Palace Complex

Description:

The Palace of Culture and Science is a massive Stalinist skyscraper that was ""gifted"" to Warsaw by the Soviet Union in 1955. Author Michał Murawski traces the skyscraper's powerful impact on 21st century Warsaw, exploring the many factors that allow Warsaw's Palace to endure as a still-socialist building in a post-socialist city.

subjects: Europe, eastern, history,  Public buildings,  Architecture and society,  Architecture, poland,  Municipal buildings,  Buildings, structures,  Buildings,  Pałac Kultury i Nauki w Warszawie