Warsaw's 2 Brutalist buildings deploy raw concrete for very different programmes. Jan Bogusławski and Bohdan Gniewiewski's Smolna 8 applies Brutalist massing to a mixed-use commission: exposed structural grids, deep window recesses, and a monumental presence on the street. It represents the socialist-era conviction that bold architecture could shape civic life.
Wojciech Siekiewicz and Marta Siekiewicz's Church of Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church uses Brutalist concrete for sacred effect: heavy, sculptural forms that channel light through narrow openings, creating an interior atmosphere of weight and contemplation. Together, these buildings demonstrate Brutalism's versatility in a city where the style served both secular and spiritual ambitions.
