https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1427 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15019 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15019-urban-environment-house-lahdelma-mahlam%C3%A4ki-architects Urban-Environment-House-01-B.jpg The Urban Environment House’s ground-level colonnade defines a route through the neighborhood while helping communicate the building’s civic program. Photo © Kuvatoimisto Kuvio For 70 years, a square in the northern quarter of Warsaw has been a site of strife and conflict, memory and mourning.

]]> 1312-museum-of-the-history-of-polish-jews-lahdelma-mahlamaki-architects.asp Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7515-museum-of-the-history-of-polish-jews The museum is located in what was the heart of Jewish Warsaw during World War II, across a plaza from a memorial commemorating the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Museum of the History of Polish JewsLahdelma & Mahlamäki ArchitectsWarsawThe museum is located in what was the heart of Jewish Warsaw during World War II, across a plaza from a memorial commemorating the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.Photo © Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre The boxy museum, which is clad in angled fritted-glass panels separated by strips of perforated copper, conceals a cavernous entrance hall with curving concrete walls and a travertine floor. Museum of the History of Polish JewsLahdelma & Mahlamäki ArchitectsWarsawThe boxy museum, which is clad in angled fritted-glass panels separated by strips of perforated copper, conceals a cavernous entrance hall with curving concrete walls and a travertine floor.Photo © Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre The boxy museum, which is clad in angled fritted-glass panels separated by strips of perforated copper, conceals a cavernous entrance hall with curving concrete walls and a travertine floor. Museum of the History of Polish JewsLahdelma & Mahlamäki ArchitectsWarsawThe boxy museum, which is clad in angled fritted-glass panels separated by strips of perforated copper, conceals a cavernous entrance hall with curving concrete walls and a travertine floor.Photo © Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre The exterior glass panels are silk-screened with the Latin and Hebrew letters for the word “Polin,” Hebrew for “Poland” or “rest here”. Museum of the History of Polish JewsLahdelma & Mahlamäki ArchitectsWarsawThe exterior glass panels are silk-screened with the Latin and Hebrew letters for the word “Polin,” Hebrew for “Poland” or “rest here”.Photo © Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre The exterior glass panels are silk-screened with the Latin and Hebrew letters for the word “Polin,” Hebrew for “Poland” or “rest here”. Museum of the History of Polish JewsLahdelma & Mahlamäki ArchitectsWarsawThe exterior glass panels are silk-screened with the Latin and Hebrew letters for the word “Polin,” Hebrew for “Poland” or “rest here”.Photo © Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre The entrance atrium —a textured concrete layer sprayed onto a complex double-curved steel backing frame—was developed with software specially designed by the architect for the project. Museum of the History of Polish JewsLahdelma & Mahlamäki ArchitectsWarsawThe entrance atrium —a textured concrete layer sprayed onto a complex double-curved steel backing frame—was developed with software specially designed by the architect for the project.Photo © Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre The presence of the permanent exhibitions on the museum’s lower level is signaled by a replica of the roof of Gwozdziec Synagogue, built in the 17th century and destroyed by the Nazis in World W Museum of the History of Polish JewsLahdelma & Mahlamäki ArchitectsWarsawThe presence of the permanent exhibitions on the museum’s lower level is signaled by a replica of the roof of Gwozdziec Synagogue, built in the 17th century and destroyed by the Nazis in World War II. Photo © Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre A glowing spiral stair, made of poured-in-place concrete, connects the permanent-exhibition level, temporary exhibitions, and staff offices and conference areas. Museum of the History of Polish JewsLahdelma & Mahlamäki ArchitectsWarsawA glowing spiral stair, made of poured-in-place concrete, connects the permanent-exhibition level, temporary exhibitions, and staff offices and conference areas.Photo © Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre Museum of the History of Polish Jews Museum of the History of Polish JewsLahdelma & Mahlamäki ArchitectsWarsawImage courtesy Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects Museum of the History of Polish Jews Museum of the History of Polish JewsLahdelma & Mahlamäki ArchitectsWarsawImage courtesy Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects Museum of the History of Polish Jews Museum of the History of Polish JewsLahdelma & Mahlamäki ArchitectsWarsawImage courtesy Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects Museum of the History of Polish Jews Museum of the History of Polish JewsLahdelma & Mahlamäki ArchitectsWarsawImage courtesy Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects Museum of the History of Polish Jews Museum of the History of Polish JewsLahdelma & Mahlamäki ArchitectsWarsawImage courtesy Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects