Architecture of Katowice

The architecture of Katowice is mainly the product of industrial development characterized by the last 160 years, not counting some originally rural elements, which may be older.

Katowice is next to Łódź and Gdynia to a small group of large Polish cities whose centers do not originate from the medieval location town. Styles such as Gothic, Renaissance or Baroque are not represented at all. The urban layout of the city was created as a result of the expansion and connection of individual villages and agricultural settlements during rapid development in the 19th and 20th centuries. The city center was shaped in the second half of the 19th century. Its shape was determined by the railway line existing from the south, and from the north an old manor farm in the area of Kuźnia Bogucka, ponds and a road in the direction of Mysłowice (today’s Warszawska Street) . The initiator of the spatial zoning plan was Friedrich Wilhelm Grundman .

The city also has the “most modern old town” in Poland; Modernist quarters in the southern part of the city center contain some of the best examples of interwar functionalism .

Historical architecture in Katowice (until 1922)
Downtown Katowice
The development of today’s downtown Katowice from the old village began in the middle of the 19th century, after the construction of the railway in 1846; however, he gained dynamism after the Crimean War and changed international relations near the city. According to the first regulatory plan created by Heinrich Moritz August Nottebohm in 1856, they were created along the axis joining today’s street. Warszawska, Rynek, ul. 3 Maja and Plac Wolności – burgher houses in the neo-Renaissance Italian or neoclassical style, usually with only two floors (Rynek 6, Dworcowa 11, Warszawska 10). At some distance, villas belonging to the bourgeoisie were built (the most magnificent was the non-existent Grundmann villa at Warszawska Street). The second stage of downtown development was followed by a clear economic recovery that took place around 1880 , when land began to build in the direction of the present street. A. Mickiewicza, ul. Piastowska, ul. Stanisław Moniuszko, and most of the buildings erected earlier were rebuilt to four or five storeys. At that time, the first typical tenement houses were built. In the era of late historicism, most of the objects were created in the eclectic style with the use of elementsneo-Renaissance and neo-baroque (quite rarely neo-Gothic ones used more often in public buildings), and in the early twentieth century – also with elements of secession decoration (eg 3 Maja Street 40, A. Mickiewicza St. 14, T. Kościuszki St. 23). Buildings in this period were also often faced with bricks (yellow, red, white). The most unconventional tenements from this stage of downtown development were created after 1910, when the decorativeness of the facades was reduced and the lumps became asymmetrical.

At the end of the 19th century, Katowice from a small village developed into an important Upper-Silesian city in just a quarter of a century . Wyspianski on July 12, 1898 wrote on a page to Lucjan Rydel: “So I visit Katowice. It is a big tiny city… ” .

The preserved historical monuments of Katowice (present Downtown) are :

