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ArchDaily's Best Architectural Projects of 2025

Hana Abdel — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:30:00 +0000

As the year culminates, it's once again time for the ArchDaily team of curators to reflect on the best-performing projects of 2025 and consider what readers were most interested in. Through this diverse overview, we assess the cross-continental similarities and differences in trends and construction development. This year brought us many grand cultural and public spaces by Lina Ghotmeh, BIG, Zaha Hadid Architects, DnA, and Serie Architects, who populated events like Expo Osaka and the Venice Biennale, as well as a surprising number of museums and public or landscape works in China and the rest of the Asian continent. However, while these were sought-after projects, the leading works remained, unsurprisingly, residential projects.

House in the Slope / 77 Studio architecture

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000

A House Embedded in a Riverside Slope in Poland. The single-family house designed by the 77 Studio architecture studio is marked by particular sensitivity to place, view, and nature. The "House in the Slope," harmonizing with the riverside landscape, provides its residents with a sense of privacy and closeness to nature. The story of this house and its concept is inseparably connected with the Vistula, the longest and most beautiful river in Poland. On its bank, there was one specific place offering a unique view of the distant panorama of the river, the riverside vegetation, and the silhouette of the city in the background.

Multi-Unit House / PL.Architekci

Hadir Al Koshta — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000

The house was designed for a family of 5. The investors intended the functional program to be very extensive: a living area with a wide sofa and a large dining room (the investors have a large family and like to invite guests); a large kitchen with an everyday table plus a dirty kitchen. Each child was to have their own dressing room and small bathroom; double bedroom with bathroom and dressing room; office and fitness zone with saunas and guest room. In the basement, investors dreamed of a wine cellar and another pickle kitchen. When designing the house, from the very beginning, we were looking for suitable places for numerous paintings and furniture - family souvenirs... and even a casement window saved from one of the houses.

Home for The Homeless / xystudio

Valeria Silva — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000

The Context. Our history with the homeless in the care of Sister Małgorzata Chmielewska and her Foundation Chleb Życia began in 2018. Then, for the first time, we visited shelters for the homeless and sick in Warsaw and shelter for the homeless and disabled in Jankowice. One year later, in 2019 a new house for the homeless in Jankowice was opened and two years later a tiny one in Niegorzyce. In 2021 the Foundation received a plot of land in Warsaw from the city government to build a modern shelter. The new building was supposed to replace two shelters for men and women which were in very bad condition and were planned to be closed at the beginning of 2023.

35:35 Slope House / 77 Studio architecture

Andreas Luco — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0000

The view from this house is simply breathtaking. It has been built on an escarpment by the Vistula River. “35:35 Slope House” built on an escarpment is the latest design by Polish 77 Studio Architecture studio in Warsaw. The building is an example of the conscious use of unique natural values. The horizontal block almost grows into the green slope, it also establishes a dialogue with the river, which becomes an important point of reference.

G19 Housing / TZA

Luciana Pejić — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 06:00:00 +0000

The building is located on a corner site formerly occupied by a soap factory in Warsaw’s Praga district. The neighborhood is a mix of pre-war buildings, heavy modernist estates, and new developments. The main goal was to create a project that would bring new urban quality to the street flanked by old tenement houses while respecting the spirit of the district.

The Farmhouse / BXBstudio Boguslaw Barnas

Clara Ott — Tue, 03 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The seemingly random scattering of barns was carefully defined by the surrounding landscape, the position of the sun, and the function of the building.

Białołęka Flat / All Arquitectura

Cristobal Rojas — Sat, 30 Mar 2019 19:00:00 +0000

Just after the practice participation at the Biennale of Architecture Kraków (2015), and with the intention of expand the office in Eastern Europe, an opportunity presents itself.

Warmia Thermal Baths / Plaskowicki + Partnerzy Architekci

Rayen Sagredo — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:00:00 +0000

The main idea was to propose an optimal unit of Thermal Baths, harmoniously composed into the surroundings of the Lidzbark Warmiński region. The “atmosphere" of the facility and the ergonomics adapted to all age groups of users was one of the main goals of the project. The shape of the building was divided into elements adjusted to the needs of the functional zones located in them. The whole complex is opened to the charm of the surrounding area through glazing of the individual blocks. The architects proposed the division into the “chambers” inside the building.

The Observation Tower Data / Palmett - Markowe Ogrody + RYSY Architekci Rafał Sieraczyński

Martita Vial della Maggiora — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 15:00:00 +0000

The observation tower emerges from Targówek, the postindustrial district of Warsaw.

Centre for Innovation and Advanced Technologies / AMC – Andrzej M. Chołdzyński

Cristobal Rojas — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 05:00:00 +0000

The Center for Innovation and Advanced Technologies (CIiZT) is located at the eastern boundary of the Lublin University of Technology in the immediate vicinity of the buildings of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Rectorate and Library. The building is located on the land that falls in the south-east direction and the differences in the levels are about 8,20 m. The CIiZT building adjoins the southern part of the B31 Cultural Landscape Preservation Area, which is a cultural park, including the remains of the former Jesuit farm.

Office and Retail Building Nowy Świat 2.0 / AMC – Andrzej M. Chołdzyński 

Cristobal Rojas — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 05:00:00 +0000

Nowy Świat 2.0 office and services building, located between the former headquarters of the Polish Communist Party House (now: The Banking and Financial Center office building) and Warsaw Stock Exchange buildings, adjoins a nineteenth-century tenement house. The five floors represent more than 4100 sq. meters of office and ca. 2000 sq. meters of retail space. The ground floor, the mezzanine and -1 level are occupied by retail stores. On the top level there is a terrace with a view on Three Crosses Square and The Na Książęcem Park.

Field House / Blank Architects

Rayen Sagredo — Wed, 24 May 2017 14:00:00 +0000

The house is located in the XIX century village that is built among two lines of roads crossing in the heart of the community. The crossing is accented by landmark church. The original backdated cottages are lined regularly among the roads and their brick façades with gable roof always facing the road.

The Transport Hub / RYSY Architekci Rafał Sieraczyński

Valentina Villa — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 09:00:00 +0000

The transport hub in Solec Kujawski, completed in June 2016, is part of BiT City - the modern high-speed rail network connecting the two capital cities of Kujawsko-Pomorskie region in Poland: Bydgoszcz and Toruń. The hub is located, more or less, in the middle of the distance between the two cities, was the last stage in the construction of the „BiT City” network.

Marshal’s HQ / WAPA Warsztat Architektury

Cristian Aguilar — Mon, 18 May 2015 15:00:51 +0000

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Business Garden Warszawa Hotel / Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas

Nico Saieh — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The Warszawa Business Garden is a plan for a business park composed of seven buildings housing offices, shops, hotels, and a meeting centre within an area of over 90.000 m2, is situated in close proximity of Żwirki i Wigury Street which links the international airport to the city center of Warsaw. The location provides very convenient access to the public transport facilities.