Robert Konieczny: KWK Promes : buildings + ideas

This uniquely presented monograph on the work of KWK Promes combines a highly illustrated album with Robert Konieczny's incisive and personalised narrative. Konieczny's practice has often been cited as one of the most exciting architectural studios in the world, and a leader in industry innovation.

KWK Promes has been published extensively in magazines, books, and on websites. But it’s often through Robert Konieczny’s lectures that people gain a greater understanding of the architectural ideas. This uniquely presented monograph offers the best of both worlds with an in-depth discourse on a beautifully illustrated album of projects.

Robert Konieczny, founder and principal of the multi-award-winning firm KWK Promes in Poland, specializes in architectural projects renowned for ingenious concepts and unique design. A self-described “conceptualist,” Konieczny arrives at the inspiration for projects by exploring what the practice calls “project paths,” of which there are eight defined paths, including topographical, immaterial, and iconographic. In doing this, Konieczny gives the location and its genius loci—the protective spirit of a place—the leading role in his designs.

Robert Konieczny KWK Promes: buildings + ideas offers an in-depth discourse of nineteen selected projects, including single dwellings, multifamily residential projects, and public buildings. The monograph combines a highly illustrated album, featuring full-color photography, diagrams, and drawings, with commentary by renowned architectural writer and critic Philip Jodidio, and incisive, personalized narrative by Konieczny.

KWK Promes has often been cited as one of the most exciting architectural studios in the world, and a leader in industry innovation. This book not only showcases the practice’s inventive work, but invites readers to gain a greater understanding of the architectural ideas, as if attending one of Konieczny’s insightful lectures.