Houses of the Commune of the City of Kraków
The house at no. 8-10 has a completely Modernist, geometric, elongated mass. It was a development of the Commune (council housing) meant for the poorer inhabitants of Kraków. The block comprising of small flats has circulation in the form of a gallery. All flats are accessible from such galleries along the rear elevation, and the galleries themselves are accessible from two staircases at the building’s edges, respectively. The original, five-storey structure (with an attics that was later adapted), has cornices at the elevations. They enhance the Purism, or, as some say, the monotony of the Modern Movement architecture. This was a typical Cracovian solution between the World Wars. A few years after the completion of the first building, a corner one was added at no. 12-14, in a stepped form.