Big shopping mall under const. in the Wroclaw city center.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/andrzej4001/IMG_0809.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/placgrujnwaldzkirondo_.jpg
http://www.sztuka-architektury.pl/files/placgrujnwaldzkirondo_.jpg

photos posted by @Rafis:

http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/39/39747.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/PG1.jpg
http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/41/41263.jpg
http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/41/41260.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/PG-plyta.jpg

Looks great. Sure beats any of the malls here in Mississauga (Canada).

^where? :D
j/k
well nice, though the area seems too urban for such a shopping mall :P

http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/39/39230.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/P14-Plac-widokzgC3B3ry.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/P14-Widokkonstrukcjizadaszen.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/P14-Widokperspektywicznyzadaszen.jpg

looks awesome indeed! :D

^ I really like it also! It's really nice that they could make the traffic infrastructure so attractive!

Where exactly is this being built in Wroclaw?
How far from galeria dominikanska?

Where exactly is this being built in Wroclaw?
How far from galeria dominikanska?

its beside grunwaldzki bridge not so far from galeria Dominikanska.

^ I really like it also! It's really nice that they could make the traffic infrastructure so attractive!

Polish arcitects = mad skill

I think its a good idea to make this thread for some minor projects in Pl, lets post renders, pics and news.

Lets start with Silesia Center in Katowice - 65tys sq m. of commercial space



http://www.muratorplus.pl/images/Budynek_gSilesia_City_Center.gif
http://www.biznespolska.pl/pictures/gazety/BS/BS_211/BS_211_10%20budowa%20scc%20mt%2014_600.jpg
http://www.dab.katowice.pl/wiadomosci/zdjecia_dab/2005-05/P0019443.jpg

new library in Wroclaw

by Rafis

http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/37/37593.jpg
http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/37/37592.jpg

construction of A2 highway

by smar

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/smar/A2%20Wielkanoc/IMG_0228.jpg

Very nice! That mall in Katowice looks prety cool. By the way, the guy who took the pics in your second post should really change his nick..:D


:cheers:

very important road for Gdynia (TriCity) so called Pink Way U/C


beczkarz

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/beczkarz/7.jpg

delfin_pl

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y165/pdworakowski/budowa/100_1967.jpg

construction of the new ferry terminal in Gdynia

delfin_pl

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/delfin_pl/100_2137.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/delfin_pl/100_2140.jpg

New Terminal for Katowice Airport, Katowice is the fastest developing airport in Europe followed by Riga, this is the new terminal for Katowice

http://www.gtl.com.pl/rys/l2.jpg
http://www.gtl.com.pl/rys/l3.jpg
http://www.gtl.com.pl/rys/popup_przyszly01.jpg
http://www.gtl.com.pl/rys/popup_przyszly02.jpg

construction of WTC in Gdynia is going to start this summer


http://www.architektura-murator.pl/images/C_NABRZEZE_PREZYD.jpg

New Terminal for Katowice Airport, Katowice is the fastest developing airport in Europe followed by Riga, this is the new terminal for Katowice

http://www.gtl.com.pl/rys/l2.jpg
http://www.gtl.com.pl/rys/l3.jpg

whats the percentage ? Id like to bring to your attencion that Tallinn also gained almost as much

2003(250 000) -> 2004(622 000) = 240%
1st Q 2004 -> 1st Q 2005 = 270%

I think its a good idea to make this thread for some minor projects in Pl, lets post renders, pics and news.

good idea :cheers:

@Delfin arent they just going to build new ramps at the Gdynia ferry terminal after one of the Ferrys got converted ? Wasnt the new terminal in itself already built 2004 ?

yes its an expansion of this terminal with car ramps

DTŚ- motorway (standard of highway) between cities of Upper Silesian Konurbation (Gliwice, Zabrze, Ruda Śląska, Świetochłowice, Katowice). Part from Ruda Śląska to Katowice is ready. Whole project will have 32 km.

http://www.dts-sa.pl/HTML/Gliwice_pliki/image002.jpg

ready part

http://www.startbilder.de/einzelbild.php?id=250649&quality=80&maxpixel=500&identifier=107b0d50bc

http://katowice.dobrebopolskie.com/TheImg2.aspx?imagePath=620\\dscn1049.jpg&width=680&height=510&imageQuality=80

http://www.dts-sa.pl/HTML/Galeria/23/144_4407.jpg

http://www.dts-sa.pl/HTML/Galeria/23/144_4401.jpg

http://www.dts-sa.pl/HTML/Galeria/23/143_4399.jpg

renderings of part which is now underconstruction

http://dts-sa.pl/HTML/images/kon78_5.jpg

http://dts-sa.pl/HTML/images/kladka1.jpg

http://dts-sa.pl/HTML/images/kon78.jpg

http://www.prinz.pl/realizacje/small_dts1.jpg

and part undercontruction

http://katowice.dobrebopolskie.com/TheImg2.aspx?imagePath=620\\dscn1036.jpg&width=680&height=510&imageQuality=80

http://katowice.dobrebopolskie.com/TheImg2.aspx?imagePath=620\\dscn1026.jpg&width=680&height=510&imageQuality=80

http://katowice.dobrebopolskie.com/TheImg2.aspx?imagePath=620\\dscn1028.jpg&width=680&height=510&imageQuality=80

http://katowice.dobrebopolskie.com/TheImg2.aspx?imagePath=620\\dscn1035.jpg&width=680&height=510&imageQuality=80

http://katowice.dobrebopolskie.com/TheImg2.aspx?imagePath=620\\dscn1030.jpg&width=680&height=510&imageQuality=80

rondabout with 2 (700 m) underground tunnels for DTŚ

http://katowice.naszemiasto.pl/grafika2/nowy/06/40_414697_1_d_2464.jpg

http://katowice.naszemiasto.pl/grafika2/nowy/15/40_414697_2_d_1585.jpg

construction pic of rondabout

http://katowice.dobrebopolskie.com/TheImg2.aspx?imagePath=620\\dscn1029.jpg&width=680&height=510&imageQuality=80

LOT Polish Airlines, a member of Star Alliance, have made a presentation of its first Embraer 170. LOT Polish Airlines are the world's first airline to use the newest product of Embraer. LOT has ordered 10 aircraft of this type, to be supplied until mid-2005. LOT's contract with the Brazilian manufacturer envisages for the Polish carrier an option to purchase in the future further 11 Embraers 170/190.

http://www.elalmanaque.com/turismo/lot/Embraer170_LOT.jpg

From which date is this announcement ? the EMB 170 are in service since a long time but lately LOT ordered a few more EMB 175 i think. I flew with the EMB 170 Warsaw - Vienna must say for such a small aircraft they offer GREAT comfort.

whats the update on plac defiald, I saw that the plac defilad Polish thread is busy but I don't feel ike reading all that Polish and I don't want to write in English in the Polish forum. So is there any update?

Also why is the pink road so important?

[WROCLAW]-Arkady Wroclawskie
under construction,about 100 000 sq meters space and cost ab.M 100 EUR.
new center of shopping, culture and business
http://www.arkadywroclawskie.pl/image3.aspx?id=51
http://www.arkadywroclawskie.pl/image3.aspx?id=52
http://www.arkadywroclawskie.pl/image3.aspx?id=53

By the way, the guy who took the pics in your second post should really change his nick..:D
:cheers:

why? :)

Mulitfuntion sport arena - capacity 12.500-15.000 people starts this year.
http://www.gdansk.pl/gdansk/files/img_b/72/28_file.jpg
http://www.gdansk.pl/gdansk/files/img_b/72/25_file.jpg

ECE center "Galeria Baltycka" 46t. m2 od space
http://www.biznespolska.pl/pictures/gazety/BT/BT_203/BT_203_03_GalBalt_ECE2_600.jpg

Second part of Old Brewery Shopping, Art and Business Centre in Poznan

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/mateq/brow3.jpg

http://img219.echo.cx/img219/8310/sb57jj.jpg

http://www.fdi.i5.pl/pb/sb_2.JPG

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/mateq/browar.jpg

I can say only this :eek2:

OMG it must be the best mall in Europe!! :)

Also why is the pink road so important?

because of traffic jams on the road connecting center of Gdynia with Sopot and southern districts

New shopping centre "Forum Gliwice" in Gliwice ;) (starts 2nd part of '05):

http://www.arkus.pl/foty/usl_han/gliwice7.jpg

http://www.arkus.pl/foty/usl_han/gliwice2.jpg

http://www.arkus.pl/foty/usl_han/gliwice6.jpg

http://www.arkus.pl/foty/usl_han/gliwice5.jpg

http://www.arkus.pl/foty/usl_han/gliwice4.jpg

http://www.arkus.pl/foty/usl_han/gliwice3.jpg

http://www.arkus.pl/foty/usl_han/gliwice1.jpg

Good thread. Keep it up :)

which mall is bigger the one in Poznan or Lodz?

Construction of "New City" in Krakow
http://modellbau-tuchardt.de/Bilder/Architekturmodell_160CenterKrakow.jpg

http://modellbau-tuchardt.de/Bilder/Architekturmodell_160Krakow3.jpg

http://www.strabag.pl/CMSCache/158376.jpg

By juunior
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/juunior4/ece14062005/P6140536_resize.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/juunior4/ece14062005/P6140535_resize.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/juunior4/ece14062005/P6140541_resize.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/juunior4/ece14062005/P6140534_resize.jpg

new cladding on hotel Forum (Novotel) in Warsaw


by rcube


http://www.startbilder.de/einzelbild.php?id=336677&quality=80&maxpixel=800&identifier=508a155917
http://rcube.boo.pl/nov%206.jpg
http://www.pjwstk.edu.pl/~s2778/forum/obraz138.jpg

[WROCLAW]-Grunwaldzki Passage
200 shops and cinema, internal garden
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/andrzej4001/IMG_0809.jpg
http://www.sztuka-architektury.pl/files/placgrunwaldzkiel_frontowa_2.jpg
http://www.sztuka-architektury.pl/files/placgrujnwaldzkirondo_.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/PasazGrunwaldzki01.jpg
http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/9/2591/z2591349G.jpg
http://img41.echo.cx/img41/7181/ttt8te.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/PG1-VI.jpg

http://www.biznespolska.pl/pictures/gazety/BT/BT_203/BT_203_03_GalBalt_ECE2_600.jpg

http://www.wbj.pl/images/WarsawBusinessJournal.gif

Construction will begin this year on a giant new shopping center in Gdańsk.

Galeria Bałtyk will be 45,000 sqm in size and replace the old buildings of the Maćkowy dairy on al. Grunwaldzka and ul. Kościuszki. The project will cost around EUR 120 (zł.504) million and the center should open its doors in autumn 2007. At the moment, the developer, ECE, is in negotiations with the local authorities over modernizing the nearby infrastructure, and road layout which the city wants ECE to partly finance.

WARSAW

http://www.wbj.pl/images/WarsawBusinessJournal.gif

The Warsaw hotel market is undergoing something of a transformation, with the Grand, Vera, Europejski, Metropol and Warszawa hotels all scheduled for major renovations.

The Grand is having a particularly extensive renovation, that will see all the rooms and halls completely change at a cost of zł.15 million.
http://witaj.hopto.org/~net/skyscrapercity/2005_06_11_Warszawa_Grand_hotel_1.jpg
http://witaj.hopto.org/~net/skyscrapercity/2005_06_11_Warszawa_Grand_hotel_4.jpg

Zaułek Piękna Warsaw by Kafarek

http://img61.echo.cx/img61/1138/p73ln.jpg

http://img12.echo.cx/img12/4111/p19ny.jpg

http://img12.echo.cx/img12/9582/p28nx.jpg

http://img12.echo.cx/img12/6007/p36xa.jpg

http://img12.echo.cx/img12/3489/p40gy.jpg

http://img12.echo.cx/img12/6118/p58vk.jpg

http://img12.echo.cx/img12/7527/p65ev.jpg

the new Dutch embassy in Warsaw

http://architektura.net/a/ambasada/b_o1.jpg
http://architektura.net/a/ambasada/b_o3.jpg
http://architektura.net/a/ambasada/b_o2.jpg
http://bank.muratorplus.pl/images/Vol0001/10811_2.jpg
http://bank.muratorplus.pl/images/Vol0001/7340.jpg http://www.grupa5.com.pl/pl/witryna/projekty/budynki_publiczne/ambasada_holandii/fo_DSC00595ambasada%20350%20300_jpg
http://bank.muratorplus.pl/images/Vol0001/7341.jpg http://bank.muratorplus.pl/images/Vol0001/7342.jpg
http://www.grupa5.com.pl/pl/witryna/projekty/budynki_publiczne/fo_fo-30-ambasada-exterior_JPG

Integrated Student Center of Wroclaw Polytechnic
http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/3/2807/z2807423G.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/Polibuda4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/Polibuda3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/Polibuda2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/Polibuda1.jpg

It's a development of Wroclaw Polytechnic, a 16 thousand square meters of fully computerized hi-tech facilities, lecture halls, laboratories and computer rooms for 1800 students.

http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/43/43826.jpg

http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/43/43825.jpg

Construction is projected to be finished at the end of 2006.

