The pre-premiere celebration of the fourth issue of the “Architecture Snob” quarterly took place on December 20 in the HOP office building in Warsaw. In the 1990s, the building was considered one of the most modern facilities of this type in the capital. Years later, it underwent a thorough renovation. The effect is surprising and makes us realize how great potential lies in seemingly ordinary buildings from the 1990s.

fot. Rafał Kłos

The evening was opened by Katarzyna Jaroszyńska, journalist of DDTVN, and Marcin Szczelina, editor-in-chief of Architecture Snob, with the guest appearance of Joanna Kowalska-Szymczak from Syrena Real Estate, who talked about the revitalization of the building and new interiors designed by Anna Łoskiewicz. On stage, we also hosted the director and screenwriter Tomasz Wasilewski, one of the magazine’s heroes, and the editor of Architecture Snob – Anna Domin. The event also featured the cover heroes of the premiere issue, i.e. Dorota Sibińska, Marta Nowosielska, and Filip Domaszczyński – the founders of the xystudio and the photographer of the cover session, Michał Topolan.

The partners of the event were also present: Tomasz Chmielarz, Project Manager at REHAU, Olga Łosiak, Product Manager of the MUDITA brand, Maciej Rychliński, Brand Development Director and Aldona Chudzicka, Product Development Director at Ceramika Paradyż, Aneta Konowrocka, Marketing Director for Cosentino Poland and the Baltic States, Adrian Burzyk, Geberit Sales Director, Dawid Niewiada, Director of the Warsaw branches of ernestrust, Małgorzata Turek, Member of the Management Board of ECHO Investment, Maciej Jaworski, Commercial Director of Hewi Heinrich Wilke GmbH, Jacek Parysek, Marketing Director and Marcin Sojda, general director of FJORDD and Damian Fituch, director of JUNG Polska. The event’s patrons were also brands Wienerberger, Saint-Gobain, and The Good Living.

The official part of the evening ended with an exceptional performance by the artist Raf Skowroński, who was the hero of the second issue of the magazine. Recently, he started a solo career by releasing the singles “Wody Łyk” and “Miło Cie Poznać”. Previously, the artist was associated with the JOGA group. GONO also appeared on the stage. She is a debuting artist, she works as an actress and singer on a daily basis, and for a year she has been intensively working on her original music album. At the end of November, she released her second single Fri. “Athlete” co-produced with Michelangelo. The single received enthusiastic acclaim from music critics and was the artist’s first public performance of a music video.