KWK PROMES

By the Way House / KWK Promes

02:00 - 1 August, 2018

Architects

KWK Promes
Location

Poland
Category

Houses
Author

Robert Konieczny – KWK Promes
Area

697.0 m2
Project Year

2016
Photographs

Juliusz Sokoàowski, Olo Studio, Jarosàaw Syrek

19 Emerging Firms Design Prototype Houses for Living Among Nature

11:30 - 11 June, 2017

As the boundary that separates work and leisure in the 21st Century continues to be blurred by technology, architects Christoph Hesse and Neeraj Bhatia sought out to uncover a tranquil solution. The pair are co-curating an upcoming exhibition at the Kulturbahnhof Kassel in Germany as part of Experimenta Urbana in a show called “Ways of Life,” which opens July 5th.

This international initiative seeks to discover “a new nomaticism.” A gathering of 19 emerging architecture offices each presents a dwelling encompassed in nature. These buildings are often equal parts project and manifesto. The show’s overarching theme is the delicate balance of naturally induced relaxation and programmatically encouraged productivity. Each firm must additionally consider constraints that include limited square footage, integration of rapidly advancing information technology, and a strictly sustainable design.

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National Museum in Szczecin Dialogue Centre Przelomy / KWK Promes

03:00 - 13 February, 2017

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Architects

KWK Promes
Location

Szczecin, Poland
Category

Public Architecture
Competition Entry Lead Architects

Robert Konieczny, Katarzyna Furgalińska, Michał Lisiński, Dorota Żurek
Square and Building Lead Architects

Robert Konieczny, Michał Lisiński
Area

1628.0 m2
Project Year

2016
Photographs

Juliusz Sokołowski, Jakub Certowicz

Konieczny's Ark / KWK PROMES

03:00 - 23 November, 2016

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Architects

KWK PROMES
Location

Kraków, Poland
Category

Houses
Architect in Charge

Robert Konieczny
Area

138.0 m2
Project Year

2015
Photographs

Olo Studio, Jakub Certowicz

Robert Konieczny + KWK Promes' National Museum in Szczecin Named World Building of the Year 2016

17:25 - 18 November, 2016

Robert Konieczny + KWK Promes' National Museum in Szczecin - Dialogue Centre Przełomy has been named the World Building of the Year 2016 as the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Berlin comes to a close. The project consists of an atmospheric underground museum below an expansive, undulating public plaza, adjacent to Barozzi Veiga's Mies van der Rohe Award-winning Philharmonic Hall Szczecin.

The National Museum in Szczecin - Dialogue Centre Przelomy is now the ninth project to hold the World Building of the Year title. Last year, the award was given to "The Interlace" by OMA and Buro Ole Scheeren.

Winners of the year's Future Project, Landscape, and Small Project awards were also announced. Read on to see the winning projects with comments from the jury.

KWK Promes Selected to Extend Bunker of Arts Contemporary Art Gallery in Poland

06:00 - 7 November, 2016

The winning proposal has just been announced for an extension to the Bunkier Sztuki ("Bunker of Arts") contemporary art gallery in Cracow, Poland. Out of 33 entries in the international competition, the underground design by Robert Konieczny - KWK Promes has been selected to be executed in the heart of Cracow's Old Town.

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Winners of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016 Announced

14:00 - 5 July, 2016

From a list of 25 finalists released in May, the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) has announced the winners of the 2016 European Prize for Urban Public Space. Awarded since 2000 to recognize “transformations and improvements in the public spaces of Europe,” this year’s prize names two joint winners along with four special mentions. All 25 finalists will have their work featured in an exhibition that will tour Europe over the next two years, and also will be published in an online archive that features past finalists.

Continue after the break for images and descriptions of the winning projects.

Living-Garden House In Katowice / KWK PROMES

06:00 - 14 April, 2015

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Architects

KWK PROMES
Location

Katowice, Poland
Category

Houses
Architect in Charge

Robert Konieczny
Area

411.0 m2
Project Year

2009
Photographs

Jakub Certowicz , Olo Studio

Outrial House / Robert Konieczny KWK Promes

01:00 - 13 May, 2014

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Architects

Robert Konieczny KWK Promes
Location

Książenice, Poland
Category

Houses
Architect in Charge

Robert Konieczny
Collaborators

Marcin Jojko, Jarosław Kamiński
Project Year

2009

KWK Promes Designs Hotel in Pieniny Mountains

01:00 - 22 February, 2014

Construction has begun on KWK Promes’ lakeside hotel in Poland. Inspired by traditional mountain homes that found refuge from flooding on a neighboring hilltop, the building’s low profile burrows into the ground at its entrance while opening up to the Czorsztyn waters as topography descends. Similar to the regions typical layout, two massive gable roofs, which appear as two separate structures, are designed to house the elevated sleeping quarters.