Cuprum Business Center - Wroclaw
http://www.startbilder.de/einzelbild.php?id=249247&quality=100&identifier=51ae695a8a
This office building's construction is likely to start this year.

Wall Street House - Wroclaw
http://bi.gazeta.pl//im/2078/z2078236G.jpg

http://winnie01.republika.pl/wsh2.jpg

http://winnie01.republika.pl/wsh3.jpg

http://winnie01.republika.pl/wsh4.jpg

It's a Class A office building, construction is going to be completed quite soon.

latest constuction photos by MICHAŁ

http://img274.imageshack.us/img274/7729/ws3ki.jpg

http://img274.imageshack.us/img274/8118/ws25kb.jpg

Another project very likely to be built soon, Sheraton 5 star hotel and business center - Wroclaw

http://antoslaw.at.jaracza.osiedla.net/hotel.jpg
thanks to antoslaw

and the spot, currently being checked by archeologists

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/nawrat-marzec.jpg
photo by MICHAŁ

Wisla Stadium in Krakow

http://members.lycos.co.uk/stadiontsw/lipiec/07/28.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/stadiontsw/lipiec/07/30.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/stadiontsw/lipiec/07/04.jpg
http://www.wisla.krakow.pl/pages/fotos/gall_5758_07.jpg

Bus station in Krakow (part of New City project)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/juunior4/pks/koncepcja1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/juunior4/pks/P6270658_resize.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/juunior4/pks/P6270663_resize.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/juunior4/pks/P6270661_resize.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/juunior4/pks/P6270666_resize.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/juunior4/pks/P7020770_resize.jpg

Zakopianka modernization (Road connecting Krakow with Zakopane - main Polish ski resort)

http://www.motogazeta.mojeauto.pl/cms/content/repository/images/zdjecia2005/06-06/Zakop1_d.jpg
http://www.motogazeta.mojeauto.pl/cms/content/repository/images/zdjecia2005/06-06/Zakop2_d.jpg
http://www.motogazeta.mojeauto.pl/cms/content/repository/images/zdjecia2005/06-06/Zakop3_d.jpg
http://e-wnetrze.biz.pl/foto/S7_13.jpg
http://e-wnetrze.biz.pl/foto/S7_4.jpg

Trasa Siekierkowska ( the huge road project in southern Warsaw)

rcube
http://members.chello.pl/m.rusinek/trasa40.jpg
http://members.chello.pl/m.rusinek/trasa8.jpg
http://members.chello.pl/m.rusinek/trasa26.jpg
http://members.chello.pl/m.rusinek/trasa46.jpg
http://members.chello.pl/m.rusinek/trasa63.jpg

3city - the library is almost finished

@rodan

http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/6827/bibliotekaug10yf.jpg
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/4430/bibliotekaug1a1we.jpg

3city - Gdansk, Nowa Lastadia ( the big apartments project by the water is U/C)

Papaj

http://img269.echo.cx/img269/8518/260605nowalastadia28xy.jpg
http://www.investkomfort.pl/db/img/gallery_5526812574284c4ceb7ef4.jpg
http://www.investkomfort.pl/db/img/gallery_8895079224284c4cebcd27.jpg
http://img87.echo.cx/img87/3230/260605nowalastadia51ka.jpg

LOT wants to spend 1,7bln$ for new far distance planes (6), and to replace its B737 medium distance planes (13) It will buy new Boeing 787 Dreamliner or New Airbus A350. It will have with new Embraers over 70 planes then :cheers:

http://techno-science.net/illustration/Aero/B787/787.jpg
http://techno-science.net/illustration/Aero/A350/A350-800.jpg

Due to good cooperation with an americnan company it would be Dreamliner

Two projects U/C located on the Odra -river bank close to each other - Wroclaw

University Library
http://grzesiekko.republika.pl/bb3.jpg
photo by grzesiekko

http://www.bit-info.pl/gfx/prezentacja%20gjp/rz_parter.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/BibliotekaUWr.jpg

http://www.bit-info.pl/gfx/prezentacja%20gjp/renred1.jpg

http://www.bit-info.pl/gfx/prezentacja%20gjp/render3.jpg

http://www.bit-info.pl/gfx/prezentacja%20gjp/render2.jpg

http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/37/37796.jpg


http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/43/43212.jpg
by Rafis

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/andrzej4001/IMG_2094.jpg
by Michał

http://img276.echo.cx/img276/233/hpim05194mt.jpg
by Andrzej4001


Wroclaw University Institute of Informatics
http://www.candela-bi.com.pl/zdjecia/uniinf1.jpg

http://www.candela-bi.com.pl/zdjecia/uniinf2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/andrzej4001/IMG_2088.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/andrzej4001/IMG_2090.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/andrzej4001/IMG_2092.jpg
by andrzej4001

Various approved investments

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/7/2791/m2791577.jpg

Multifunction Arena project for 10-12 thousand people - Wroclaw

http://www.wroclaw.pl/img/hala-sw1.jpg

Appartament buildings U/C - Wroclaw suburbs
http://www.klecina.pop.pl/graf/news/budowa_partynicka_2.jpg

Green Point - Wroclaw

Look, what a little trick can do to an ugly brick like this:
http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/24/24178.jpg

sim sala bim and....

http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/44/44833.jpg

another renovation...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/Oawska.jpg

and one more....
http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/45/45093.jpg
by Sebastian

and...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/andrzej4001/IMG_2121.jpg
by Andrzej4001

and...
http://img175.echo.cx/img175/4236/hpim04156it.jpg
by Michał

a office building project
http://www.abratronik.pl/images/kopytko.jpg

new office building
http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/43/43642.jpg
by Mamik

a completed one
http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/43/43380.jpg

this one is almost done
http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/43/43177.jpg
by Rafis

and for a bonus... restoration of St. John's Cathedral
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7761/katedra7ie.jpg
by Michal

of course all of them in Wroclaw - is this city on fire or what?

Krakow:
Salwator Tower (residental)
http://pictures.trader.pl/pictures/9/5/4/524776478120620041005521_2_10620.jpg
http://www.dominium.pl/dane/inwestycje/382wizualizacja1d.jpg

Olsza Business Centre:
http://www.cbo.com.pl/_i/cbo1_big.jpg
http://www.ingarden-ewy.com.pl/_biurowe/olsza/_d/01.jpg
http://www.ingarden-ewy.com.pl/_biurowe/olsza/_d/03.jpg

The Ponyificial Academy of Theology - Library
http://ebib.oss.wroc.pl/2001/22/perspektywa.gif
http://www.ingarden-ewy.com.pl/_publiczne/biblioteka/_d/06.jpg

Qubus Hotel ****:
http://www.krakowskieinwestycje.boo.pl/foto/qubus2.jpg
http://www.krakowskieinwestycje.boo.pl/foto/qubus3.jpg

New Opera House:
http://www.krakowskieinwestycje.boo.pl/foto/opera6.jpg
http://www.krakowskieinwestycje.boo.pl/foto/opera5.jpg

costruction of the new metro station in Warsaw

http://www.metro.waw.pl/grafika/marymont1.jpg http://www.metro.waw.pl/grafika/marymont2.jpg http://www.metro.waw.pl/grafika/marymont4.jpg http://www.metro.waw.pl/grafika/marymont3.jpg

http://www.metro.waw.pl/grafika/a19-3_05-15.jpg

An elegant A-class office-retail building, Times - Wroclaw center
http://www.projektmanagement.pl/images_db/11012086840.08048200!kazimierz_01.jpg

http://www.projektmanagement.pl/images_db/11012087270.18359600!KAZIMIERZA_003.jpg

http://www.projektmanagement.pl/images_db/11012087070.97401100!KAZIMIERZA_002.jpg

A biggest movie studio in Europe will be built in Wroclaw-Bielany
Construction will be finished at the beginning of 2006

http://www.biznespolska.pl/pictures/gazety/BWR/BWR_205/BWR_205_07_atm3_600.jpg


new mini-hotel - Wroclaw
http://www.archipelag.pl/inc_picture.php?PID=7985

Poland is booming ;)

More Krakow:
Museum of Aviation:
http://www.ronet.pl/!archiwum/2005.04.12.Muzeum_lotnictwa/09small.jpg
http://www.ronet.pl/!archiwum/2005.04.12.Muzeum_lotnictwa/x5.jpg

The Garden of Arts:
http://www.w-a.pl/2005/malopolski_ogrod_sztuki_01.jpg
http://www.w-a.pl/2005/malopolski_ogrod_sztuki_02.jpg
http://www.w-a.pl/2005/malopolski_ogrod_sztuki_03.jpg
http://www.w-a.pl/2005/malopolski_ogrod_sztuki_04.jpg

Poland is booming

Poland is just warming up ;)


More Wroclaw

Office and commerce center - postindustrial building revitalisation, 60 thousand square meters.
http://www.bbcenter.pl/images/pic_projekt1_big.jpg

http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/43/43210.jpg

Office-commerce center project
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/ncc-nowe.jpg


Research Center of Wroclaw Polytechnic Electric Departament
http://pryzmat.pwr.wroc.pl/Pryzmat_171/czwarta.jpg

http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/39/39806.jpg

http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/39/39329.jpg

Residential district "Four Seasons" U/C
http://www.archicom.3c.pl/CM/files.php//logoczteryporyroku.gif

http://www.archicom.com.pl/images/galeria//cprpanorama.jpg

http://www.archicom.3c.pl/images/galeria//A3B31.jpg

http://www.archicom.3c.pl/images/galeria//A3B32.jpg

http://www.archicom.3c.pl/images/galeria//CPR3.jpg

http://www.archicom.3c.pl/images/galeria//A3B3.jpg

http://www.archicom.3c.pl/images/galeria//CPR1.jpg

http://www.archicom.3c.pl/images/galeria//CPR4.jpg

http://www.archicom.3c.pl/images/galeria//cpr-EF-1.jpg

http://www.archicom.3c.pl/images/galeria//cpr-EF-2.jpg

http://www.archicom.3c.pl/images/galeria//cpr-EF-3.jpg

Appartament building U/C
http://www.nieruchomosci.gant.pl/strzegomska/wiz2.jpg

http://www.nieruchomosci.gant.pl/strzegomska/wiz4.jpg

http://www.nieruchomosci.gant.pl/strzegomska/wiz6.jpg

those projects are amazing.[

It's like Poland is one big construction site.

Wroclaw - Aquapark , the construction has begun

http://wrosystem.um.wroc.pl/beta_4/webdisk/2dd2f584-f80a-432d-90ba-ea8a62d564fd/Makieta%208.jpg
http://wrosystem.um.wroc.pl/beta_4/webdisk/edbb9af1-76c1-4aa7-a571-894ee2a7fa8f/Makieta%203.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9003/aqua9ac.jpg

Gdansk - Marina Primore Apartments

http://online.dziennikbaltycki.pl/grafika/2005/03/08/DDOB_07_080305.d.jpg
http://img47.exs.cx/img47/9072/hossaprim111gh.jpg

Gdansk - Horyzont Towers

http://www.gdansk.pl/gdansk/files/img_b/64/87_file.jpg http://www.ekolan.com.pl/foto-foto/horyzont_a2_big.JPG

rodan
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/3301/horyzont3lipiec2005f5tx.jpg

kuzmiak

http://www.republika.pl/kombajn0/hor62.JPG

Arkady Wroclawskie (Wroclaw) entertainment and business complex with the biggest aquarium in EE and Central Europe

http://www.arkadywroclawskie.pl/image3.aspx?id=52
http://www.arkadywroclawskie.pl/image3.aspx?id=51
http://www.arkadywroclawskie.pl/image3.aspx?id=53

Darek

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6963/arkady20xh.jpg
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9021/arkady50sz.jpg

Poznan - Andersia Tower

http://php.vdhgroup.com/upl_img/1001869369b1.jpg http://php.vdhgroup.com/upl_img/1001869369b2.jpg

http://www.bumadex.pl/galeria/galeria15.jpg
http://www.bumadex.pl/galeria/galeria01.jpg
http://www.bumadex.pl/galeria/galeria05.jpg

map of all roads in Warsaw that are being renovated this year

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/4/2571/m2571624.jpg

Drilling metro tunnels in Warsaw - B18 section

http://www.metro.waw.pl/grafika/b18_geod_13.jpg
http://www.metro.waw.pl/grafika/b18_geod_11.jpg
http://www.metro.waw.pl/grafika/b18_13.jpg
http://www.metro.waw.pl/grafika/b18_11.jpg

Car Tunnel under Old City in Warsaw has been modernized
sorry but I only have old pics when it was being renovated


Arek
http://www.zdm.waw.pl/imgs/pic534.jpg
http://www.zdm.waw.pl/imgs/pic539.jpg
http://www.zdm.waw.pl/imgs/pic536.jpg

