the beginning of the XX century for it built the certain building. In hundred years it was decided to make new, answering to the present — and the authorities Poland announced competition. Architects Budzinsky Marek and Badovsky Zbignev became winners. The building became sight thanks to the botanical garden of 1,5 Hectares located on a roof.

the science Center "Copernicus"

Planetarium in the science Center "Copernicus"

the Idea to construct the center of science on the bank of Vistula arose in 2004. The winner in competition on the best project became architectural bureau from the Polish city of Ruda Slaska — and already in the 2010th the first building of a complex opened. Today in the territory of the Center there is a planetarium, science and technology park, laboratories and a constant exposition with more than 450 interactive exhibits.