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Articles on architecture, interiors, 3D design and the investment process.

Conceptual architecture

1 June 2016

Newhaven, Place of Disappearance — a study in light and form

The sun path defined the form. The form and its strategic placement defined the entire master plan. A study in the revitalisation of a coastal town in England, 2016.

Conceptual architecture

1 September 2018

East London, Organic Development — the algorithmic city

A response to the decentralised structure of East London — a project rooted in Metabolism, Situationism and New Babylon. Algorithmic tetrahedral structures whose scale was set by the user.

B2B / 3D

10 February 2025

Why architecture firms outsource 3D modelling

Outsourcing 3D modelling lets firms scale their capabilities without increasing fixed costs. How does it work in practice?

Architecture

5 March 2025

Heritage renovations — what to know before you buy

Buying a listed tenement or villa is a rare opportunity — but it comes with significant obligations. We explain what to look out for.

Architecture

25 April 2025

Rakowicka 15A — designing an infill building in Kraków

A narrow plot, a neighbouring palace, conservation requirements and a mixed-use programme. How the Pi and Sigma project at Rakowicka 15A came to be — on difficult compromises in the centre of Kraków.

Interiors

28 April 2025

Hospitality in hospitals — designing a bistro for patients

Uzdrowisko Bistro in an oncology hospital and Dzień Dobry Cafe in the University Hospital in Kraków. What makes a hospitality venue succeed in a medical setting?

Architecture

10 April 2025

Pawła 12, Katowice — tenement renovation in the city centre

A listed tenement at ul. Pawła 12 in Katowice — how to approach a heritage renovation in the centre of Silesia's largest city. CHD and Idea Development project in progress.

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