Wroclaw again

Hotel System U/C
http://antoslaw.at.jaracza.osiedla.net/Hotelsystem/1.jpg

http://antoslaw.at.jaracza.osiedla.net/Hotelsystem/2.jpg

http://antoslaw.at.jaracza.osiedla.net/Hotelsystem/3.jpg

Wroclaw Technology Park is growing
http://www.technologpark.pl/b8.jpg

http://www.technologpark.pl/b7.jpg

http://www.technologpark.pl/b6.jpg

http://www.technologpark.pl/b5.jpg

http://www.technologpark.pl/dzialki0.gif

Legnicka Galery - cultural, commercial and entertainment center
http://grzesiekko.republika.pl/gl_p_1.jpg

http://bi.gazeta.pl//im/2090/z2090058G.jpg

http://bi.gazeta.pl//im/2090/z2090057G.jpg

http://bi.gazeta.pl//im/2090/z2090056G.jpg

http://bi.gazeta.pl//im/2090/z2090055G.jpg

Wroclaw

Legnicka Business House U/C
http://wroclaw.naszemiasto.pl/grafika2/nowy/0b/40_477730_1_d_1063.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/Zojan1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/Zojan2.jpg


Legnicka Park Popowice - appartaments and offices U/C
http://www.biznespolska.pl/pictures/gazety/BWR/BWR_212/BWR_220_08_parkpopowice_600.jpg

http://antoslaw.at.jaracza.osiedla.net/lpp.jpg

http://antoslaw.at.jaracza.osiedla.net/lpp3.jpg

Warsaw seriously looks like my kind of city...combining the best qualities of Toronto (I swear, just few weeks ago i have seen similar map of Toronto with marked streets to be resurfaced in Toronto Star newspapers) and Belgrade (ok, mainly linguistics)

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/4/2571/m2571624.jpg

Wroclaw

New Medical Academy

http://www.biprogeo.wroc.pl/files/wizualizacje/borowska/FOT-16.jpg

http://www.am.wroc.pl/zdjecia/nam.jpg

http://www.am.wroc.pl/zdjecia/nam1.jpg

Hammilton Center - logistical and distribution center

http://www.hammilton.com.pl/gfx/mapa1.jpg

http://www.hammilton.com.pl/gfx/mapa2.jpg

Fig Plaza

http://www.wroclaw.naszemiasto.pl/grafika2/nowy/7d/40_440428_2_d_3704.jpg

http://www.point.com.pl/realizacje/bialoskornicza/zdjecia/bialoskornicza1.jpg

http://www.point.com.pl/realizacje/bialoskornicza/zdjecia/bialoskornicza2.jpg

http://www.point.com.pl/realizacje/bialoskornicza/zdjecia/bialoskornicza7.jpg

http://www.point.com.pl/realizacje/bialoskornicza/zdjecia/bialoskornicza12.jpg

http://www.point.com.pl/realizacje/bialoskornicza/zdjecia/bialoskornicza11.jpg

New City Hall

http://www.koniorstudio.pl/gfx/projekty/wroclaw-um-01.jpg

http://www.koniorstudio.pl/gfx/projekty/wroclaw-um-05.jpg

http://www.koniorstudio.pl/gfx/projekty/wroclaw-um-06.jpg

http://www.koniorstudio.pl/gfx/projekty/wroclaw-um-02.jpg

Yacht harbour and Hotel

http://www.archipelag.pl/inc_picture.php?PID=6926

http://www.archipelag.pl/inc_picture.php?PID=6927

http://www.archipelag.pl/inc_picture.php?PID=6928

http://www.archipelag.pl/inc_picture.php?PID=6929

http://www.archipelag.pl/inc_picture.php?PID=6942

http://www.archipelag.pl/inc_picture.php?PID=6940

Appartaments Silesia&Leopoldinum U/C

http://www.euro-dom.pl/w/j1.jpg

http://www.euro-dom.pl/w/j4.jpg

http://www.euro-dom.pl/w/z2.jpg

http://www.euro-dom.pl/w/z1.jpg

http://www.euro-dom.pl/w/z7.jpg

Poland seems to be doing very well in a past decade or so. By far the most modernized country in Central Europe.

Wow, the library in Wroclaw is DISGUSTING, as is the cladding of the Novotel Forum in Warsaw. Pure filth!

Poland seems to be doing very well in a past decade or so. By far the most modernized country in Central Europe.

Well, I wouldn't say that. I think Czech Republic and Hungary are doing better.

I'm surprised no one's included the Jewish Museum, that's arguably one of the best projects the city has ever seen. (If it's been mentioned, I apologize)

I'm surprised no one's included the Jewish Museum, that's arguably one of the best projects the city has ever seen. (If it's been mentioned, I apologize)

There is another thread about the Jewish Museum

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=230383

Wroclaw (hope i'm not boring you already)

Center South - future City of Wroclaw
the winner project
http://wrosystem.um.wroc.pl/beta_4/webdisk/3114e69c-f1f1-4cfc-aff3-1f2e70273d8c/100_1812.JPG

http://wrosystem.um.wroc.pl/beta_4/webdisk/1a13c370-45ca-4391-950a-9cf7079e3d36/100_1813.JPG

Global Trade Center - office building
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/globiswr_2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/globiswr_3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/Globis1.jpg

http://grzesiekko.republika.pl/g1.jpg


Archicom - office building
http://www.biznespolska.pl/pictures/gazety/BWR/BWR_212/BWR_220_08_archicom_600.jpg

http://www.archicom.pl/CM/files.php//STRZEGOMSKA/strzegomska8wizualizacja.gif

http://www.archicom.pl/CM/files.php//STRZEGOMSKA/strzegomska7wizualizacja.gif

http://www.archicom.pl/CM/files.php//STRZEGOMSKA/strzegomska7elewacje.gif

http://www.archicom.pl/CM/files.php//STRZEGOMSKA/strzegomska2sytuacja.gif


Appartament building
http://img23.echo.cx/img23/2584/veronawroclaw016ai.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/sklar/powstancow.jpg

http://img232.echo.cx/img232/8994/veronawroclaw020vf.jpg

"Gencz"-Village
http://budmax.info/wroclaw/images/widok1.jpg

http://budmax.info/wroclaw/images/jedno1.jpg

http://budmax.info/wroclaw/images/wielo1.jpg

http://budmax.info/wroclaw/images/plan1.jpg

http://budmax.info/wroclaw/images/lokalizacja1.jpg

http://www.biznespolska.pl/pictures/gazety/BWR/BWR_206/BWR_206_10_osada_600.jpg

http://budmax.info/wroclaw/images/j1fota.jpg

http://budmax.info/wroclaw/images/d3fota.jpg

http://budmax.info/wroclaw/images/d2fota.jpg

http://budmax.info/wroclaw/images/d1fota.jpg

http://budmax.info/wroclaw/images/r1fota.jpg

http://budmax.info/wroclaw/images/rfota.jpg

New Slask-Wroclaw Stadium project
http://slaskwroclaw.webpark.pl/stadion1.jpg

http://slaskwroclaw.webpark.pl/stadion2.jpg

http://slaskwroclaw.webpark.pl/stadion3.jpg

The first projet is realy nice. How high will this buildings be ?

How many peopel can take this Stadium ?

The first projet is realy nice. How high will this buildings be ?

How many peopel can take this Stadium ?

Well, about Center South, the project I showed you is just supposed to be a source of inspiration for city planners, who are going to develop the real project during this year. Actually our President wants those skyscrapers planned to be higher, than in presented project. Furthermore, there is no height restriction in that region, so they can build them waaay up and in unlimited quantities. :cheers:

these are the other projects, which came 2nd and 3rd in the competition:
http://wrosystem.um.wroc.pl/beta_4/webdisk/de2913c7-c066-4d94-82d1-750f31a415e0/100_1806.JPG


http://wrosystem.um.wroc.pl/beta_4/webdisk/cd7ec07b-6232-4a15-9d45-3f692838bf1d/100_1808.JPG

http://wrosystem.um.wroc.pl/beta_4/webdisk/07a72eb0-99e8-4f3e-ab84-cd94f812668b/100_1805-bok.jpg

http://wrosystem.um.wroc.pl/beta_4/webdisk/f9677226-0814-4252-a636-f8cc632dbec9/100_1805-gora.jpg

http://wrosystem.um.wroc.pl/beta_4/webdisk/f9677226-0814-4252-a636-f8cc632dbec9/100_1805-gora.jpg

http://wrosystem.um.wroc.pl/beta_4/webdisk/f9677226-0814-4252-a636-f8cc632dbec9/100_1805-gora.jpg

http://wrosystem.um.wroc.pl/beta_4/webdisk/32aa7741-5f5a-4f84-88ec-32198dbd694f/100_1805.JPG

http://wrosystem.um.wroc.pl/beta_4/webdisk/be4a62e7-f2a6-4b05-b083-c7225b6de348/100_1818.JPG

http://wrosystem.um.wroc.pl/beta_4/webdisk/88c809b2-f7d1-4330-bb94-a66bd3c8c107/100_1814.JPG

http://wrosystem.um.wroc.pl/beta_4/webdisk/88c809b2-f7d1-4330-bb94-a66bd3c8c107/100_1814.JPG

About the stadium, it's going to be 35-40 thousand seat. The only condition is for Ukraine and Poland to get to host 2012 soccer world championchips. Keeping the thumbs... :)

Great Projekt :okay:

Well if I'm not wrong this is rebuilt stadium of Slask Wroclaw and it will have only 15-20 k capacity and construction starts next year. If Poland&Ukraine gets the EURO2012 there will be built another over 30k stadium.

Well, according to this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=169253&page=3&pp=20) thread it is the project of a new stadium. The one being renovated is right here:
http://www.archipelag.pl/inc_picture.php?PID=7788

http://www.archipelag.pl/inc_picture.php?PID=7793

http://www.archipelag.pl/inc_picture.php?PID=7789

http://www.archipelag.pl/inc_picture.php?PID=7790

http://www.archipelag.pl/inc_picture.php?PID=7791

http://www.archipelag.pl/inc_picture.php?PID=7792
In my opinion ugly as hell :runaway:

Hi everyine, I like the projects very much. Poland is become very modern very fast. I travel there often, and I remember how much different it was just 10 years ago. But now, I hear that the pay in place like Warsawa is getting near in the west. I know it will take more time, but soon it will be very good. And other places too, but the buildings are nice.

Hi everyine, I like the projects very much. Poland is become very modern very fast. I travel there often, and I remember how much different it was just 10 years ago. But now, I hear that the pay in place like Warsawa is getting near in the west. I know it will take more time, but soon it will be very good. And other places too, but the buildings are nice.

thanx man :cheers:

Hi everyine, I like the projects very much. Poland is become very modern very fast. I travel there often, and I remember how much different it was just 10 years ago. But now, I hear that the pay in place like Warsawa is getting near in the west. I know it will take more time, but soon it will be very good. And other places too, but the buildings are nice.

When you come again, dont miss Wroclaw ;) :cheers1:

southern Poland - construction of S69 Express way

http://www.highways.sk/highways/img/Polsko8/Zwardon44.jpg
http://www.nowedrogi.pl/components/com_akogallery/img_pictures/oksien01.jpg
http://www.highways.sk/highways/img/Polsko9/Milowka05.jpg
http://www.highways.sk/highways/img/Polsko9/Milowka04.jpg
http://www.highways.sk/highways/img/Polsko9/Zwardon51.jpg
http://www.highways.sk/highways/img/Polsko9/Zwardon50.jpg
http://www.highways.sk/highways/img/Polsko8/Zwardon45.jpg
http://www.highways.sk/highways/img/Polsko8/Zwardon46.jpg

http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,53600,2846353.html?skad=rss&wv=0000

Skanska has finalized the contract for A-1 motorway from Gdansk to south Poland. First they are going to build 90 kilometers part from Gdansk to Nowe Marzy. Skanska also announced that they're planning next, second part of 60 kilometers.

http://zdjeciacudaka.piaseczno.com.pl/drogi/skanA1.JPG
(scan by Cudak)

some photos from opening:
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/2027/p72900115uz.jpg
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/8624/p72900199lp.jpg
(by Papaj)

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/9/2847/z2847679G.jpg

This is amazing...I appreciate all the work and effort put into making this thread.

I can't believe so much is happening in other cities besides Warsaw!

POZNAN

New renders of Andersia Tower- height about 93m to the roof and 106,5m with the mast(construction on the roof):
http://www.fdi.i5.pl/pb/andersia01.jpg

http://www.fdi.i5.pl/pb/andersia02.jpg

http://www.fdi.i5.pl/pb/andersia03.jpg

"Zero level" is completed:
http://www.icpnet.pl/~shaggy/andersia/100_2671a.JPG

The general contractor of the above-ground part of Andersia Tower is Hochtief Polska - they should start soon(august/september)

really nice. is it the place where Stary Browar is (somewhere behind it)?

