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New skyscraper in Warsaw...


Shawn_H  
15 Dec 2007 /  #2
Looks a little crooked...
OP Grzegorz_ 51 | 6,149  
15 Dec 2007 /  #3
It's a graphic, It will be built in 2011/2012.
hello 22 | 890  
15 Dec 2007 /  #4
But not by the Russian "sponsors", again?
Lukasz 49 | 1,746  
15 Dec 2007 /  #5
this one in my opinion will be nicer
Shawn_H  
15 Dec 2007 /  #6
Russian "sponsors",

Gotta love the Palace of Culture. Beautiful Architecture.
slick77 - | 127  
15 Dec 2007 /  #7
Are they going to remove that communist relic (palace kultury) or not? That thing in the background looks just...awful.
Lukasz 49 | 1,746  
15 Dec 2007 /  #8
not Warszawa citizens decided that it should stay
Mufasa 19 | 357  
15 Dec 2007 /  #9
it'll take the prize from Złotte Tarasy for the most kitch building in post communist poland ;) (award and survey given and done in £ódsz) don't remember when exactly - Oct-Nov at some designer's fair.

Are they going to remove that communist relic (palace kultury) or not? That thing in the background looks just...awful.

Slick, I agree with you that the pałac is not the prettiest building in all the world, but this thing is worse!
Lukasz 49 | 1,746  
15 Dec 2007 /  #11
in Wrocław sb started new project ... I think it is nice one

odra tower, poland
Mufasa 19 | 357  
15 Dec 2007 /  #12
why does poland want to change into america? no offence to american friends, but the wonderful old world charm of Poland and the rest of Europe are being orn to shreds! :(
osiol 55 | 3,921  
15 Dec 2007 /  #13
but the wonderful old world charm of Poland and the rest of Europe are being orn to shreds!

But variety is the spice of life. Ask many people what they think of modern architecture and they turn their noses up, but somewhere like London, they build the gherkin (Swiss Rey tower) and amongst all the old and the new buildings in the skyline, it fits in perfectly and it didn't take very long at all for it to become loved and cherished. As long as the old and the new can stand side by side without disrupting eachother, it's all good.
Lukasz 49 | 1,746  
15 Dec 2007 /  #14
it'll take the prize from Złotte Tarasy

I dont know if it looks so bad ...
OP Grzegorz_ 51 | 6,149  
15 Dec 2007 /  #15
Sky Tower in Wrocław...
Mufasa 19 | 357  
15 Dec 2007 /  #16
As long as the old and the new can stand side by side without disrupting eachother, it's all good.

True, but do you think the above monstrosity is going to fit nicely without disrupting the rest? It will dwarf everything else around, not only the Pałac!
Shawn_H  
15 Dec 2007 /  #17
Złotte Tarasy

Beside the train station in Warszawa? I have looked at it through Google Maps / Google earth, and wondered "WTF?"
Lukasz 49 | 1,746  
15 Dec 2007 /  #18
Beside the train station in Warszawa?

yes
Mufasa 19 | 357  
15 Dec 2007 /  #19
apparently 40% of people who took a survey at the designer's fair voted for it as most kitch building.
OP Grzegorz_ 51 | 6,149  
15 Dec 2007 /  #20
Sea Towers in Gdynia
slick77 - | 127  
15 Dec 2007 /  #21
Ok these are nice pictures but when are they going to build all those skyscrapers?
Lukasz 49 | 1,746  
15 Dec 2007 /  #22
apparently 40% of people who took a survey at the designer's fair voted for it as most kitch building.

maybe you are right I just wanted to present how it looks ...

Personaly I like "stary browar" in Poznan ;) It is considered as the most bueautiful tradecenter of mid size all over the world.

I have to go there tomorow and buy sth for Chrismasts ;)
OP Grzegorz_ 51 | 6,149  
15 Dec 2007 /  #23
Ok these are nice pictures but when are they going to build all those skyscrapers?

2-4 years.
z_darius 14 | 3,965  
15 Dec 2007 /  #24
These skyscrapers look intersting, but having watched Superbad last week I think some ideas from the movie would be great!
I'm sure tourism in Warsaw would skyrocket :)
Mufasa 19 | 357  
15 Dec 2007 /  #25
i agree - stary browar tries to fit in with the rest of the old-world charm in Poznań - and succeeds 100%
Shawn_H  
15 Dec 2007 /  #26
Sea Towers in Gdynia

Saw them under construction this past summer. Clearly visible from the dock where the battleship is anchored. Apparently, condo units are quite expensive in those towers...



slick77 - | 127  
15 Dec 2007 /  #27
Ok but these are pictures from large cities such as Warszawa, Wroclaw, Poznan, what about the country side? Nothing has changed there. No sign of modernization. :(


  • Furmanka
Lukasz 49 | 1,746  
15 Dec 2007 /  #28
you know some time ago only Warszawa was developing ... now other big towns joined (Poznan, Wrocław. Krakow, Gdansk, Gdynia even Lodz) so we are going in good direction ... and in smaller towns progres is noticable as well

I think you would like it to be true ... but sory it isnt ...
OP Grzegorz_ 51 | 6,149  
15 Dec 2007 /  #29
what about the country side?

Skyscraper in every village ?
slick77 - | 127  
15 Dec 2007 /  #30
You are right but Poland needs a lot more investments if we want to catch up with the western europe.

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