St. Mary’s Church – built in the years 1862-1870, neo-Gothic, made of sandstone.
Church of the Resurrection, neoromaniac, Evangelical-Augsburg, built in 1856-1858.
Church of St. Apostles Peter and Paul, neo-Gothic, built in 1898-1902.
Silesian Theater them. Stanisław Wyspiański, art nouveau, from 1907
Rialto Cinema Theater – built in 1912.
Goldstein Palace – a neo-Renaissance palace from the mid-seventies of the 19th century.
Building of the 3rd High School, built in 1898-1900.
Building VIII High School, built in 1871-1874, classicist.
District Court (Wolności 10 plots), from 1907-1909, eclectic.
Building of the Music Academy – neo-Gothic, built in the late nineteenth century.
Old railway station, built in 1906, modernist with elements of secession.
The Jewish cemetery at 16 Kozielska St., founded in 1868.
Cemetery at ul. French founded in 1870.
The building of the Silesian Museum at al. W. Korfantego 3 from the end of the 19th century.
Tenement house at ul. A. Mickiewicz 22 from 1906.
The building of the Monopol Hotel from the 19th century.
The building of the former Reichsbank from the end of the 19th century (Pocztowa 7 Street).
A complex of buildings of the Provincial Court (16-16, Andrzeja St.) at ul. Andrzej 16, 18.
The building of the City Bathhouse at ul. A. Mickiewicz 5.
The building of the current Academy of Fine Arts (9 Dąbrówki Street), erected at the end of the 19th century in the style of late historicism and neoclassicism, rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century; the object was put into use in 1895 – its designer and builder was Max Schalsch.
The building of the former cafe “Wojko” at ul. A. Mickiewicza 8.
Tenement house at ul. A. Mickiewicza 6.
Tenement house at ul. A. Mickiewicza 10.
Tenement house at ul. A. Mickiewicza 12.
Building of the Silesian Philharmonic (2 Sokolska St.), erected around 1880 in the neoclassical style, initially as a brewery, in 1915 rebuilt into a restaurant (a large hall was built then).
Tenement house at ul. A. Mickiewicza 14.
Tenement house at ul. A. Mickiewicza 20.
School building at ul. Jagiellońskiej 18, erected at the beginning of the 20th century in the style of historicism, then expanded; currently headquarters of Primary School No. 1 Józef Piłsudski.
Historic villa, so-called “Korfantówka” (23 Powstańców St.), erected in the years 1908-1909, designed by Paul Franzioch as his own house, from 1923 it was the home of Wojciech Korfanty.
The Detention Center Team (Mikołowska 10, 12, 14): Pavilion C with an outbuilding, former prison area – current Pavilion A, B; the whole is surrounded by a wall with watchtowers, as well as two buildings outside the wall from Mikołowska Street – the former villa of the prison governor and the prison dwellers’ apartment building.
Tenement “Under the Shoe” at ul. May 3, 6/8.
Villa Gerdesa at ul. Provincial 42.
Kurt Ferdmann’s house at ul. Provincial 50.
Tenement house at ul. Provincial 29.
Ignatza Grünfeld’s villa from 1870 (12 Warszawska St.).
Villa Kramstów, erected in the years 1875-1876, designed by Julius Hasse (37 Warszawska Street).
Julius Hasse’s villa from 1870 (42 Warsawska Street).
Tennessee Findeisen’s tenement house from the 1860s (street 3 Maja 13).
numerous historic tenement houses (most in the following streets: Dworcowa, 3 Maja, Warszawska, Św. Jana, Kochanowskiego, T. Kościuszki, Wojewódzka, Staromiejska, Dyrekcyjna and A. Mielęcki).

Non-existent

Old Synagogue
The Great Synagogue
Hotel Kaiserhof
Hotel Welt
Karczma Katowicka (rent)
Manor of Maria
Thiele-Winckler’s Castle in Katowice
Grundmann villa
Holtzego villa

Other districts
Many monuments have been preserved in peripheral districts, ie towns incorporated into Katowice:

Bogucice:
Church of St. Szczepan (ul. Leopolda Markiefki 89), neo-Gothic, built in 1892-1894.
Buildings of the “Katowice” mine from the 19th century (including “Bartosz” shaft).
The Children’s Home and the Monastery of the Sisters of St. Jadwiga (Provincial House) at ul. Leopolda 1-3 from 1858-1931, representing the style of historicism.
The complex of the former Congregation of the Fathers of Bonifratres and the Municipal Hospital No. 1 (ul. Leopolda Markiefka 85-87), erected in the years 1872-1874; hospital – in the years 1902-1903; the objects were built in the style of historicism.
The cemetery complex from the end of the 18th century (the present shape comes from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries) between ul. Leopolda, ul. Walerego Wróblewskiego and ul. Podhalańska – parish cemetery and fraternal cemetery.
Residential houses and houses, located along present street Fr.. L. Markiefki, ul. Katowicka, ul. Louis.

Brynów:
Part of the buildings of the “Wujek” mine created in 1899.
Wooden church of St. Michael of the Archangel from the 16th century.
Former Singer House (52 Brynowska St.), erected at the beginning of the 20th century [demolished in 2015]

Dąbrówka Mała
Church of St. Antoni Padewski (Aleja Niepodległości 4), neo-baroque, built in 1907-1912 and the building of the presbytery.
The former town hall of the Dąbrówka Mała commune (Gen. H. Le Ronda 16 street), dating from around 1907, erected in the style of eclecticism with modernist-secession elements.
Establishment of the former mansion from the last decade of the 19th century (Zytnia 1-2 street).
The former building of the Dąbrówka Mała railway station (Niepodległości 2), dating from the nineties of the 19th century.
The complex of the former mill (Pod Młynem 31), dating from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Residential houses and houses along ul. Strzelców Bytomskich, al. Niepodległości, ul. Pod Młynem, ul. Józefa Grzegorzka, ul. Siemianowicka, ul. gen. Henryka Le Ronda, ul. 9 Maja, ul. Romuald Pitery.