Yes, Andersia Tower is quite near Stary Browar(Old Brewery) - about 50m:)

And hear are some photos of construction(earth works) of Second part of Old Brewery Shopping, Art and Business Centre in POZNAN (29 July)

http://www.icpnet.pl/~shaggy/sb/100_2939a.JPG

http://www.icpnet.pl/~shaggy/sb/100_2940a.JPG

http://www.icpnet.pl/~shaggy/sb/100_2941a.JPG

http://www.icpnet.pl/~shaggy/sb/100_2944a.JPG

http://www.icpnet.pl/~shaggy/sb/100_2943a.JPG

http://www.icpnet.pl/~shaggy/sb/100_2946a.JPG

http://www.icpnet.pl/~shaggy/sb/100_2947a.JPG

Wroclaw

'Pasaz Grunwaldzki' const. site :

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/5809/pg1to.jpg
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/9335/pg37bf.jpg
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/9396/pg44xv.jpg

'Arkady Wroclawskie' const. site :

http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/46/46991.jpg
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/2583/aw4wc.jpg

construction of DTS road in Katowice,you can see the construction of impressive tunnel

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/hennepin/1503aec4.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/hennepin/808d879c.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/hennepin/0e0e1ecc.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/hennepin/csdcf.jpg

thanks for the update. I look foward to updates in this thread because I like seeing the big projects such as the road/tunnel construction.

what's a DTS road?

what's a DTS road?

Drogowa Trasa Średnicowa, the express road connecting cities in Katowice aglomeration (alternative for A4 highway that you have to pay the toll)

the construction of 4 stars hotel in Krakow
Hotel Qubus

http://www.qubushotel.com/qubus/Controlls/ImageGet.aspx?imageId=565
http://www.qubushotel.com/Qubus/Controlls/ImageGet.aspx?imageId=568
http://www.qubushotel.com/Qubus/Controlls/ImageGet.aspx?imageId=569

oralB

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/oral_b/IMGP1828.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/oral_b/IMGP1826.jpg

Lublin - redevelopment of the shopping center

http://www.kurierlubelski.pl/images/topics/05-198/lec1.jpg

sonnenkind

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/1836/27et.jpg

new cinema and mall in Tricity (Gdynia), construction has started few days ago

http://www.biznespolska.pl/pictures/gazety/BT/BT_209/BT_209_Apsys_600.jpg

Tricity (Gdańsk) historical trading hall opened after renovation, they found remains of the Dominican church - now you can adimre it

http://www.gdansk.pl/gdansk/files/img_b/01/10/63_file.jpg
http://www.gdansk.pl/gdansk/files/img_b/01/10/66_file.jpg

Silesia city u/c


http://www.gorpol.pl/foto/214_d.jpg

EU will pay for modernizing rail network between Lodz and Warsaw, it will take only one hour to travel between those cities (over 500 mln Euros :cheers: )

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5089710&postcount=1

EU will pay for modernizing rail network between Lodz and Warsaw, it will take only one hour to travel between those cities (over 500 mln Euros :cheers: )

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5089710&postcount=1


very nice :cheers:

EU will pay for modernizing rail network between Lodz and Warsaw, it will take only one hour to travel between those cities (over 500 mln Euros :cheers: )

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5089710&postcount=1

Wow, 500 mln for a single rail network. You're so lucky to be getting all this money from the EU.

:D

With all the constructions going on, are there any plans to destroy some of the commieblocks and replace them with brand new aparment buildings? Or is it still not economically viable in mass scale, even in small cases?

With all the constructions going on, are there any plans to destroy some of the commieblocks and replace them with brand new aparment buildings? Or is it still not economically viable in mass scale, even in small cases?


No. People need a place to live, and they can't keep up with demand for new housing in Poland, or so it has been explained to me by Polish forumers

That, and the country is still too poor to modernize its aging housing sector.

i think that in 15 years commieblocks will start to be damaged

Gillette factory in Lodz

Krnybrny
http://www.lsse.home.pl/image.php?GFX_ID=5cb204edd41754b2144e9883805ee107&R=D
http://www.lsse.home.pl/image.php?GFX_ID=d1735d55d8bdbab9dcb9eb1f8612f095&R=D
http://www.lsse.home.pl/image.php?GFX_ID=b9f5745812fdb2cc50d45672797972a5&R=D

outlet in Gdansk U/C

http://www.gdansk.pl/gdansk/files/img_b/77/66_file.jpghttp://www.gdansk.pl/gdansk/files/img_b/77/65_file.jpg

modernisation of marina in Gdynia (EU funds - 48mln Euros)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y165/pdworakowski/100_2511.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y165/pdworakowski/100_2507.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y165/pdworakowski/100_2510.jpg

new football stadium in Kielce (central Poland) 15.550 capacity:

http://stadionk.roxtet.com/sk/foto/050827_pys1986/big/Obraz%20008.jpg

Well it looks like new building went U/C in Warsaw :cheers:

http://www.michau.se/pics/other_pics/warszawa/projekty/wolf_marszalkowska/wolf_marszalkowska_1.jpg

http://www.michau.se/pics/other_pics/warszawa/projekty/wolf_marszalkowska/wolf_marszalkowska_2.jpg

http://www.michau.se/pics/other_pics/warszawa/projekty/wolf_marszalkowska/wolf_marszalkowska_4.jpg

http://www.michau.se/pics/other_pics/warszawa/projekty/wolf_marszalkowska/wolf_marszalkowska_6.jpg

With all the constructions going on, are there any plans to destroy some of the commieblocks and replace them with brand new aparment buildings? Or is it still not economically viable in mass scale, even in small cases?

Many commieblocks are being renovated like in eastern part of Berlin. But we have so many of them... One of communists goals was destroing Polish cultural inheritance and everything which was related to tradition. So they were covering vast areas with commieblocks and chimneys to destroy cities' historical landscapes and so on.

new arena for Lodz (13.000) construction is about to start

http://www.uml.lodz.pl/news/jotpegi/203391_hala07.jpg http://www.uml.lodz.pl/news/jotpegi/203391_hala05.jpg http://www.uml.lodz.pl/news/jotpegi/203391_hala01.jpg
http://www.uml.lodz.pl/jotpegi/hala_03.jpg http://www.uml.lodz.pl/jotpegi/hala_02.jpg http://www.uml.lodz.pl/jotpegi/hala_01.jpg

residential skyscraper "Sea Towers" in Gdynia 116 m to roof

http://img.trojmiasto.pl/obiekty/news/17100/z17187.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/delfin_pl/z1718732.jpg

That, and the country is still too poor to modernize its aging housing sector.
Yes I think it's still too poor.

A time ago I've read that Warsaw has prognoses that the city will have a population of about 6 million people within circa 10 years or so, perhaps optimistic, but I think many Polish people and especially young people in Poland wants to move to Warsaw. The demand for new residential housing is high and it is not built enough in the capital, prices risk to go up with those factors. I believe that the first place to see any destruction of old commie blocks is Warsaw, after that other big cities can/will follow. Increasing capital is coming in to the country and will make it possible, but obviously not over night. It took almost 50 years to get rid of the ruling communism in Poland and the rest of the so called Soviet sphere of influence, so it will also take a good amount to ger rid of all the signs of the past ruling communism in Poland, Czech Rep, Slovakia, Hungary etc. I think patiens is much needed. It is great to see all the new projects though. They really show that much is being done to modernize. It will go faster to built new and nice housing than it took to get rid of communism. In 50 years with so far increasing investments will create countries in these regions that are impossible to think that they once were ruled by nasty communism. 50 years is a very long time, especially when you compare it to a persons expected life span. I hope I will be around in 50 years to see the status of Poland and its neighbour :D

Adam,
Firstly poles should take away those ugly dirty yellow-orange buses from streets of Warsaw. :) And trams are disgusting too
P.S. Our goverment chef said recently (when he met a delegation from Tirol,Austria), Latvia `ll reach the level of Austria in 15 years :hahaha: So you can envy us :lol:

Adam,
Firstly poles should take away those ugly dirty yellow-orange buses from streets of Warsaw. :) And trams are disgusting too

You mean those Solaris buses that Riga also buys from Poland?


P.S. Our goverment chef said recently (when he met a delegation from Tirol,Austria), Latvia `ll reach the level of Austria in 15 years :hahaha:

You're right, that does sound pretty hilarious. :hilarious

Blank,
i have been in Warszawa yesterday, and what i saw in the morning were not clean-fresh-nice Solaris buses, but ugly dirty yellow-orange buses from communism time. :) Sorry, but it`s true :)

Well I can't speak for the Varsovians, since I'm not from Warsaw. :dunno: Nevertheless, they can't get everything done at once. ;)

http://tramwaje-warszawskie.pol.pl/

Blank,
i can only agree :)
BTW, do you know who is the mayor of Warszawa?

Lech Kaczynski. He's running for president now, but everyone on the Polish forum doesn't like him (especially people from Warsaw). Fortunately, it looks like he doesn't have much of a chance to win.

Adam,
Firstly poles should take away those ugly dirty yellow-orange buses from streets of Warsaw. :) And trams are disgusting too
P.S. Our goverment chef said recently (when he met a delegation from Tirol,Austria), Latvia `ll reach the level of Austria in 15 years :hahaha: So you can envy us :lol:
Yes I envy latvians...
Wow, what made you so angry this morning? Anyway, as I said everything cannot change over night. But it is changing step by step. And step by step things are changing in Latvia as well right. The list of new fresh investemnts in Warsaw can be made extremly long. Maybe you haven't seen much of the new things going on. As of the collective transportation have you seen the verrrry nice new tube stations? Or any ofe the new buildings being built? it's as I said step by step. Or maybe you want a little fairy come down from heaven and shake its little magic wand and change everything right away? ;)

You know , i`ve seen damaged photos of politicians on the street posters :hahaha: I`m pretty sure Lech was there too :)

yeah, that's just great!

Adam,
you know, we changed all ugly busses in Ryga within 1 year to Solaris and Mercedes-Benz. The magical word is "Kredyt" :) So, only Lech(your mayor) is guilty of dirty busses, not i :) The subway system is very nice, i can agree :)

Since it hasn't been poster here yet I think it is about time, eventhough most people perhaps have already seen it. ;)

The new project that has been alot in focus at the Polish forum lately. The announcment of a 192m tall residential tower design by Polish-American architecture Daniel Libeskind to be built in Warsaw:
http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/8/2918/z2918518G.jpghttp://img386.imageshack.us/img386/7666/untitled3copy4yx.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/muszynianka/Capture2.jpg
http://www.kionlab.com/varia/lib.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/muszynianka/zlota44.jpg
http://strony.aster.pl/aligapa/render_libeskind.jpg
:)

Thank you for providing the info, but the building looks very ugly. Is Liebeskind a Pole? :runaway: For me he`s 100% zyd(no offence) :) Or is his father a German?

Adam,
you know, we changed all ugly busses in Ryga within 1 year to Solaris and Mercedes-Benz. The magical word is "Kredyt" :) So, only Lech(your mayor) is guilty of dirty busses, not i :) The subway system is very nice, i can agree :)
Solaris ;) Good choice :D
But you know Ita Simpsone, the entire population of Latvia is ~2,3 million people! Population in Warsaw only is 1,676,600 (urban agglomeration 2,400,000)! There are way more busses to replace in the Warsaw transportation system than Riga. The busses already replaced in Warsaw are more than all teh busses in Riga if not.

Besides the investment is on a much bigger scale than in Riga for instance. Investments are being made for underground, trams and busses. How is the underground system in Riga by the way? ;)

And lets not forget about the SKM Trains (Express trains) investment in Warsaw
http://www.rzeczpospolita.pl/teksty/warszawa_050916/warszawa_a_6-1.F.jpg
:)

Thank you for providing the info, but the building looks very ugly. Is Liebeskind a Pole? :runaway: For me he`s 100% zyd.
Wow you are one out of the tough crowd huh? Ugly you say? It's an awesome building a vast majority say. Zyd or not born in Poland he was.

Blank,
i have been in Warszawa yesterday, and what i saw in the morning were not clean-fresh-nice Solaris buses, but ugly dirty yellow-orange buses from communism time. :) Sorry, but it`s true :)
Colours have nothing to do with the modernity. In fact yellow (gold - colour of Warsaw flag) is the new colour of our public transport for about 15 years and I love this colour. In the communist era buses and trams were white and red. We have yellow new MAN and Solaris buses, yellow older Neoplan buses and really old bud repainted Jelcz buses.
But I must agree quality of buses and trams in Warsaw isn't on the satisfying level. :)

Is Liebeskind a Pole? :runaway: For me he`s 100% zyd(no offence) :) Or is his father a German?
Thinking about nationality in ethnical categories is a new idea even in Europe. Yes Libeskind is a Pole, because his parents were citizens of our Rzeczpospolita, country with multiethnical and mulicultural background. :) You Balts seem to have some obsession with ethnical issues. ;)

Petr,
Don`t lie, please :)
I know how poles call other ethnical groups :) (i`m 50 % pole) :)
But i have another question, do poles call usually someone, who got drunk and losed keys from the apartment(for example), a "slavic soul" ? :D

So Ita Simpsone, how is the underground system in Riga, perhaps you missed the question because i made an edit in my post ;)

Adam, there are no problems with underground system in Riga :) Cause we haven`t it at all :tongue2:

Adam, there are no problems with underground system in Riga :) Cause we haven`t it at all :tongue2:
Aha, I see ;) So the problem is that you don't have one you mean ;)
j/k. So perhaps you understand why all the busses cannot be exchanged in Warsaw at once. If Warsaw only had busses they would all be new a long time ago. There hase to be a balance in new investment, everything has to be modernized, but it is not possible at once. Step by step as I said before. :)

Petr,
Don`t lie, please :)
I know how poles call other ethnical groups :) (i`m 50 % pole) :)
But i have another question, do poles call usualy someone, who got drunk and losed keys from the apartment(for example), a "slavic soul" ? :D
Heh, I don't lie. You're right, between people ethnical/religious rasism is popular nowadays. It's like that mainly because of the communist propaganda and lack of the elites who were exterminated during WW2, emigrated or so. But when you asked polish members on this forum, big number of them would share my point of view. Idea of Rzeczpospolita is becoming stronger and stronger year by year after communism has collapsed. Our engagement in Ukraine matters isn't an accident. ;) In Warsaw and Lodz for example also jewish heritage is becoming appreciated.

