Monthly Archives: July 2026

Architecture That Refuses to Impress

Architecture That Refuses to Impress Interview by Marcin Szczelina   Invited to Poland by Geberit, Swiss architect Gion A. Caminada speaks not about spectacle but about substance. For more than four decades, his works — from Stiva da Morts to Casa Caminada — have redefined the meaning of rootedness in contemporary architecture. His buildings emerge…

Tenderness That Builds

Tenderness That Builds   “A developer without tenderness builds temporarily; a developer with tenderness negotiates the city’s future,” says Krzysztof Giemza, an architect by training and proxy at Echo Investment. In conversation with Marcin Szczelina, he explains why the soft category of attentiveness and empathy is increasingly becoming a hard parameter of investment. He speaks…