Oak
Church of St. John and Paul, neoroman, built in 1901 – 1902
Part of the buildings of the “Gottwald” mine (mine shaft, pool and machine building), is now part of the Silesia City Center.
A part of tenements, houses and residential houses (including at Dębowa Street and Złotej Street).

Giszowiec
Former villa of the director of the “Giesche” mine from 1910 (Pszczyńska 10 street).
Karczma Śląska (Pod Lipami 1 Square).
Housing estate, an urban concept of the garden city (in the quadrilateral Street. Pszczyńska, ul. State Mining, ul. Space, ul. Mysłowicka, with a central square – en. Pod Lipami).
The Silesian Chamber (Pod Lipami Square).
Water tower in Giszowiec (at the corner of Pszczyńska St. and Górniczy Stanu St.).

Ligota-panewniki
A copy of the Lourdes grotto from 1905.
The smaller Basilica (from 1974) dedicated to Saint. Ludwik Król and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary from 1908 (76 Panewnicka St.).
Franciscan Monastery from 1908 along with the adjacent Kalwaria Panewnicka established in 1909-1963 (76 Panewnicka St.).
Tenement houses and residential houses along ul. Panewnickiej, ul. Piotrowicka, ul. Ligockiej, ul. Franciszkańska and ul. Kiev.

Janow-Nikiszowiec
Osiedle Nikiszowiec, built in 1908-1912, with the central market (currently Plac Wyzwolenia).
Church of St. Anna (Plac Wyzwolenia 21), built in 1914-1927.
“Wieczorek” Mine (buildings along Szopienicka Street and Oswobodzenia Street), with a chamber of tradition and exhibition in narrow-gauge railway freight cars, which in 1900-1985 served freight transport between Szopienice and Giszowiec, also running free passenger transport.
Classicist sculpture from 1835 – garden monument (48 Oswobodzenia St., Teofila Ociepki St. 2).
Historical buildings Janowa (ul. Oswobodzenia, ul. Ociepka Theophilus, ul. Castle, ul. Forest Brook, ul. Castle).

Kostuchna
Workers’ Colony, God’s Gifts (German: Böerschächte), erected at the beginning of the 20th century along today’s ul. T. Boya-Żeleński for employees of the “Boże Dary” mine (German “Böer”) .
Complex of buildings of the “Murcki” Coal Mine – “God’s Gifts” region (former “Böer” mine) .
Historic buildings along ul. T. Boya-Żeleński, ul. Szarych Szeregów, ul. Home Army.

Murcki
Former villa of the mine director – currently a kindergarten (1 Bielska Street), dating from around 1905.
The former department store (Jan Kasprowicz Square 4), built between 1905 and 1910 in the style of modernism.
Remains of buildings of the former sawmill (Tartaczna 28, 30), dating from the late nineteenth century.
Historical residential buildings (including Bielska St., Jana Kasprowicza St., Jan Samsonowicza St., Kamila Baczyńskiego St., Cegielnia Murcki St., villas at Wolności Street).

Szopienice-Burowiec
Former Bernhardi villa (Gen. Józefa Hallera 19 street), in the years 1873-1887 lived in it Frederick Bernhardi, general director of the Directorate of Mine and Hut, belonging to Giesches Erben.
The Church of the Savior in Katowice-Szopienice from 1901 (street of Bishop Herbert Bednorz 20).
Former Graefe’s pharmacy (Bishop H. Bednorz 14 Street), was erected in 1892.
A former villa of Dr. Staub (street of Bishop H. Bednorz 16), was erected in 1892.
Former house of F. Mixy (street of Bishop H. Bednorz 22), built in 1908.
Church of St. Hedwig from the 80s nineteenth century (pl. Silesian Insurgents 3).
The building of VI High School for them. Jan Długosz, built in 1904
Some of the buildings of the Non-Ferrous Metalworks in Szopienice.
A complex of buildings of the former brewery of the Mokrski brothers at ul. Fr.. Bp. H. Bednorza 2a-6, founded in 1880.
Administrative building – so-called “Jacobsen’s villa” from the beginning of the 20th century (street of Bishop Herbert Bednorz 60).
School with a residential building (22 Wiosny Ludów Street), dating from 1898.
Art Nouveau water tower from 1912 (at Janusz Korczka Street).
Familoki of the former “Wilhelmina” steelworks (Lwowska 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28), built in the 1890s.
A detached residential villa (20 J. Kantorówny St.).
Workers’ housing estate at ul. Morawa, erected in 1860-1865.
The Prittwitz Palace (Krakowska Street) from the end of the 19th century.
Part of the architecture and familoków (ul. J. Kantorówny, ul. Fr., Bishop H. Bednorz, ul. Obroncow Westerplatte, pl. Powstaców Silesian, ul. Spring Peoples, ul. Lvov, ul. Shafts ul. Krakow, ul. 11 November, Morawa Street).