Phrase "slavic soul" isn't popular between people I know.

Adam, Tell that to the thousands of poles in UK, France, Ireland and Germany. :) I was there, and for me and this people the currently level is not enough! I want to have a normal life right now, not in 50 years :) Sorry, but when these people come back to Poland, they are shocked about the level in Polska. And i`m shocked about the level in Latvia :) I go back to Germany in 2 weeks :)

Ita Simpsone you live in Germany?
Tell them what? That they are modernizing step by step? I bet they already know that ;) No one said that you should wait 50 years. You live your life like you want to. No one is saying you to do otherwise ;)

Petr,
i`ve always thought poles hate ukrainians. Typical phrases about them are : "they`ve burned our houses" and "they are criminals"

Ita Simpsone do you have any development or construction news about Poland? Cuz that is what the thread is really about ;)
And as of your latest statement, you should know not to generalize.

Anyway, here's another construction news. A new hotel in Krakow;
http://www.qubushotel.com/qubus/Controlls/ImageGet.aspx?imageId=565
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/miv23/Krakow%20-%20miejskie%202/IMGA0352.jpg

nice to see ppl so jealous, we are booming and thats a fact!

Here's another fine piece of news that boost the booming as delfin_pl says;

"The Financial Times

Optimism high as Poland regains investment lustre
Poland is regaining its reputation as the most attractive location for foreign investors in central Europe, after being trumped for several years by more aggressive rivals such as Slovakia.

In the last month Poland beat the Czech Republic to win a €430m ($528m, £290m) flat screen factory from LG Philips LCD, the Korean-Dutch joint venture. Symbolically the factory will be located in Kobierzyce, in south-west Poland, which had been expecting a car plant from South Korea's Kia before losing out toSlovakia last year."
FT.com

Petr,
i`ve always thought poles hate ukrainians. Typical phrases about them are : "they`ve burned our houses" and "they are criminals"
After Orange Revolution Ukraine and ukrainians have become one of our favourite nations and it seems the change is permanent. :)
Let's go back to the topic. ;)

residential skyscraper "Sea Towers" in Gdynia 116 m to roof

http://img.trojmiasto.pl/obiekty/news/17100/z17187.jpg


Wow! I missed this news! And it is for residential right by the water. There'll be an amazing view over the sea from this tower! :cheers:

And the new football stadium in Kielce is going forward:
http://inwestycjekielce.w.interia.pl/stadion_caly_kgi.jpg
http://www.mosir.kielce.pl/budowa/grafa/trawa6.jpg

More football in Poland;
In Gdansk this stadium is planned:
http://www.gdansk.pl/gdansk/files/img_b/72/31_file.jpg
:) Gotta love footie :)

And the new facade on Novotel in Warsaw is almost done. Looks better than it used to :)
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/828/cyk0095hd.jpg

And while being on the subject of renovations/reconstructions here are some for the old buildings in Warsaw:
http://www.proart.waw.pl/realizacje/gfx/wilcza_balkon.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/realizacje/gfx/wilcza_elew.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/realizacje/gfx/uw_double1.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/realizacje/gfx/uw_4.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/realizacje/gfx/uw_3.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/realizacje/gfx/uw_1.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/realizacje/gfx/uw_2.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/realizacje/gfx/sniad_przed.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/realizacje/gfx/sniad_elew.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/realizacje/gfx/szucha_elew2.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/realizacje/gfx/szucha_elew1.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/projekty/gfx/wilcza_2.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/projekty/gfx/wilcza_1.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/projekty/gfx/snk_arch.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/projekty/gfx/snk_1.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/projekty/gfx/snk_front.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/projekty/gfx/wsp_view.jpg
http://www.proart.waw.pl/projekty/gfx/wsp50_2.jpg
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/2103/img62993ca.jpg

I will be honest :)
After watching the projests carefully, i can only say- they are too massive, and that`s why i don`t like them. About the project of Liebeskind- i would rather prefer to see a skyscraper which foundation is a square, 100 floors high and with black glass covered, than somewhat so ugly like a projest of Panie Liebeskind.

^^ I like it becuase there are already square buildings in Warsaw, a tower with a twist is needed for the skyline, and also that it is a residential and not an office building is important to keep that district alive with people during the night time and not only during office hours. And the height is very good for this type of tower imo. Massive projects for a massive city ;)

Poznan also has some nice projects in the works:
Andersia
http://members.lycos.co.uk/plocwyjazd/Andersia/P9220157.JPG
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/6936/02kjadwigi8rt.jpg
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/5796/01ddebi3mh.jpg

And another football stadium in Poznan, sorry for the small photo couldn't find bigger:
http://mozi.cougar.superhost.pl/admin/news_rys/stadion2.jpg

I will be honest :)
After watching the projests carefully, i can only say- they are to massive, and that`s why i don`t like them. About the project of Liebeskind- i would rather prefer to see a skyscraper which foundation is a square, 100 floors high and with black glass covered, than somewhat so ugly like a projest of Panie Liebeskind.

are you jealous? :) Liebeskind tower is one of the best here, cheers

:eek: Residental? In the centre? Then it`s OK. :)
:cheer:

nice to see ppl so jealous, we are booming and thats a fact!
I totally agree.

:eek: Residental? In the centre? Then it`s OK. :)
:cheer:

Jealousy is an entirely natural emotion... :cheers:

I`m not jealous at all :| I just have thought, Warszawa deserves somewhat better :) But if you think it`s good- then OK. In Lomza or Lipsk i would like to see something like that, but in Warszawa? :dunno:

^^^sure buddy, what ever floats your boat :)

^^^sure buddy, what ever floats your boat :)
I think she is a girl. ;) I agree that some projects are too massive, e.g. those towers in Poznan - they could look much better if they were slimmer and taller. The Libeskind tower looks fabulous to me though.

I think she is a girl. ;) I agree that some projects are too massive, e.g. those towers in Poznan - they could look much better if they were slimmer and taller. The Libeskind tower looks fabulous to me though.

Doesn't rally matter now does it since this is the Internet and not IRL ;)

Centrum Grzybowska:
http://www.pjwstk.edu.pl/~s2778/Grzybowska/obrazek060.jpg
http://zdjeciacudaka.piaseczno.com.pl/grzybowska_centrum.jpg
http://www.architektura-murator.pl/images/inter_hilton_przek.gif
http://www.sky.s64.pl/home/Plany/gc04.jpg

In the renders the colour scheme is perhaps not up to date. But still news :)

Wroclaw has a bunch of projects as example:
TIMES
http://www.projektmanagement.pl/images_db/11012086840.08048200!kazimierz_01.jpg
http://www.projektmanagement.pl/images_db/11012087270.18359600!KAZIMIERZA_003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/kamienica.jpg

And new residential project with modern contemporary architect:
http://gtw86.republika.pl/Gencz/1.jpg
http://www.budmax.info/komorowice/komorowice/f1.jpg
http://www.budmax.info/komorowice/komorowice/f10.jpg
http://www.budmax.info/komorowice/komorowice/f11.jpg
http://budmax.info/wroclaw/images/lokalizacja1.jpg
Modern contemporary style is awesome imo :)

new outlet in 3city


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/delfin_pl/Zdjcie068.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/delfin_pl/Zdjcie067.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/delfin_pl/Zdjcie000.jpg

Aquapark Wroclaw

antoslaw
http://antoslaw.at.jaracza.osiedla.net/aqua/DSCF0399.JPG
http://antoslaw.at.jaracza.osiedla.net/aqua/DSCF0397.JPG
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/wroclawczyk/AquaWro1.jpg

^^^sure buddy, what ever floats your boat :)
Adamczyk, this joke i didn`t understand at all :)
Delfin,
These protestantic-minimalistic style houses in 3city are great! :applause:
About the aquapark : it`s OK, not superb, but acceptable. :) The aquapark in Polkowice-the only one in Wojewodztwo Dolnośląskie- was really old, built in archaic 1998 :D

Adamczyk, this joke i didn`t understand at all :)
Delfin,
These protestantic-minimalistic style houses in 3city are great! :applause:
About the aquapark : it`s OK, not superb, but acceptable. :) The aquapark in Polkowice-the only one in Wojewodztwo Dolnośląskie- was really old, built in archaic 1998 :D

you are the first to like them :)

I've never seen aquapark in Polkowiece, but in 3city we have impressive one with wild river , take a look at virtual tour


http://www.aquaparksopot.pl/?cont=&lang=en

you are the first to like them :)

I've never seen aquapark in Polkowiece, but in 3city we have impressive one with wild river , take a look at virtual tour


http://www.aquaparksopot.pl/?cont=&lang=en
The aquapark in Sopot looks superb! :) It seems to me it was built in 2005 or 2004, right? It looks very fresh and new :)
About aquapark in Polkowice : http://aquapark.com.pl/
Enjoy! And compare the prices :D
But i must admit for 1998 it looks ultra-modern. :yes:

Bydgoszcz - Galeria Astoria U/C


http://img325.imageshack.us/img325/4852/131f40456e855121df8f32bdd01777.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/zonc/2astoria.jpg
http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/3/2702/z2702143G.jpg

The aquapark in Sopot looks superb! :) It seems to me it was built in 2005 or 2004, right? It looks very fresh and new :)
About aquapark in Polkowice : http://aquapark.com.pl/
Enjoy! And compare the prices :D
But i must admit for 1998 it looks ultra-modern. :yes:

actually it was built in 2001, but it's still "fresh" It has an outdoors pools all year long with a view on the sea.

2 new Mall's in Gliwice center:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Misiek/CONSTRUCTION.jpg
Visualisation by snieg & me:D

Focus Park
Renders:
http://www.parkridge.pl/pl/_d/gliwice.jpg
http://www.parkridge.pl/_d/rendery/gliwice_d_1.jpg
http://www.parkridge.pl/_d/komunikacja_gliwice.gif
http://www.lsh.com.pl/fotki/gliwice2.jpg
Facts:
140 000 sq. meters
1500 parking places
220 boutiques
Cost: 100 mln Euros
Opening: 2007
Developer: Parkridge CE

Forum Gliwice
http://www.arkus.pl/foty/usl_han/gliwice5.jpg
http://www.arkus.pl/foty/usl_han/gliwice4.jpg
http://www.arkus.pl/foty/usl_han/gliwice3.jpg
http://www.arkus.pl/foty/usl_han/gliwice1.jpg
http://www.arkus.pl/foty/usl_han/gliwice7.jpg
http://www.arkus.pl/foty/usl_han/gliwice2.jpg
http://www.arkus.pl/foty/usl_han/gliwice6.jpg
http://www.forumgliwice.pl/pl/popup/Forum_01.jpg
http://www.forumgliwice.pl/pl/popup/Forum_02.jpg
http://www.forumgliwice.pl/pl/popup/Forum_03.jpg
Facts:
46 000 sq. meters
140 boutiques
1000 parking places
Opening: 2006/2007
Developer: Braaten + Pedersen

These protestantic-minimalistic style houses in 3city are great! :applause: D

Acutally, they are ugly... :runaway:

great project, I love it, Aqua park is nice to

Adamczyk, this joke i didn`t understand at all :)
Delfin,
These protestantic-minimalistic style houses in 3city are great! :applause:
About the aquapark : it`s OK, not superb, but acceptable. :) The aquapark in Polkowice-the only one in Wojewodztwo Dolnośląskie- was really old, built in archaic 1998 :D

@ "Ita Simpsone'czyk", I would advise you to take some English lessons if you do not understand ;)

@ discoWAW, that type of architecture kind of has that effect. You either like it or not... ;)

@ "Ita Simpsone'czyk", I would advise you to take some English lessons if you do not understand ;)

Rozumiesz cze ni? I`m Pani Ita and not "buddy" :) And English is my 5th language, and i speak English 100 times better than you, Adamusik! :baeh3:

First stage of this 600 million euro development is a giant mall. Silesia Mall in Katowice.

