Located in the heart of Europe, Poland has been a point of convergence for geo-cultural ideas and views, but also for political shifts. Polish architecture tells a long story of social economies, history, and change. Its ever-changing boundaries, the devastation caused by the war, and the communist regime played a catalytic role in shaping its architecture.
Today, its architecture has taken a more experimental turn, with contemporary structures defined by memory, function, and a strong sense of place. Polish firms work across scales, from restoring historical buildings to designing new museums, offices, and public spaces that reflect universal values. The 25 architecture firms listed below represent present-day Polish architecture as historically layered, resilient, and context-driven:
1. Robert Konieczny KWK Promes
KWK Promes is a Polish studio recognized for its concept-driven, experimental approach that fuses technical innovation with poetic spatial strategies. With materials often used in unexpected ways, KWK Promes explores movement, transformation, and protection, as seen in projects like the Safe House and Aatrial House. Its works, such as the award-winning National Museum – Dialogue Centre in Szczecin, reveal a balance between functionality and bold conceptualism. The studio consistently redefines domestic and public architecture through rigorous research and expressive form.
RS+ Robert Skitek is a Polish architecture studio known for its context-sensitive and socially engaging designs prioritizing public space and user interaction. Founded in 2001 by Robert Skitek, the studio emphasizes collaborative design and modern forms that invite community use and interaction. Projects like urban parks, riverfronts, and recreational spaces showcase its method of layering landscape with architecture to create inclusive, sustainable environments.
xystudio, founded in 2004 by Filip Domaszczyński, Marta Nowosielska, and Dorota Sibińska, is a Warsaw-based architecture practice specializing in public buildings, particularly kindergartens, nurseries, and care homes. Its design process emphasizes psychological sensitivity, tailoring spaces to user needs through thoughtful spatial planning and material application. xystudio’s projects like the KIDO Kindergarten have redefined standards in child-centered design, further extended through its own certified furniture line, Locomoco.
mode:lina™ is a Poland-based architecture and design studio, creating dynamic office and commercial environments that prioritize user experience and brand engagement. Its methods include translating brand identity and user needs into spatial narratives using flexible layouts, tactile materials, and immersive detailing. From collaborative office hubs to hands-on retail spaces, its projects are tailored to evolve with future demands.
FAAB Studio, founded in Warsaw by Adam Białobrzeski and Adam Figurski, approaches architecture through research-driven, interdisciplinary design that responds to evolving societal and environmental contexts. FAAB's methodology integrates architectural, landscape, and graphic design with advanced technical consultancy, aiming to uncover and unlock the hidden potential of each site.
BXB Studio, founded by Bogusław Barnaś in 2009, draws from Polish folk architecture and history and reinterprets vernacular motifs, such as the Zakopane Style and timber sacral forms, through modern, sustainable methods. Working across scales, from urban planning and architecture to interiors, graphics, and product design, BXB Studio continuously seeks intelligent, optimistic, and client-driven solutions that balance economic, social, and visual considerations across all project types.
WXCA is an interdisciplinary design studio based in Poland, known for its architecture, urban planning, and landscape design. Specializing in public utility projects, the firm emphasizes cultural, scientific, and ecological values. Its work is deeply rooted in place-making, using architecture to express institutional and regional identity. With a focus on long-term sustainability, WXCA integrates advanced research and technology to create inclusive, future-ready environments.
Neostudio Architekci is a Poznań-based architecture firm founded in 2005 by Bartosz Jarosz and Paweł Świerkowski, following years of professional collaboration. One of its projects, Market in Wieleń presents architecture as a catalyst for urban and social revitalization. Through sensitive integration with the city’s heritage, preservation of century-old trees, and creation of flexible public zones, Neostudio prioritizes people-oriented spaces that connect past and present while enabling dynamic community use.
wiercinski-studio, founded by Adam Wierciński in Poznań, is a multidisciplinary design practice working across architecture, interiors, and furniture. Through sculptural forms and unconventional solutions, the studio builds a distinctive design language that is personal and place-specific. In its project, the Horse House emphasizes structural honesty, functional clarity, and spatial empathy. Local craftsmanship, especially in bespoke wood and steel details, reinforces the studio’s belief in site-specific expression and durable, modest beauty.
Tremend is a multidisciplinary architecture and engineering studio known for its detail-oriented approach and comprehensive project management. Prioritizing functional aesthetics, sustainable solutions, and precise cost control, the firm integrates modern construction methods with a refined material palette—incorporating Polish design icons like Oskar Zięta and NOTI. Its project, The Metropolitan Station in Lublin, won the public vote for Transportation Hub of the year at the Archello Awards 2024.
JEMS Architects, founded in 1988, is a collaborative Warsaw-based studio rooted in a deep engagement with context, materiality, and process. The studio pursues architecture as a layered, intuitive exploration, drawing meaning from site, history, and culture. Its workshop-like approach encourages open debate, collective insight, and a slow distillation of form. Projects evolve through discussion, discovery, and an ongoing search for essence over effect.
NOKE Architects is a studio rooted in deep dialogue and design empathy. In the Pasym holiday home project, its thoughtful approach manifests across scales- from urban planning to furniture design. Instead of defaulting to generic barn typologies, the studio redefined the Masurian homestead using prefabricated timber technology, traditional materials, and precise proportions rooted in local heritage.
STOPROCENT Architekci is a Warsaw-based studio driven by a strong design focus and hands-on commitment to every project. Its methods emphasize thoughtful detailing, clear spatial logic, and material honesty. Whether working with concrete, timber, or steel, they prioritize craftsmanship and contextual response over spectacle. Each project becomes an exploration of how simple materials and deliberate decisions can create refined, human-centered spaces that endure.
14. IFA group | Kamil Domachowski
IFA, founded by Kamil Domachowski in 2014, is a Warsaw-based studio known for its distilled, emotionally resonant architecture. The firm approaches design as a reduction to essentials—stripping away the inessential to uncover form, function, and meaning. Projects like Zosia’s House (Public vote winner of Housing Interior of the Year at the Archello Awards 2024) reflects a minimalist yet warm treatment of interiors, balancing spatial clarity with lived experience.
MUS ARCHITECTS is a Katowice-based studio founded by Anna Porębska and Adam Zwierzyński, known for award-winning designs that explore inventive spatial concepts across diverse scales. The firm’s name—Made Up Space—reflects its core approach: architecture as the thoughtful creation and composition of space. Its projects, like the Black Rock house, are rooted in conceptual clarity, balancing form and function while embracing both innovation and pragmatism.
Founded in 2016 by Katarzyna Osipowicz-Grabowska and Piotr Grabowski, Studio GAB is a Poznań-based architectural practice focused on thoughtful, site-responsive design. Known for its residential projects and sensitive restorations of historic buildings, the studio emphasizes durability, adaptability, and environmental awareness. One of its projects, the Wooden House with a Concrete Chimney in Konin, utilizes timber frame construction and deciduous plywood finishes to induce tactile warmth with structural functionality.
Piotr Hardecki Architekt is a Warsaw-based architectural studio known for its interdisciplinary work across architecture, urban planning, and landscape design. Led by Piotr Hardecki, the firm emphasizes clarity, functionality, and material honesty. In the Educational Complex in Gdynia, designed in collaboration with LWS Architekci, the team created a well-organized campus defined by two independent wings and a connective internal “street.”
18. ZALEWSKI ARCHITECTURE GROUP
ZALEWSKI ARCHITECTURE GROUP, founded in 2005 by Krzysztof Zalewski, is known for navigating complex projects with high technical and functional demands. Its project, H11 Boutique Office in Gliwice, exemplifies the firm's materials and method-driven approach, melding contemporary metal cladding with a design that subtly references the site's former 20th-century railway building.
19. Superhelix Pracownia Projektowa
Superhelix, founded by Bartłomiej Drabik in 2015, is a Kraków-based studio operating at the intersection of architecture, industrial design, and competition-driven innovation. Each project is approached as a layered sequence—from analysis and concept design to construction documentation, supervision, and prototyping—symbolizing strands of a “superhelix” that defines the firm’s holistic process.
NArchitekTURA | NArchitecTURE, led by Bartosz Haduch, is a multidisciplinary design and research practice exploring the deep interconnection between architecture and nature. The studio integrates natural processes and materials—light, time, cycles, and climate—into sustainable architectural solutions. Its work spans scales and disciplines, often developed through collaboration with experts in science, sociology, and the arts.
Founded by Marcin Major in 2004, Major Architekci is an award-winning studio known for socially responsive and technically thoughtful architecture. Its multigenerational housing project in Wrocław reflects its commitment to inclusive design and sustainable methods. Constructed as a four-storey quarter around an oval courtyard, the building promotes intergenerational interaction while ensuring accessibility. The use of homogeneous materials and coherent spatial logic enhances functionality while allowing for future reconfiguration.
Grupa 5 Architekci is a Warsaw-based studio of around 40 architects, established in 1998, prioritizes high-quality living environments through careful spatial planning, refined aesthetics, and material precision. Whether working on residential housing, public institutions, or transport hubs, the studio integrates sustainable, context-aware solutions with functional clarity. Its methods emphasize technical expertise and adaptability, often involving the modernization of historic structures or the coordination of complex, large-scale developments.
23. RYSY Architekci Rafał Sieraczyński
RYSY Architekci is a Polish architectural practice led by Rafał Sieraczyński. The firm emphasizes simplicity, repetition, and contextual response through robust material logic and restrained forms. In projects like the Market Town in Żołynia, it combines architectural clarity with functionality. The open-air market consists of 15 modular shelters constructed using repeatable wooden grids and steel frames, offering a durable and cost-effective solution.
BUDCUD is a Cracow-based architecture practice led by Mateusz Adamczyk and Agata Woźniczka, known for crafting vibrant, atmospheric worlds that combine rigor with whimsy. Its projects, regardless of scale, act as layered collages—rich in texture, bold in form, and open to unpredictable use. Each design expresses a playful tension between construction (“bud”) and wonder (“cud”).
TTAT is an architectural studio based in Katowice, founded in 2010 by Magdalena and Piotr Tokarski. The studio’s work spans architecture, urban planning, and interior design, with each project rooted in a sensitivity to geographic, historical, and social context. Its architecture draws from contemporary means of expression and is unafraid to experiment with form, light, and materials, while maintaining a rigorous process, from early concepts through to construction.
The '25 best firms' series is curated by the Archello editorial team. The selection is based on a number of factors including the number of shortlisted and winning entries in the Archello Awards, the number of projects a firm has uploaded to its Archello profile, the number of projects that have been featured by Archello, as well as the size and quality of the projects included in each firm's Archello portfolio.