Wełnowiec-Józefowiec
The nineteenth-century hall of the zinc smelter (in 2005 plundered by looters, the ruin was blown up by a Krakow corporation that acquired the area).
The building of the Court of Appeals (W. Korfantego 117, 119), neoclassical, was probably erected in 1905.
Residential buildings of the former “Fryderyk Colony” from the end of the 19th century (along the Avenue of W. Korfantego).
Construction of the Alfred shaft and the Alfred colony (Alfreda Square, W. Korfantego Avenue).
The team of the Municipal Hospital (Józefowska Street 119); within the complex there are: the main four-storey building of a former metallurgical hospital from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, rebuilt in the inter-war period, a garden, a fence from the west and south with a plastered brick wall.
Historic buildings, including along the current street Józefowska, ul. Bytkowska, ul. Nowy Świat, ul. Modelarska, ul. Rysia, ul. Bytomska, ul. Agnieszka, ul. Fr.. P. Ściegiennego, ul. Słoneczna, street prof. Mikusińskiego, ul. Gnieźnieńska.

Załęże
Church of St. Józefa (76 Gliwicka St.), Neo-Gothic, dedicated in 1898, put into use in 1900.
Palace in Załęże from the 19th century (159 Gliwicka Street).
Part of the tenements and tenement houses (including ul. Gliwice, ul. Vincent Janas, ul. Feliks Bochenski, ul. Wiśniowa Street. Wyplera John Street. Fr. Paul Pośpiech).
Former elevator tower of Szyp Wschodni II mine “Kleofas” at ul. Felix Bocheński.

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The former town hall of the commune of Zawodzie and Bogucice (ul. 1 Maja 50), erected in 1911-1913 according to the design of Arnold Hartmann from Berlin-Schoeneberg, made by Julius Litsche.
A complex of school and kindergarten buildings, erected at the turn of the 19th and 20th century (after 1890) in the neo-Gothic style (at Stanisława Staszica 2).

Architecture of the interwar period (1922-1939)
Katowice, after joining in 1922 to Poland, became the capital of the new Silesian Voivodeship, therefore the authorities had to solve the problem of the lack of appropriate administrative buildings, and after a few years also provide housing for a rapidly growing population. These factors caused a very dynamic development of urban development, which due to the promotion of modernist architecture by the provincial authorities (in particular by the voivode Michał Grażyński) had only a modern character since the second half of the 20th century. In connection with this, the city was built up with modernist buildings to a comparable degree in Poland only with Gdynia and Warsaw .

In the then capital of Upper Silesia, one of the first in Europe (skyscrapers) with steel structure (designed by Prof. Stefan Bryła) were created, modernist villas being a continuation of the best modernist concepts or luxurious tenement houses with characteristic ” winter gardens “. The objects constructed at the time were distinguished by high quality of design and workmanship. The city developed on the southern side of the railway tracks where monumental administrative buildings were built (eg Sejm Śląski, Niezespolone Offices)) and luxury tenements (PCK, Skłodowskiej St.). Architectural development in this period can be divided into two phases, in which the first referred to the old tradition, while in the second phase began to build numerous modern functionalist buildings with a modern construction, large glazed surfaces, devoid of any ornaments and referencing their body to “style” ship. ” The number and quality of these projects means that Katowice has a distinctive amount of modern modernist buildings from the interwar period, as it was created in Poland at that time.