http://www.gorpol.pl/foto/214_d.jpg

Rozumiesz cze ni? I`m Pani Ita and not "buddy" :) And English is my 5th language, and i speak English 100 times better than you, Adamusik! :baeh3:
Yes you are completely right that your English is better than mine.... *hrmm* or then again you probably woke up and realized that it all was a dream. Unless you actually have some development news you shouldn't keep on posting nonsense ;) I don't care if you are pani, pan or an old fart. Just a little 'fyi' incase you forgot ;)

new bussines complex in Warsaw

Rondo City (construction has started)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7004/46tz.jpg
http://kir-architekci.com/katalog/wybrane/koncepcje/atrium_south_zew/pages/3.jpg
http://kir-architekci.com/katalog/wybrane/koncepcje/atrium_south_zew/pages/6.jpg
http://kir-architekci.com/katalog/wybrane/koncepcje/atrium_south_zew/pages/8.jpg

WTF??:D:D It looks quite high on this visualisation...
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7004/46tz.jpg

^^ I'm not satisfied with this one. It should AT least be the same height as the Westin Hotel imo

PKS station in Krakow almost finished

juunior

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/juunior/RDA%20%2022-09-2005/P9223209_resize.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/juunior/RDA%20%2022-09-2005/P9223212_resize.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/juunior/RDA%20%2022-09-2005/P9223213_resize.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/juunior4/RDA%2018-09-2005%20Droga/P9183205_resize.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/juunior4/RDA%2016-09-2005/P9163146_resize.jpg

grzaniec

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/grzaniec/rda/PICT0002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/grzaniec/rda/PICT0060.jpg

Sea Towers in Gdynia (U/C)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y202/trolley1/SeaTowers.jpg
http://www.budowle.pl/newsy/grafika/sea_towers.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/delfin_pl/100_2864.jpg

Centrum Zelazna in Warsaw U/C

http://www.zdjeciacudaka.pulsnet.pl/New/zelazna1.jpg http://www.zdjeciacudaka.pulsnet.pl/New/zelazna2.jpg
sojuz

http://www.startbilder.de/einzelbild.php?id=374926&quality=80&maxpixel=800&identifier=30ea0d9674

Are there no new constructions without me? ;) Don`t worry, i`ll save your thread! :D

Ahh, my computer dies on me and I've missed so much. I love the new residentials in Gdynia and Warsaw! Warsaw definitely needs more scrapers, and unique ones at that. The facade is kind of odd (What is it supposed to be made of?), but I really like the shape of it. And that residential in Gdynia is just awesome. Poprostu piekne. ;)

PKS station in Krakow almost finished

juunior

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/juunior/RDA%20%2022-09-2005/P9223209_resize.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/juunior/RDA%20%2022-09-2005/P9223212_resize.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/juunior/RDA%20%2022-09-2005/P9223213_resize.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/juunior4/RDA%2018-09-2005%20Droga/P9183205_resize.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/juunior4/RDA%2016-09-2005/P9163146_resize.jpg

grzaniec

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/grzaniec/rda/PICT0002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/grzaniec/rda/PICT0060.jpg

It looks very good :cheers:

const.of the 'Nowe Miasto' project :

http://www.frelenberg.de/pic/ece-krakau1.jpg

by @juunior:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/ece_spotkanie/PA013348_resize.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/ece_spotkanie/PA013296_resize.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/ece_spotkanie/PA013303_resize.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/ece_spotkanie/PA013307_resize.jpg


It's not a huge investment, but it's something very important for Krakow- second phase of the Market square renovation :

by @juunior and @Papaj :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/juunior/Rynek%2022-09-2005/P9223215_resize.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4048/p92800950hm.jpg
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2926/p92800963jb.jpg

It's not a huge investment, but it's something very important for Krakow- second phase of the Market square renovation :

what changes will this bring to the market square?

Gillette Factory Lodz

http://lodz.naszemiasto.pl/grafika2/nowy/f1/40_522346_1_d_4137.jpg

what changes will this bring to the market square?

the changes are not going to be dramatic- the surface of eastern side of the square will be much better and nicer (renovation of the western side was finished earlier this year).

before the renovation (look at the pavement) :

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/1/2470/z2470231G.jpg

after the renovation it will be similar to the western part :

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/2/2859/z2859872G.jpg

Mosaic around Mickiewicz monument will be similar to the one before the IIww :

http://www.wawel.net/images/myszka/architektura/18.jpg

^^ that's really nice! You said similar... I'd like to see the same patterns on the pavement around the Mickiewicz monument as on the last pic you posted :D

^^ that's really nice! You said similar... I'd like to see the same patterns on the pavement around the Mickiewicz monument as on the last pic you posted :D

Forumers from Krakow should know better than me - maybe it will be the same.

Gdynia - Sea Towers

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y202/trolley1/SeaTowers.jpg

const pic by @beczkarz :

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/beczkarz/IMG_1948.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/beczkarz/IMG_1951.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/beczkarz/IMG_1952.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/beczkarz/IMG_1953.jpg

Krakow

Market Square renovation :

http://www.gorpol.pl/foto/473_d.jpg
http://www.gorpol.pl/foto/472_d.jpg
http://www.gorpol.pl/foto/471_d.jpg

'Nowe Miasto' project :

http://www.gorpol.pl/foto/477_d.jpg

Poznan

Andersia

http://www.wiezowce.bajo.pl/inne/andersia2.jpg
http://www.wiezowce.bajo.pl/inne/andersia4.jpg

by @Pemo :

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/Pemo/Budowa%20Andersii/100_3825a.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/Pemo/Budowa%20Andersii/100_3828a.jpg

Sheraton hotel

http://www.mat.com.pl/popup/poznan/poznan3.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/forumbl/6.6/baltyk/1.JPG
http://www.ahgz.de/images/story/gross/200_008_109456_poznan.jpg

by @Pemo :

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/Pemo/Poznan-%20Budowy/100_3822a.jpg

Wroclaw

Arkady Wroclawskie

http://www.arkadywroclawskie.pl/image3.aspx?id=51

by @antoslaw :

http://antoslaw.at.jaracza.osiedla.net/aw011005/DSCF0473.JPG
http://antoslaw.at.jaracza.osiedla.net/aw011005/DSCF0470.JPG

Pasaz Grunwaldzki

http://antoslaw.at.jaracza.osiedla.net/pg4.jpg

by @antoslaw :

http://antoslaw.at.jaracza.osiedla.net/aw021005/DSCF0497.JPG
http://antoslaw.at.jaracza.osiedla.net/aw021005/DSCF0495.JPG

Lodz

Philips

by @MIKI :

http://24.fajnafotka.pl/TheImg2.aspx?imagePath=3210\\100_1970.jpg&width=680&height=510&imageQuality=80
http://24.fajnafotka.pl/TheImg2.aspx?imagePath=3210\\100_1972.jpg&width=680&height=510&imageQuality=80

Manufaktura :

http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_09_2005/IMG_5743.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_09_2005/IMG_5755.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_09_2005/IMG_6878.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_09_2005/IMG_6950.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_09_2005/IMG_6994.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_09_2005/P1010013.jpg

Krakow

new building of Polish Aviation Museum - const should start next year, should be finished by 2007.

http://www.rzeczpospolita.pl/teksty/nieruchomosci_051010/nieruchomosci_a_12-1.F.jpg

A2 highway near Lodz (connecting city with Poznan and Germany) to be opened in few months :cheers:

http://www.nowedrogi.pl/components/com_akogallery/img_pictures/P9294913.jpg
http://www.nowedrogi.pl/components/com_akogallery/img_pictures/P9294898.jpg
http://www.nowedrogi.pl/components/com_akogallery/img_pictures/P9294922.jpg

construction of the new ski-jump in Wisla (Adam Malysz town)

Tomek_NO

http://www.wisla.pl/UPLOADY/_GALERIA/fotorelacja_61_1125924900_DUZE.jpg
http://www.malinka.wisla.pl/101005/Sk264.JPG
http://www.malinka.wisla.pl/100905/Sk231.JPG

^^ what height its going to have?

^^
point K-120

Well, it seems to be a funny thread for Poles who want to practise their English (as no one else is interested in it) ;)

Well, it seems to be a funny thread for Poles who want to practise their English (as no one else is interested in it) ;)

it's not that people arn't interested it that not everyone chooses to comment.

construction of the new ski-jump in Wisla (Adam Malysz town)

Tomek_NO

http://www.wisla.pl/UPLOADY/_GALERIA/fotorelacja_61_1125924900_DUZE.jpg
http://www.malinka.wisla.pl/101005/Sk264.JPG
http://www.malinka.wisla.pl/100905/Sk231.JPG


wow, impresive

it's not that people arn't interested it that not everyone chooses to comment.Hopefully!

Sea Towers in Gdynia (U/C)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y202/trolley1/SeaTowers.jpg


Amazing project. :)

Krakow

new building of Polish Aviation Museum - const should start next year, should be finished by 2007.

http://www.rzeczpospolita.pl/teksty/nieruchomosci_051010/nieruchomosci_a_12-1.F.jpg


Now thats what I like to see. Bravo, Poland :applause:

^^
Yeah, impressive! :D

Nice projects :) But i still have a "too-much-feeling" :laugh: :laugh:

Poznan

'Andersia Tower' by @Pemo :

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/Pemo/Budowa%20Andersii/100_4073a.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/Pemo/Budowa%20Andersii/100_4074a.jpg

Keep us posted guys :okay:

I'm checking this thread out from time to time :)

http://www.wisla.pl/UPLOADY/_GALERIA/fotorelacja_61_1125924900_DUZE.jpg
Picture is made of ginger-bread.
j/k

Now thats what I like to see. Bravo, Poland :applause:
Thank you :bowtie: . Thank you for your comment :)

Keep us posted guys :okay:

I'm checking this thread out from time to time :)
Thank you for comment :cucumber:

New mall in LUBLIN.

http://kurier.lublin.pl/images/topics/05-251/im1.jpg

85 000 m2, 2 hypermarkets, 200 shops, entertainment center, multiplex.

^^^^ Pretty nice mall, reminds me a bit of Arkadia with the square in front and the two hypermarkets...... but hey generally malls are terrible though there is much worse than this ;)

New skyscraper in the center of Poznan (66 meters, 92 meters with a spire) :

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/1/2997/z2997651G.jpg
http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/0/2997/z2997650G.jpg
http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/9/2997/z2997649G.jpg

const. should start soon

New shopping center in Piaseczno (just outside the Warsaw borders) will be open this month :

http://www.rzeczpospolita.pl/teksty/warszawa_051104/warszawa_a_6-1.F.jpg
http://www.biznespolska.pl/pictures/gazety/BW/BW_419/BW_419_fashion_lk_600.jpg
http://www.biznespolska.pl/pictures/gazety/BW/BW_419/BW_419_fashion2_lk_600.jpg

Krakow

new bus station :

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/rda_spotkanie/PA013359_resize.jpg
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/5151/obraz5273wl.jpg

'Nowe Miasto' project :

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/5514/obraz5652ba.jpg
http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/2225/obraz5826mb.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/ECE%2029-10-2005/PA293724_resize.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/ECE%2029-10-2005/PA293726_resize.jpg

New apartments in the center of Krakow :

http://www.fatamorgana.com.pl/galeria/news/zwierz/main/1main.jpg
http://www.fatamorgana.com.pl/galeria/news/zwierz/main/2main.jpg
http://www.fatamorgana.com.pl/galeria/news/zwierz/main/3main.jpg

Renovation of the Old Town square :

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/rynek%2029-10-2005/PA293735_resize.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/rynek%2029-10-2005/PA293734_resize.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/rynek%2029-10-2005/PA293733_resize.jpg

Krakow public transport news :

232 Million PLN For Tram Network in Krakow

Malopolska Region voivode together with Krakow Urban Transportation Company (MPK Krakow) signed a deal on closing the first level of integrated transport system in Cracow. The estimated cost of reaches 60 million EUR (232 million PLN). Almost half of this sum will come from EU funding (Integrated Operational Program for Regional Development - ZPORR). The remaining part will be financed by MPK from company's budget and loans.

Investments include extension of Cracow Rapid Tram line, road-rail integration projects, new bus station and purchase of 24 new low-floor trams (43 million EUR). The project is scheduled to be finished by 2008 - otherwise EU will not be able to contribute any financial resources. The tramline is to be extended by 2006 and new trams will become reality in 2007.

http://www.railway-market.pl/news05/0510_008.htm

Katowice

Silesia City Center project :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/pimys/IMG_1695.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/pimys/IMG_1696.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/pimys/IMG_1665.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/pimys/IMG_1679.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/pimys/IMG_1685.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/pimys/IMG_1689.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/pimys/IMG_1692.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/pimys/IMG_1735.jpg

Katowice

Silesia City Center project


^^thats awesome, man the inside rocks!

