OVO Grąbczewscy Architects have a 20-year history, the origins of which can be traced back to Katowice. The studio has won many prestigious awards while the year 2022 brought yet another privilege: an exhibition under the name “Playing Architecture”. The show is a retrospective journey through the most interesting projects of a team of enthusiasts…
Poetizer is the largest social network for poetry lovers in the world, with millions of poems posted by users from 120 countries. The startup recently launched an ecological all-in-one publishing platform that democratises the entire publishing process, enabling anyone’s poetry to get published and sold. Photo: BoysPlayNice Poetizer’s 150 sqm office is located…
The main idea of the project was to create units in developer+ standard. The building is minimalist in form, with subtle additions that refine it. The interiors were raised to a usable standard at a small expenditure – the immanent elements of the building were exposed and gained decorative values. At the same time, clients…
Roman Emperor Hadrian built the Temple of Venus and Roma over the remains of the Domus Aurea erected by Emperor Nero on Rome’s Oppian Hill. The golden house initiator was considered a symbol of decadence, a tyrannical, self-indulgent and debauched person resented by the Roman aristocracy and by Roman citizens who thought him compulsive and…
The conversation about the condition of Polish design with Krystyna Łuczak-Surówka and Zuzanna Skalska, published in the first issue of “Architecture Snob”, raised some high eyebrows and a lot of emotions. After more than a year, we meet again to find out if anything has changed and to exchange some hopeful gazes into the future.…
Anna Ostrowska talks with architect Aleksander Krajewski about the advantages and modern features of building with the use of straw, wood and hempcrete. This design niche awaits its buzz moment but who will be the one to press the button? Aleksander Krajewski I would like to start our conversation at the…
Firmitas, utilitas, venustas. How about, amare, passionis, affectum as a bare minimum, Mr. Vitruvius? Szymon Wojciechowski for Architecture Snob Magazine #2 Was the stern’s Roman intention to see the architecture only as dignified, solemn and respectable and completely undisturbed by fleeting affairs of love? Or did he simply know how much of slave-stonecutter’s sweat and hate had…
The Poles quite often kill things with kindness. The event, which began as an opportunity to support Polish brands and find something unique, has already transformed into a holiday shopping mall. Right now, people are killing the socialist era design with kindness, and it will soon be dead – says Krystyna Łuczak Surówka. We talk to her and…
Marcin Szczelina, editor-in-chief of the “Architecture Snob” magazine became a juror of the Simon Architecture Prize 2022. He is the first Pole ever to join the jury panel for this prestigious award. The Simon Architecture Prize is an award aiming at recognizing projects that improve the quality of life of the residents. The awarded…
“It’s not like we arbitrarily decide to design living rooms open to the garden because people watch less TV nowadays. It’s the needs that determine the project. We try to listen to the customer” – say Przemysław Nowak and Lech Moczulski, owners of the Mili Młodzi Ludzie studio, with whom we talk about Polish interior…