Katowice architects of the inter-war years: Tadusz Michejda, Karol Schayer, Zbigniew Rzepecki, Lucjan Sikorski, Tadeusz Kozłowski, Leon Dietz d’Arma, Zygmunt Łoboda,

Some interwar historic buildings in Katowice:

Downtown

The Cathedral of Christ the King, in the classicist style, built in 1932-1955 .
The building of the former Police School (J. Poniatowskiego 15), erected in 1925 according to the design of architect Marian Łobodziński in 1926, in the style of modernism . Currently, the Silesian Medical University is located here.
Villa of Tadeusz Michejda (19 Poniatowskiego St.), erected in the years 1926-1930 as the house of engineer Tadeusz Michejda, according to his design from 1923. It was built in the style of modernism with elements of functionalism.
Airport Terminal Katowice Muchowiec, arch. Tadeusz Michejda, Lucjan Sikorski (1927).
Villa Władysława Michejda, (50 J. Kilińskiego St.), designed by T.Michejda (1927).
Home inż. Jan Krygowski, designed by T. Michejda (65 Kościuszki Street) from 1927.
Silesian Technical Research Institute (Sokolska 26 St.), designed by Jadwiga Dobrzyńska and Zygmunt Łoboda (1928).
Official colony on ul. Raciborska, designed by Lucjan Sikorski (1928).
edifice of Syndykat Polskich Hut Żelaznych (J. Lompy 14 St.), designed by Tadeusz Michejda and Lucjan Sikorski (1928) – one of the first large implementations of Tadeusz Michejda in Katowice built in the style of the so-called “” Modern classicism. ”
The building of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego – currently Bank Śląski (street A. Mickiewicza 3), built in 1930 in the expressionist style according to the design of Stanisław Tabeński and Jan Noworyta; its façade is slanted due to its location next to Skośna Street, which no longer exists.
Educational House – Silesian Library (Francuska 12 Street), arch. Stanisław Tabeński and Zbigniew Rybicki (1928).
A residential house of professors of the Silesian Technical Research Institutes (23 Wojewódzka St.), arch. Eustachy Chmielewski (1929).
Municipal Office (Magistrat) (4 Młyńska St.), arch. L. Sikorski (1929).
Tax Chamber – Drapacz Chmur (15 Żwirki i Wigury St.), arch. Tadeusz Kozłowski, construction: Stefan Bryła (1929-30).
The garrison church of St. Kazimierza, ul. M. Skłodowska Curie, arch. Leon Dietz d’Arma, cooperation with Jerzy Zarzycki (1930).
Townhouse of the Directorate of the Regional State Railways (J. Słowackiego Street), arch. T. Michejda (1930).
Villa of the President Edmund Kazimierczak, ul. Bratków 4, arch. T. Michejda (1930).
Cologne Social Insurance Institution, design: Office of Social Insurance Institution, ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie (1931).
Zakład Usług Higieny Środków Żywnościowych (Raciborska 41 Street), (1931) – a public utility facility built in Katowice in the inter-war period, referring to the Bauhaus architecture. The designer was T. Kozłowski.
Non-existent building of the Silesian Museum in Katowice at pl. Bolesława Chrobrego, arch. Karol Schayer (1934-1939).
Offices of the detached building (pl. Silesian Parliament), Arch. Kłębkowski W. (1935-1936) – a public multi-storey building built in Katowice in the interwar period. Currently, the seat of the Faculty of Polish Philology at the University of Silesia.
Silesian Insurgent House (Jana Matejki 3 St.), arch. Zbigniew Rzepecki (1936).
Voivodship Labor Fund Office, designed by Z. Rzepecki (36 Plebiscytowa Street) from 1936.
Tenement house on ul. Henryk Dąbrowski 24, designed by K. Schayer, (1936).
House adw. Wojciech Żytomirski, ul. PCK 6 (the Polish master of construction in 1938), arch. K. Schayer (1936).
Former officers’ casino (37 Raciborska St.), erected around 1930, designed by L. Sikorski in the modernist style.
Institute of Commercial Education in Katowice, ul. Raciborska 3, designed by Z. Rzepecki (1937).
Residential house, ul. J. Rymer 7 (1937).
House of dr. Kazimierz Wędlikowski at ul. PCK 10 (1937-38)
The State Agricultural Bank, ul. Warszawska 14, Marian Lalewicz (1938).
Broadcasting station of Polish Radio, ul. Juliusz Ligonia 29, designed by T. Łobos (1938).
Central Mining Institute, pl. Gwarków, designed by K. Sołtykowski (1938).
Kasa Chorych (currently Medical Academy), ul. W. Reymonta 8/10, designed by S. Gruszka, (1938).
ZUS residential house in Katowice, designed by S. Tabeński (1938-1939).
Modernist pavilion – so-called ” Służewiec House ” (street T.Kościuszki 73), dating from the 1930s.

