Poznań: Have a look at the Poznań Modernism [ARCHITECTURE]

Bored with the Gothic and Baroque churches, art nouveau tenement houses and monumental Prussian edifices? Looking for the less obvious beauty in the architecture? The Poznań Modernism is right here for you!

Okrąglak/Fot. Łukasz Ogrodowczyk / Agencja Gazeta

Its greatest treasure is the Okrąglak (a shopping mall called "Roundy"), whose face stays identical in various street prospects in the center of Poznań. This avant-garde building was designed by Mark Leykam and quickly became an icon of the city, winning the place in the hearts of its residents even today. The modernist building of the Academy of Physical Education at the crossroads of streets Królowej Jadwigi and Droga Dębińska has been designed by the same eminent architect who achieved an interesting effect, however turned ugly due to later uncontrolled corrections. But let us get back to the center and its modernistic controversies.