Housing Estate of Warsaw Housing Cooperative in Rakowiec [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] Pruszkowska and Wiślicka streets, Warsaw 1934-1938 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The WSM housing estate in Rakowiec grew out of criticism of the housing situation of the 1920s. Founded by left-wing activists with...
Koło II Housing Estate [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] Ożarowska, Czorsztyńska, Deotymy, Prymas Tysiąclecia Avenue, Warsaw 1947-1950(-1956) [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The development of a new residential district on Koło began with construction initiated by the Workers' Housing Association (TOR) in the mid-1930s. Roman Piotrowski...
Praga I Estate [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] Jagiellońska, Ratuszowa, Targowa, Cyril and Methodius streets, Warsaw 1948-1952 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] Located in the area of Nowa Praga, the Praga I estate was one of the first post-war developments of a residential complex in this...
Dr. Berenstein's Guesthouse [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 6 Jasiowa St., Konstancin-Jeziorna 1931-34 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] Villa "Jasia" or Dr. Berenstein's small resort house, was the result of a collaboration between Helena and Szymon Syrkus and constructor Stanislaw Hempel. Located parallel to the road,...
House of Helena and Ludwik Karol Krzymuski [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 12 Walecznych Street, Warsaw 1934-37 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The multi-family house on the corner of Walecznych and Dąbrowicka Streets was built in 1934-37 on the initiative of Helena and Ludwik Karol Krzymuski,...
Tenement houses on Jaworzyńska Street [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 6, 9, 11 Jaworzyńska Street, Warsaw 1936-39 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] In the second half of the 1930s Helena and Szymon Syrkus designed four tenement houses on Jaworzyńska Street. One of them has not survived...
Home of the company "Hurwicz and s-ka" [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 73 Grzybowska Street, Warsaw 1935-36 [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The tenement house at Grzybowska Street was built on a plot of land belonging to the owners of the "J. Hurwicz" Graphic Works, located...
Dove’s Heart, Lion’s Heart (Serce gołębia, serce lwa) – Helena Minginowicz [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 2022, acrylic on canvas [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The painting depicts a clash of two bodies which are opposed to each other, but at the same time, they...
Wake, Not Party (Stypa nie impreza) [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 2023, oil on canvas [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] “Wake, Not Party” has an autobiographical quality, as the artist confronts the fear that her drink may have been laced with narcotics. The potential threat...
You’ve got a Spider, I Know (– Masz pająka, – Wiem) – Karolina Szwed [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] 2023, oil on canvas [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='3' down=''] The painting was inspired by an incident in the artist's life when a small spider got stuck...