In relation to modern demographic trends, evolving technologies and environmentfriendly solutions increases the potential of rail considered as sustainable form of public transport. Contemporary tendencies of designing railway stations in Europe are focused on lowering energy consumption and reducing carbon emission. The main goal of the designers is to create a friendly and intuitive space for its users and at the same time a...

W artykule opisano dworzec Katowice, otwarty w 1972 r. który stanowił jedną z najbardziej spektakularnych i docenianych ikon architektury modernistycznej Górnego Śląska. Został on zaprojektowany przez trzech wybitnych architektów: Wacława Kłyszewskiego, Jerzego Mokrzyńskiego i Eugeniusza Wierzbickiego (autorów m.in. warszawskiej siedziby Polskiej Zjednoczonej Partii Robotniczej). Brutalistyczna architektura przetrwała do 2010 r....

A study of the zone adjoining the metropolis area of Tricity (Poland) was conducted on the basis of analyses of changes in spatial development, outline planning decisions and local plans of spatial development. Localities placed at several dozen kilometres from strongly urbanized areas do not constitute metropolis outskirts. The vicinity of large urban centres is an obstacle to the development of localities as self-sufficient units...