Other districts

The building of the hospital – the former town hall of the Janów commune (10 Szopienicka St.), built in 1928-1931 according to the design of the architect Tadeusz Michejda, in the style of functionalism (functional modernism ).
The building of the former “Capitol” of the “Ateneum ” Silesian Puppet and Actor Theater (General Józefa Hallera 71 street, Dąbrówka Mała), erected in the 1930s in the style of functionalism.
House No. 2 of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Byzantine Sisters (Strzelców Bytomskich Street 1, Dąbrówka Mała), built in 1936 in the style of functionalism.
Villa Ryszard Holleka, Katowice Ligota, arch. H. Firla (1939).
Villa dr. Bolesław Mroczkowski, Katowice Ligota, arch. Lucjan Sikorski (1937).
Villa dr. Włodzimierz Kowala (arch. Kazimierz Sołtykowski 1937) – a modernist single-family building built in the interwar years in Katowice Ligota.
The former town hall of Szopienice (26 Wiosny Ludów Street, Szopienice-Burowiec), built in the years 1926-1928 in the style of late modernism with elements of art deco, the builder of the town hall was Franciszek Bieniosek.
Villa at ulica Mazowiecka 11, Katowice Ligota, arch. Glaesel (1937).
Villa Antoni Pająk, Katowice Ligota, (1936).
Church of Divine Providence in Zawodzie (street 1 Maja 52), erected in 1931 according to the design of Tadeusz Łobos in the style of functionalism.
Workers’ colony on Załęże (the Mościcki colony), designed by J. Krzemiński (1927).
Multi-family housing estate along ul. Katowicka, ul. Ordona, street Brzozowa, built in the second half of the 1930s in the style of functionalism.
Building IV High School for them. gen. Stanisława Maczka (54 Katowicka St., Bogucice), erected in the 1930s in the style of functionalism.
Detached villas, so-called “American colony” (Górniczy Stanu 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, Giszowiec).

Architecture of Late Modernism (1945-1979)
After the Second World War, Katowice’s urban planning focused on mitigating the dividing operation of the railway line running through the city center towards the latitudinal axis. In the city development plan drawn up in 1947 by Julian Duchowicz and Marian Śramkiewicz, it was proposed to expand the Market Square towards the south, instead of the building quarter destroyed in 1945. However, further projects envisaged the development of the center to the north, and in the place of a dozen or so tenement houses along the al. W. Korfanty, new office and service facilities were erected. The newly founded architectural-urban office of Miastoprojekt Katowice, employed mainly graduates of the Cracow University of Technology, interested in the development of architecture inwestern countries. As a result, an interesting and diverse urban complex was created in the center of Katowice at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s, representing forms of international style, partly up to now avant-garde. However, due to the poor quality of details and building materials, as well as the lack of proper maintenance (including façade cleaning) and uncoordinated placement of advertising boards on buildings and replacement of elements, their current form is significantly distorted.

The most important late-modernist objects in Katowice:

