Reading and Writing Architecture. Polish Architectural Magazines (1945-1989)

Abstract

Despite being very extensive, the literature that discusses Polish town planning and architecture, especially that of the post-war years is fragmentary and incomplete, i.e. there are no synthetic studies of this period and the materials are dispersed. During the time in question, over a dozen magazines were published that focused, to a lesser or greater extent, on matters related to urban planning and architecture. e rst architectural magazines in communist Poland were printed soon after World War II, in 1947. 1 eir contribution to the recording of spatial phenomena in the People's Republic of Poland [Polish: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, abbreviated as PRL], to the presentation of theoretical approaches and professional discussions, as well as to architectural education is of great and undeniable importance.e Polish periodical press regarding architecture and urban planning was based on several major journals which developed spatial awareness and, to a great extent, in uenced the opinions of researchers and designers (all of these magazines were, for obvious reasons, funded by state authorities who fully controlled their contents). ere were also several professional and university magazines in addition to some less important titles. To date, many of these have constituted an important archival source and bear testimony to the past.Today, from the point of view of researchers dealing with recent architectural history, the most important journals of the times were Architektura, dedicated to widely understood architecture and urban planning, Miasto, a bimonthly which focused on spatial and town planning, and the quarterly Kwartalnik Architektury i Urbanistyki, which featured scienti c publications. Furthermore, a number of other magazines that are of lesser importance to architectural research provide valuable insights into the forgotten fragments of communist reality.After WWII, one of the most in uential magazines addressing the architectural circles in Poland, was the monthly Architektura [Architecture], funded by the Ministry of Culture and Art. Published from 1947 to 1991 2 , it was the o cial press organ of the Polish Association of Architects [Polish: Stowarzyszenie Architektów Polskich, abbreviated as SARP], a professional organisation of architects and urban planners. 3 Obviously, from the very beginning, the journal followed the planned economy programme and the ideological premises of the socialist system. e foreword to the rst issue, which appeared two years after the war and was signed by the Board of the Association of Polish Architects, stated:1 It should be noted that the origins of architectural magazines in Poland date back to 1875, when the weekly Przegląd Techniczny, published in Krakow, began printing regular features on the subject. In 1900, the monthly magazine Architekt was introduced and during the interwar period over a dozen titles were published, including the most authoritative one, Architektura i budownictwo; see Architektura 9-10 (1977): 3. 2 Architektura was revived in 1994 as Arc...

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