Warsaw's 2 Sacred buildings span from mid-century Brutalism to 21st-century monumentalism. Wojciech Siekiewicz and Marta Siekiewicz's Church of Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church uses heavy concrete forms and narrow light openings to create an interior of austere contemplation — a Brutalist approach to the sacred that emphasises material weight and shadow.
Wojciech Kuryłowicz and Andrzej Mikulski's Temple of Divine Providence operates at a completely different register: a monumental Contemporary structure that took over two centuries from initial conception to completion, incorporating contemporary engineering with classical spatial ambitions. The contrast between these two churches — one inward-looking and concrete, the other expansive and light-filled — captures Warsaw's range of approaches to religious architecture.