Youth Palace
Zieleniak, Julian Duchowicz and Marian Śramkiewicz 1948
The building of the District Trade Union Council, arch: Henryk Buszko, Aleksander Franta, Jerzy Gottfried 1950 -54
PPBO headquarters (KUA 1962 award) arch. Henryk Buszko, Aleksander Franta 1960
Co-operative Trade House “Zenit” (1958-1962), designed by Jurand Jarecki, Mieczysław Król
DT Delikatesy, arch. Marian Skałkowski 1962
The House of the Silesian Press, arch. Marian Śramkiewicz 1966
buildings separator, BWA and glider, arch. Stanislaw Kwaśniewicz, 1967 – 69
Osiedle Tysiąclecia, arch. Henryk Buszko, Aleksander Franta 1967-1972
Walenty Roździeńskiego estate (Gwiazdy / Gwiazdowce), arch: Henryk Buszko, Aleksander Franta 1967 -79
Provincial Sports and Entertainment Hall, so-called ” Spodek ” (1964-1971), designed by Maciej Gintowt, Jerzy Hryniewiecki, Maciej Krasiński
The main railway station, one of the most interesting works of Polish modernism in 1972
Co-operative Trading House “Skarbek” (1972-1974), designed by Jurand Jarecki
Marzydze Osiedle Tysiąclecia, arch. Henryk Buszko, Aleksander Franta 1978-1979
The Wedding Palace, arch. M. Król (the building existed in the years 1969-2011)
Koszutka housing estate (former J. Marchlewskiego estate), erected in the fifties, among others along the current street M. Grażyńskiego, ul. Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówny, ul. Missionary Oblates MN, ul. Sokolska.

Housing estates from the times of People’s Poland
Osiedle Odrodzenia (Piotrowice-Ochojec)
Housing estate of Jerzy Kukuczka (Bogucice)
Osiedle Kokociniec (Ligota-Panewniki)
Osielde Stanisława Staszica (Giszowiec)
Janasa-Ondraszka housing estate (Załęże)
Osiedle Koszutka
Konstanty Michalski estate (Dąbrówka Mała)
Osiedle Młodych
Norma housing estate (Dąbrówka Mała)
Osiedle Ignacy Paderewskiego
Walenty Roździeńskiego estate (the so-called “Stars”)
Osiedle Przedwiośnie
Osiedle Morawa / Rybki (Szopienice)
Osiedle Tysiąclecia
Wincenty Witos estate
Osiedle Zadole
Osiedle Alfonsa Zgrzebnioka – former XXXV-anniversary of the People’s Republic of Poland (Brynów)

Postmodern and contemporary architecture
Postmodernism in architecture appeared in Katowice, as well as in the whole of Poland, with a delay in the 1990s. Many post-industrial buildings are transformed into shopping centers or entertainment centers retaining some of the former walls. A specific atmosphere is created, creating intentional material and stylistic contrasts, combining signs of modernity with the traditional Upper Silesian architectural landscape.

In the late 1990s, the implementation of world architectural colossi appears in Katowice, such as the Bank of Silesia designed by the Australian Denton Corker Marshall Architecture and Urban Design.

The most important postmodern objects in Katowice:

Entertainment spot “44” (IMAX / Cinema City)
Silesian Library, architecture: arch. Jurand Jarecki, Marek Gierlotka, Stanisław Kwaśniewicz 1989, structure: Grzegorz Komraus, Henryk Goik
Silesia City Center, architecture: Bose International and Stabil Katowice, 2005

The most important contemporary objects in Katowice:

CITI Bank, ul. Sokolska, Architekten A. Kapuscik Wien, 1995
Bank Śląski, architecture: arch. Denton Corker Marshall Architecture and Urban Design, 2000
Altus, ul. Uniwersytecka, Arkat and BA Reichel + Stauth, 2001
Faculty of Law of the University of Silesia, Stabil Katowice
Theological Faculty of the University of Silesia, Stabil Katowice
PKO Bank, ul. Warszawska, Dieter Paleta, 2006
Katowice Business Point, street Chorzowska / ul. P. Ściegiennego, Jaspers Eyers & Partners and Konior & Partners, 2008-2010
International Congress Center

Industrial architecture
The entire Upper-Silesian Industrial District, and in particular Katowice, is a treasury of historic industrial architecture.

The most important historic buildings of industrial architecture in Katowice:

Uthemann, a galvanizing plant in Szopienice
Huta Baildon
The Gottwald mine – Kleofas window
Water tower at the Wujek mine
Wilson shaft in Katowice-Janów
Brewery Mokrskich in Szopienice
Squares, squares and roundabouts in Katowice
A separate article: Place in Katowice.
A separate article: Ronda in Katowice.
The major part of all squares in Katowice is located in Śródmieście and in the main districts. They were often created at the intersection of important trade routes.

Source from Wikipedia