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KTW (Katowice)
KTW (also .KTW) is a complex of two high-rise buildings in Katowice, Poland. KTW I, the first building of the project, was completed in 2018 at . The second tower, KTW II, rises and was finished in 2022; it is the List of tallest buildings in Katowice, tallest building in Katowice and in the Upper Silesia region. KTW is located at Aleja Roździeńskiego, in the Koszutka district. As part of Katowice's Culture Zone (''Strefa Kultury''), the complex lies near the Spodek arena, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and the International Congress Centre in Katowice, International Congress Centre. TDJ Estate developed the complex, while Przemo Łukasik and Łukasz Zagała from Medusa Group were in charge of the architectural concept. History Planning In the years 1965–1974, an 18-storey high-rise had been built in the place of the present KTW for the use of the State Railways Directorate in Katowice. The building, DOKP (officially ''Budynek Dyrekcji Kolei Państwowych w Kat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neomodern Architecture
Neomodern or neomodernist architecture is a reaction to the complexity of postmodern architecture and eclecticism in architecture, seeking greater simplicity. The architectural style, which is also referred to as New Modernism, is said to have legitimized an outlook of comprehensive individualism and relativism. Background The move to reboot architectural design is not a recent phenomenon. There are scholars who trace new modernist thoughts to Le Corbusier's ''Vers une Architecture'' published in the 1920s. This text, which was reprinted in English in 1931 as ''Towards New Architecture'', proposed the replacement of Paris' architectural fabric with crystalline towers. His ideas were taken up by scholars like Earl Baldwin Smith, who criticized the lack of "functional" directness" and "simplicity" of modernist architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright. The subsequent writings of Vautier, identified emergent characteristics of the new architecture, which include the centrality of ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
