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....

The contrast between the high rise buildings; with their mostly geometric shapes, and the organic form of the greenery was visible even in the idea of a skyscraper. Yet the realizations and recent projects show emerging interest and the link between them. To better understand the developing function of the greenery in the context of a skyscraper, both literature and case studies are conducted. The aim is to relate the location...