The headquarters of the State Music School Complex No. 1 in Warsaw was awarded in the "New life of buildings" category of the prestigious Architectural Prize of the Mayor of Warsaw.

We are very happy, thank you for this award and congratulations to Konior Studio!

Authors: Konior Studio, authors team: Tomasz Konior, Dominik Koroś, Aleksander Nowacki, Marcin Piotrowski, Michał Lipiec, Wojciech Przywecki, Angelika Drozd, Adam Przybyła, Anita Łukaszyk-Nagi, Justyna Boduch, Magdalena Jagoda, Anna Kłosek, Arkadiusz Laskowski, Agata Żak

Cooperating studio: Nagata Acoustics International

Investor: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

A few words about the building

The music school operates in the restored, modernized and extended building of the former orphanage for girls from 1901. The neo-Gothic monument regained its former glory. It perfectly fulfills a new function. The new horseshoe-shaped building stands at the back of the plot at the rear of the old building and connects to it through a large glass atrium. In the middle of the newly designed part there is a concert hall. It has an oval shape, a vaulted ceiling, a stage for a 100-person orchestra and an auditorium for 300 guests. The spaces around it distribute to smaller concert halls and rehearsal rooms. The interiors are lined with wood. Outside, we managed to find space for a small garden. The oval shape of the concert hall, its vaulted ceiling and wooden carpets provide excellent acoustics.