Krakow

Renovation of the Old Town square :

by @juunior :

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/kamienice/PB143920_resize.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/kamienice/PB143921_resize.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/kamienice/PB143922_resize.jpg

renders :

http://www.archecon.com.pl/projekty_img/rynek_003b.jpg
http://www.archecon.com.pl/projekty_img/rynek_004b.jpg


Opera builiding :

by @OralB:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/oral_b/IMGP3454a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/oral_b/IMGP3455a.jpg

'Nowe Miasto' :

by @OralB :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/oral_b/IMGP3434a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/oral_b/IMGP3435a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/oral_b/IMGP3441a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/oral_b/IMGP3443a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/oral_b/IMGP3444a.jpg

Katowice

Silesia City Center was officialy open

http://www.rzeczpospolita.pl/teksty/nieruchomosci_051121/nieruchomosci_a_10-1.F.jpg

Wroclaw

const of Galeria Legnicka (shopping center) will start soon - cost of the project 95 mln euro

http://www.rzeczpospolita.pl/teksty/nieruchomosci_051121/nieruchomosci_a_12-1.F.jpg

Pasaz Grunwaldzki center - under const :

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/1/3021/z3021701G.jpg
http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/0/3021/z3021700G.jpg

Poznan

Andersia Tower under const

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/6936/02kjadwigi8rt.jpg

pic by @Pulse and @mateq

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/2342/dscf55418cg.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/mateq/pazpoz/zdj/and/DSC04256.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/mateq/pazpoz/zdj/and/DSC04259.jpg

new underground parking (almost finished) and revitalization of square :

http://poznan.naszemiasto.pl/grafika2/nowy/3b/40_537179_2_d_2731.jpg
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6986/dsc040726qe.jpg
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5776/dsc040758co.jpg
http://poznan.naszemiasto.pl/grafika2/nowy/41/40_537179_1_d_8241.jpg

Pruszkow (part of Warsaw aglomeration) :

const. of arena for track cycling (one of the most modern in Europe) :

http://www.velodromes.com/WAW_hall_1.jpg
http://www.velodromes.com/WAW_hall_4.jpg

http://www.miasto.pruszkow.pl/images/stories/panorama01.jpg

by @rafael:

http://pfl.neostrada.pl/imgz.jpg

Kielce - football stadium

http://www.mosir.kielce.pl/budowa/grafa/fot26.jpg
http://www.mosir.kielce.pl/budowa/grafa/fot25.jpg

Poznan - football stadium

http://www.maroonpoint.com/budowa/858.jpg
http://www.maroonpoint.com/budowa/600.jpg

Gdansk - arena (const should start soon)

http://gdansk.naszemiasto.pl/grafika2/nowy/6f/40_521232_1_d_9547.jpg
http://gdansk.naszemiasto.pl/grafika2/nowy/19/40_521232_3_d_2030.jpg

Lodz - arena (const. should start soon)

http://www.uml.lodz.pl/jotpegi/hala_03.jpg
http://www.uml.lodz.pl/news/jotpegi/203391_hala07.jpg

Galeria Krakowska under construction

http://news.eformation.de/v2/admin/_customer/25/110/8487/images/8152.jpg
http://news.eformation.de/v2/admin/_customer/25/110/8487/images/8160.jpg

Two Interestng articles about GDANSK :

http://www.warsawvoice.pl/images/logo_supplements_black.gif

The New Marine Salon

12 October 2005

A new district is emerging in Gdańsk’s Śródmieście in the very heart of the Tri-City area.

Młode Miasto (Young City) has a chance of becoming the biggest urban planning project in the Gdańsk-Sopot-Gdynia Tri-City, home to some 1 million inhabitants. It will also mark one of the largest areas of city downtown revitalization in Poland.

Its unique character is linked with its proximity to the waterfront and the chance to shape a new area of Gdańsk’s central district of Śródmieście from the scratch, to feature a multifunction, metropolitan character. It will occupy the neglected, no longer-fit-for-production shipyard areas, which determines the project identity. It is expressed in the industrial architecture of the remaining buildings, the memory of the place—names of streets originating from old shipyard professions, and the numerous relics that are the district’s characteristic features, lending it a maritime ambiance. At the same time, Young City will be a natural extension of the city’s waterfront—the old port on the Motława River.

Young City may create a modern multifunction city district combining work with shopping and leisure opportunities, and a significant part of the area will be occupied by new residential buildings. These functions will be played by both newly designed structures and the adapted former shipyard halls, which will make the incorporation of a special architectural framework possible. Retaining the place’s old character will involve preserving the activity of many companies dealing with the construction and repair of yachts and other small vessels in the area.

Young City’s transportation axis will be formed by a modern avenue that now is known by the working name Nowa Wałowa. It will ensure fast and safe access to the whole district and traffic-free exit from the city toward Warsaw and the A1 freeway. At the same time, Young City will be connected with the rest of Gdańsk by a network of public spaces, including boulevards on the water, shopping streets and the symbolic monumental Droga do Wolności (Road to Freedom). Droga do Wolności, together with Solidarity Square, will form the crux of the Young City, commemorating historic events connected with the emergence of the democratic Solidarity movement that was born here in 1980.

The new district’s buildings will be realized on the basis of 11 smaller neighborhoods, each of which will adopt a different city program. At the same time, the entire area is included in important local urban development plans and the first surveying procedures have reinforced its regulations.

Now the City of Gdańsk has started work on the European Solidarity Center and is analyzing the first elements of the public infrastructure. At the same time, developers are preparing concepts for several commercial and residential structures.


Facts

■ Area: 73 ha
■ Owner: Synergia 99 Sp. z o.o.—a private developer that purchased the land from the Gdańsk Shipyard in 2000 and whose goal is to revitalize post-shipyards area in Gdańsk
■ In 2004, the Council of the City of Gdańsk passed new local Master Plan that provide for the following land development:
—land for realization of the basic transportation system and public space and structures: 12.5 hectares
—land for private development projects (including the realization of the remaining elements of public space and transportation system on the local level): 60 hectares
—a water basin for the future marina: 0.57 ha
—possible new total space for construction: 1 million sq m
—tentative construction of some 4,500 new apartments
—possibility of creating some 35,000 new jobs
—possible construction of three shopping centers




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TERMINAL VELOCITY

12 October 2005

The demand for container transport in Poland is growing about 9 percent faster than the worldwide average. At the same time, Gdańsk gives year-round ice-free access to the 300 million residents of Central and Eastern Europe.

This creates almost ideal conditions for the Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk (DCT Gdansk)-a British company building a deep-sea container terminal in the port of Gdańsk.

Currently Poland has only two smaller container terminals serving its population of 37 million. To compare, the UK, with about 59 million, has 11 large terminals.

Phase one of the DCT Gdansk project will have a capacity of about 500,000 TEU per year [TEU is a measure of a ship's or port's capacity where 1 TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) = 1 standard twenty-foot container], while the whole terminal will be able to handle over 1,000,000 TEU per year.

In comparison, the prospering container terminal in the port of Gdynia has a capacity of 350,000 TEU per year with a planned increase to 500,000 TEU a year.

"Along with the A1 freeway (Gdańsk-Warsaw-Vienna) planned nearby and the connection to the well-developed Polish rail network, the port of Gdańsk, which can handle the biggest ships sailing the Baltic, is a great location for the new terminal. It could become a big European hub," says Terry A. Rogers, managing director for Poland at Day & Johnson-a company that has managed the project from the very start.

"A significant number of the containers handled by the overloaded ports of Rotterdam and Hamburg is transferred further by land to Central and Eastern Europe. As a project that will take this cargo off land and carry it more ecologically by sea, the building of the container terminal is favored by the European Union and that is yet another reasons why many companies would like to be associated with the project," continues Rogers. "It is probably the most exciting project that I've been involved with, not just because of its size, but because of the influence it will have on the entire region."

Day & Johnson is now handling the project together with a company with great experience in marine infrastructure-Royal Haskoning. The management process involved negotiating a lease agreement with the Port Authority, covering 30+30 years with an option for an additional 30, as well as the establishment of a tender for the contractor, which was won by Hochtief-Polska. Now the specialists from Day & Johnson will supervise the construction and payment schedule for the contractor.

Day & Johnson is returning to the North Port of Gdańsk 10 years after their first project in Poland-the LPG terminal for Gaspol. Over these years, the company has completed a number of projects not only on the coast but all over Poland. Now there are three offices in operation: Gdańsk, Cracow (set up to handle projects for Tesco), and the fastest growing one in Warsaw. Day & Johnson is a British company, though the Polish operation has a slightly different share structure. Currently, there are only three Brits working for the company, the rest of the employees are Polish specialists.

"DCT Gdansk is a consortium of shareholders and managers with practice in various areas, many of them with a great deal of experience in terminal building and operation as well as dealing with shipping lines. However, every project needs financial specialists and lawyers who know the local conditions," says Rogers.

Dredging is already underway and construction of the wharf should start shortly.

To start operation, about 200 meters of quay are needed. The first phase of the project should be finished by 2007. Completion of the first phase will be linked with the creation of 370 jobs. Thanks to easy access to materials and product shipping, many companies are interested in setting up manufacturing facilities in the vicinity. Hotels, restaurants and companies serving the terminal are also expected to appear near the terminal.

A few articles about Warsaw :

http://www.warsawvoice.pl/images/logo_supplements_black.gif

Warsaw on the up & up

12 October 2005

Warsaw is one of the biggest and most dynamic markets in Central and Eastern Europe. Modern office space accounts for 18.5 percent of the total in the seven main CEE markets-Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Moscow, Prague, Sofia and Warsaw. That makes Warsaw the second-biggest office market after Moscow.

Approximately 650,000 sq m of office space in the CEE region was completed in the first six months of 2005, a decline of 7 percent year-on-year. In Warsaw supply for the first six months amounted to 50,600 sq m and was lower compared to the first half of 2004. CB Richard Ellis estimates that approximately 100,000 sq m of new stock will enter the Warsaw office market by the end of this year.

Reduced supply contributed to a decrease in vacancy rates in every major CEE market this year. At the end of the second quarter of 2005 the vacancy rate was at the average level of 9.1 percent for all CEE markets. Declining vacancy rates over the last year have been especially noticeable in Warsaw, Bratislava, Bucharest and Budapest. The vacancy rate for Warsaw as a whole decreased to 10.25 percent as of the end of second quarter 2005. This decrease resulted from a fall in vacancy both in the City Center to the level of 13.97 percent and in Non-Central locations to the level of 7.61 percent.

Demand for office space in CEE has remained strong in 2005, despite slowing markets in Western Europe. The Warsaw office occupational market accounted for 19.5 percent-i.e. 175,214 sq m of the total 900,000 sq m leased in the CEE region. CB Richard Ellis attributes the continued growth in the CEE occupation market to robust economic growth, rapid expansion of the service sector in most CEE markets and last year's accession by eight CEE countries to the European Union, which has prompted an increase in outsourcing and offshoring to CEE. Undoubtedly, the EU accession positively influenced the growth in demand for high-quality office space. Poland, for example, with its low wage base, a well-educated and skilled labor force has been already targeted by major corporate companies and will benefit more from Business Process Offshoring in future.

Strong investment demand has been a common trend for the last few quarters and has had a direct impact on yields. Prime yields in Central and Eastern Europe are constantly under downward pressure due to a shortage of available product and ever-increasing demand. CB Richard Ellis expects that prime yields will continue to fall in 2005, with office yields in Warsaw and its peer group Prague and Budapest quickly approaching 7 percent by the end of this year. However, some of the prestigious office buildings with high quality tenants are already achieving yield below 7 percent.


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Changes Around the Corner

12 October 2005

Luxembourg-based ORCO company may start a new trend in Warsaw-based on purchasing existing buildings only to demolish them and build new ones in their place. Until now, investors and developers active in the Polish capital have primarily built their facilities on vacant lots. In promoting its investment opportunities, Warsaw has offered a large number of vacant lots, even in the central districts of the city. But the number of such lots is shrinking, especially in the center.

ORCO bought the City Center, constructed in 1991, for zl.41.5 million and plans to replace it with a 192-meter residential high-rise with 340 high-standard apartments. This will be the tallest residential building in Warsaw. The company has commissioned the design from international architect Daniel Libeskind, his first design for a Polish city. ORCO's decision was determined by the location. The project will be built in a central point of the city, next to the Złote Tarasy retail-culture-entertainment center-which the investor, ING Real Estate, plans to open next year-and the Rondo 1 office building soon to be completed by Hochtief Project Development.

Not far from the ORCO project, another high-rise is planned: an apartment building designed by leading Polish architect Stefan Kuryłowicz, with Polish-American Shalom Foundation acting as developer. Both buildings will be erected in the vicinity of Defilad Square, with its still-undeveloped areas around the Palace of Culture and Science. City authorities have intended to develop this square for years, but with little success. Now the initiative by private investors may finally mobilize public decision makers and work will actually get under way on Defilad Square. The planned project involves big-city architecture with service, office, cultural and tourist functions. The facilities would be built for money provided by private investors and from local government funds.

