The Mieczysław Broniewski Tenement (; ) is an International Style tenement in Warsaw, Poland, within the Mokotów district. It is located at 22 Narbutta Street, within the neighbourhood of Old Mokotów. It was designed by Antoni Jawornicki, and built between 1937 and 1938. It was modified in 1945, with addition of a 6th storey.
History The building was designed by architect Antoni Jawornicki in the International Style, with the elements of the Art Deco and Baroque Revival styles. It was built between 1937 and 1938, as a luxurious tenement building for Mieczysław Broniewski, a businessperson who owned several confectionery stores in Warsaw. The building originally featured both housing and office spaces.Jarosław Zieliński: Atlas dawnej architektury ulic i placów Warszawy. Tom 12. Plac Na Rozdrożu-Nowiniarska. Warsaw: Biblioteka Towarzystwa Opieki nad Zabytkami, 2006, p. 128. ISBN 83-88372-34-3. (in Polish)
During the Second World War, the building was seized by the German government, and houses the dental clinic for the officers of the Protection Squadron. It was damaged during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. It underwent renovations after the war, beginning in February 1945, with project designed by J. Krotkiewski. The building was modified, with addition of a 6th storey, and with some of its circler windows being bricked up. Its interior was remodeled to only feature housing units, and the building was designated as residentce for the employees of the Warsaw Reconstruction Office and the Polish Radio. One of its residents became Zygmunt Dworakowski, the chairperson of the presidium of the Municipal National Council of the Capital City of Warsaw, the equivalent the current office of the city mayor.
Design The tenement building has International Style façade lied with Baroque Revival elements, lied with the sandstone, and with the semi-basement lied with clinker brick. The building also features an Art Deco gate and balusters. In the front, it has wide waved loggias and porthole-like circular windows. The building has a reinforced concrete structure. It has 6 storeys, including a semi-basement.
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