Building complex of the Chinese Embassy in Warsaw

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The building complex of the Chinese Embassy in Warsaw is located at Ulica Bonifraterska 1 in Warsaw's inner city district . Plac Krasińskich with the Krasiński Palace and the Supreme Court building is in the immediate vicinity .

The embassy complex was built between 1956 and 1959. The project came from a team of architects (Tadeusz Zieliński, Michał Gutt, Michał Glinka, Aleksander Kobzdej , Alina Scholtz and Lin Luo) under the direction of Romuald Gutt (1888–1974) and is in the functionalist style . In 1960 the system was awarded a first prize by the municipal committee for architecture and urban planning ( Komitet Architektury i Urbanistyki ). In addition to the representative main building on the east side facing Bonifraterska , the complex includes various residential and administrative units as well as a large garden, the main stylistic element of which is a shallow pond with decorative stone carvings in the form of dragon figures. The two four-story apartment blocks on Franciszkańska for embassy staff are equipped with spacious loggias and an inner patio each with a glass roof . The complex, surrounded by the streets Franciszkańska , Swiętojerska , Wałowa and Bonifraterska, covers an area of ​​around 40,000 square meters.

Juliusz Chrościcki and Andrzej Rottermund describe the facility in the Warsaw Architecture Atlas as a "complex that is characterized by the successful, interesting combination of architectural and garden design means".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Michał Mateusz Duda, Mozart modernizmu: Romuald Gutt - Nagroda Honorowa SARP 1966 on the Sztuka Architektury website (in Polish, accessed April 17, 2014)
  2. ↑ Juliusz A. Chroscicki, Andrzej Rottermund: Architecture Atlas of Warsaw. Arkady, Warsaw 1978, p. 53.

literature

  • Grażyna Raj: Ambasada Chin. In: Skarpa Warszawska. Piszemy tylko o Warszawie! Historyczno-Kulturalny magazine. ISSN  2084-4220 , Agencja Wydawniczo-Reklamowa Skarpa Warszawska, Warsaw 2014, p. 44.

Web links

  • 7. Ambasady w Warszawie - Ambasada Chin from the series: Ambasady w Warszawie - TOP 10 architektonicznych perełek. In: Bryla.pl , July 12, 2012, with photos (in Polish, accessed April 17, 2014).

Coordinates: 52 ° 15 '0.3 "  N , 21 ° 0' 8.2"  E