There is every indication that the contemporary Art Museum will be the first project to be created; an architectural competition for the preparation of a design for the project will be announced soon. In mid-September, a few days before the start of the Chopin International Piano Competition, a cornerstone for the Chopin Center was laid. In another project, an architectural competition for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews has been announced; construction will begin soon. The museum will be built on the basis of a design provided by a Finnish studio, Lahdelma & Mahlamäki. An architectural competition for the Kopernik Science Center is in progress. The center will be beautifully located on the Vistula River near the modern building of the University Library with a roof garden. Also awaiting completion are tenders for the reconstruction of Saski Palace and modernization of the Legia sports club complex on Łazienkowska Street.

Work to upgrade Krakowskie Przedmieście will begin any moment now; a "revitalization design" has already been approved. The project is part of a larger undertaking involving the revitalization of the Royal Route-from Zamkowy Square all the way to Wilanów. A program for the revitalization of the Śródmieście district is in the last stage of preparation. Preparations are also under way to build Północny Bridge, and then city authorities want to build three more bridges. Thanks to the prospect of co-financing from European Union funds, the planned construction of the second and third Metro lines is increasingly realistic.

Construction is ending on the Hilton hotel, another high-class hotel in Warsaw. Construction is in progress on office buildings (with Ghelamco and AIG as developers) and on apartment buildings (including Vittera and Bouygues) in the center as well as many residential developments just outside the center. This does not mean that the supply of vacant lots in Warsaw is ending. Port Praski, Port Żerański, Inflandzka Street, Wilanów, Ursynów and other parts of the city are still waiting for investors.


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Golden Age for the Palace

12 October 2005

The Palace of Culture and Science (PKiN), the tallest building in Warsaw, performs manifold functions: it is a business center with office space, hosting fairs and conferences, a culture center with theaters, movie theaters, museums and exhibition halls and finally, the main attraction for Polish and foreign tourists as a monument of socialist realism and offering the highest observation deck in Warsaw.

Do buildings currently under construction and planned near the palace pose a threat to the attractiveness of the capital city's most famous building? We asked Lech Isakiewicz, president of the board of PKiN, about it.

I have no such fears, since everything that is supposed to be erected in the neighborhood will complement the palace's functions. The future functions of buildings on Defilad Square include culture, entertainment, trade and business tourism. We hope the palace will be the most important point among all structures to be erected here, coordinating the city's conference and exhibition center. Warsaw is the only city in this part of Europe that does not have a proper center of this kind. Our city enjoys a growing interest, but it still lacks a large convention venue and consequently, events that could be held in Warsaw go to other European cities instead. Our Kongresowa Hall can hold up to 3,800 people, but Warsaw is capable of organizing conferences for 5,000 and even 10,000 participants. Development plans on the side of Emilii Plater Street feature the construction of two buildings designed for conferences and exhibitions, with a surface area of up to 20,000 square meters. Coupled with the exhibition space of the PKiN, the total is around 30,000 sq m of exhibition space. Underneath the main area of the square, other large underground areas could be built. In other words, there is a chance to build a huge, multifunction center in the very heart of the city, surrounded-within walking distance-by numerous, high-class hotels, close to the train station and central Metro station and with good access (15-20 minutes) to the airport. This is an incredible chance for Warsaw and, naturally, the PKiN.

The nearby investments will increase the appeal of our office space as well as the cultural establishments, restaurants and colleges renting our space. Today, we are separated from the city bustle by the vast and empty space of the square, which is difficult to cross and crammed with parked cars. A dense built-up area, with new stores, cultural institutions, entertainment, restaurants and clubs, will, in turn, bring the city life closer to the PKiN and its interiors. It will open new prospects for the PKiN.

No doubt that we are the leaders in this part of Europe. It looks like it's getting better and better. Having watched those pictures i figure that we have made a huge progress over last 15 years. I wish there had been more motorwys built ever since. Lets hope this is also gonna change soon. Anyway guys we are heading the right direction.

new **** Qubus Hotel in Krakow

http://www.qubushotel.com/qubus/Controlls/ImageGet.aspx?imageId=565
http://www.qubushotel.com/Qubus/Controlls/ImageGet.aspx?imageId=568
http://www.qubushotel.com/Qubus/Controlls/ImageGet.aspx?imageId=569
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/bartswirko/qubipodfasade.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/miv23/Krakow%20-%20miejskie%202/IMGA0352.jpg

Thanks for posting :) . Many construction pictures are still missing in Slovakian threads.

Lodz

'Manufaktura' project :

http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_11_2005/IMG_0429.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_11_2005/IMG_0440.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_11_2005/IMG_0475.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_11_2005/IMG_1145.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_11_2005/IMG_1171.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_11_2005/IMG_1215.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_11_2005/IMG_1271.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_11_2005/IMG_2574.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_11_2005/IMG_2729.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_11_2005/IMG_3942.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_11_2005/IMG_3909.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_11_2005/IMG_3922.jpg
http://www.manufaktura.lodz.pl/images/budowa_11_2005/IMG_2687.jpg

Gdańsk - Galeria Bałtycka , construction is about to start

http://www.aplan.pl/ece_duze05.jpg
http://www.aplan.pl/ece_duze01.jpg

South-Western Poland construction of A18 highway

http://www.motogazeta.mojeauto.pl/cms/content/repository/images/zdjecia2005/11-28/A18_1_d.jpg
http://www.motogazeta.mojeauto.pl/cms/content/repository/images/zdjecia2005/11-28/A18_3_d.jpg
http://www.motogazeta.mojeauto.pl/cms/content/repository/images/zdjecia2005/11-28/A18_22_d.jpg

Gdynia - new mall resembling citiy's maritime tradition

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y165/pdworakowski/Untitled-1.jpg
http://www.biznespolska.pl/pictures/gazety/BT/BT_209/BT_209_Apsys_600.jpg
http://www.biznespolska.pl/pictures/gazety/BT/BT_209/BT_209_Apsys%20_na%20s.1_600.jpg

WTF?

Aren't you polish people CENTRAL EUROPEAN? What is this thread doing in EE?

Gdansk

new apartment towers :

http://www.ekolan.com.pl/foto-foto/horyzont_a2_big.JPG
http://www.ekolan.com.pl/foto-foto/horyzont_a3_big.JPG
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/horyzont/SkyScraperCity/PICT5026.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/horyzont/SkyScraperCity/PICT5032.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/horyzont/SkyScraperCity/PICT5043.jpg

const. of the 'Rezydent' hotel :

http://www.aplan.pl/rezydent_duze01.jpg
http://www.aplan.pl/rezydent_duze02.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/papaj0/P1010001z.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/papaj0/P1010002n.jpg

'Motlawa' hotel **** project :

http://www.trojmiasto.pl/zdj/fotki/3400/z3402.jpg
http://img.trojmiasto.pl/obiekty/news/17700/z17769.jpg

'Grupa Lotos' company office building :

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/4/2653/z2653054G.jpg
http://www.gdansk.pl/g2/2005_11/11737_filebig.jpg

Gdynia

shopping center ('Galeria Wzgorze') :

http://www.biznespolska.pl/pictures/gazety/BT/BT_209/BT_209_Apsys_600.jpg
http://www.biznespolska.pl/pictures/gazety/BT/BT_209/BT_209_Apsys%20_na%20s.1_600.jpg

Technological Park :

http://www.ppnt.gdynia.pl/repository/images/wizualizacje/PNT-hale-front.jpg
http://www.ppnt.gdynia.pl/repository/images/wizualizacje/PNT-sylweta-wieza.JPG
http://www.ppnt.gdynia.pl/repository/images/wizualizacje/PNT-sylweta-ulica.jpg
http://www.ppnt.gdynia.pl/repository/images/wizualizacje/EKS-WIDOK-1.jpg
http://www.ppnt.gdynia.pl/repository/images/teren/budowa/30wrzesien/IMG_0825.jpg

New museum of Polish Navy :

http://foto.mw.mil.pl/foto.php?vhost=www&id_md=4958
http://foto.mw.mil.pl/foto.php?vhost=www&id_md=4959
http://foto.mw.mil.pl/foto.php?vhost=www&id_md=4960
http://foto.mw.mil.pl/foto.php?vhost=www&id_md=4962

WTF?

Aren't you polish people CENTRAL EUROPEAN? What is this thread doing in EE?

could you show me Central European Forum, I cant find it?

new office buildings by Warsaw's airport

http://www.gtc.com.pl/galery_image.php?src=pub/img/galeria/okecie/okecie_800_1.jpg&width=1024&height=768
http://www.gtc.com.pl/galery_image.php?src=pub/img/galeria/okecie/okecie_800_3.jpg&width=1024&height=768

Results of an architectural competition for the Kopernik Science Center

The center will be beautifully located on the Vistula River near the modern building of the University Library with a roof garden.

Const will start next year :cheers:

winners - Polish architects from Silesia :

http://www.um.warszawa.pl/v_syrenka/news/zdjecia/20051212_kopernik/p1.jpg
http://www.centrumnauki.pl/new/zdjecia/139_1d.jpg
http://www.centrumnauki.pl/new/zdjecia/139_3d.jpg
http://www.centrumnauki.pl/new/zdjecia/139_2d.jpg
http://www.centrumnauki.pl/new/zdjecia/139_5d.jpg
http://www.um.warszawa.pl/v_syrenka/news/zdjecia/20051212_kopernik/p3.jpg

I prefer the 2nd place design to be honest. I just don't like that particular neo/post/ultra modern design- or whatever you want to call

Krakow - Old Town square renovation update :

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/8/3073/z3073558G.jpg

by @juunior :

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/PC114047_resize.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/PC114043_resize.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/PC114042_resize.jpg

Wroclaw - 'Arkady Wroclawskie' update

by @brych :

http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/60/60442.jpg
http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/foto/60/60443.jpg

Poznan - 'Lech Poznan' football stadium update

http://www.lechpoznan.com/foto/54_img/4817.jpg
http://www.lechpoznan.com/foto/54_img/4804.jpg
http://www.lechpoznan.com/foto/54_img/4796.jpg

'Andersia Tower' update :

http://www.andersia.ibbhc.com/img/7.jpg

by @pulse :

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3013/dscf91734dn.jpg
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3671/dscf90755co.jpg

by @Pemo :

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/Pemo/Budowa%20Andersii/100_4511a.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/Pemo/Budowa%20Andersii/100_4509a.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/Pemo/Budowa%20Andersii/100_4510a.jpg

Lodz Arena - construction has just began

http://www.uml.lodz.pl/news/jotpegi/203391_hala07.jpg http://www.uml.lodz.pl/news/jotpegi/203391_hala01.jpg
http://www.uml.lodz.pl/jotpegi/hala_02.jpg http://www.uml.lodz.pl/jotpegi/hala_03.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/5528/141220050640yn.jpg

what type of arena is that ^^^^^

stadium in Wroclaw

http://www.fatamorgana.com.pl/galeria/2005/stadion/main/1main.jpg
http://www.fatamorgana.com.pl/galeria/2005/stadion/main/2main.jpg
http://www.fatamorgana.com.pl/galeria/2005/stadion/main/3main.jpg
http://www.fatamorgana.com.pl/galeria/2005/stadion/main/4main.jpg

stadium in Wroclaw
In Chorzów you mean...

right ^^ my mistake

small update of a few interesting projects :

Krakow

Nowe Miasto project :

by LubMich

http://cache.internetdsl.pl/strabag/_1182657.jpg
http://cache.internetdsl.pl/strabag/_1182653.jpg
http://cache.internetdsl.pl/strabag/_1182629.jpg
http://cache.internetdsl.pl/strabag/_1182638.jpg
http://cache.internetdsl.pl/strabag/_1182639.jpg
http://cache.internetdsl.pl/strabag/_1182682.jpg

by juunior

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/ECE%2016-01-2006/P1164113_resize.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/ECE%2016-01-2006/P1164124_resize.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b103/juunior5/ECE%2016-01-2006/P1164144_resize.jpg

Qubus hotel :

by grzaniec z galicji

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c196/grzaniec2/PICT2622.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c196/grzaniec2/PICT2623.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c196/grzaniec2/PICT2625.jpg

Kielce

football stadium :

http://stadionk.roxtet.com/sk/foto/060116_UM%20Kielce/big/stadion3_06.jpg
http://www.mosir.kielce.pl/budowa/grafa/min11.jpg

Poznan

Andersia Tower :

by PB

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/Pemo/Budowa%20Andersii/100_4809a.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/pborowczyk/18.01.06/2006_0118Image0100.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/pborowczyk/18.01.06/2006_0118Image0075.jpg

football stadium :

http://budowa.maroonpoint.com/a0276.jpg
http://budowa.maroonpoint.com/a0244.jpg
http://budowa.maroonpoint.com/a0246.jpg

Gdansk

apartment towers :

by Dantiskum

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/4015/horyzont23sd.jpg
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/7268/horyzont66zg.jpg

small update of a few interesting projects :


Poznan

Andersia Tower :

by PB

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/Pemo/Budowa%20Andersii/100_4809a.jpg
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Actually this photo was taken by me;)

Actually this photo was taken by me;)

ups ... sorry - BTW - nice photo :)