Eksperyment powściągliwości w brytyjskiej i polskiej architekturze najnowszej
The Experiment of Moderation in the Briitish and Polish Recent Architecture

Summary/Abstract: Amanda Levete, an acclaimed British architect stated during her lecture for the Stefan Kuryłowicz Foundation in Warsaw last year that the age of architectural icons has passed and that it makes more sense today to discuss the iconography of a terrain – or of architecture of topography. That remark is very much in keeping with the view of the authoress of this essay on the necessity ofgreater subtlety of intervention, especially in the strictly historic environment. Such is an urban context in the majority of Polish towns. Thus the essay aims at pondering the question whether one can speak of a certain experiment of self-limitation of expression amongst Polish architects? In other words can one talk of the experiment of modesty and moderation understood as a farreaching respect towards the genius loci? The question seems adequate as there are many spectacular buildings, for instance ones built for cultural purposes after the year 2004. However, are there any architects who are aiming at fulfilling the need for representation while following the concept so aptly expressed by A. Levete?

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