Institute of Nuclear Physics and Helium Liquefier cum Laboratory of Low Temperatures
The complex was marked by an innovative artistic approach in spite of a certain spirit of the pre-war Varsovian Modernism in the building of the Institute of Nuclear Physics itself. Nevertheless the building of the Helium Liquefier and Laboratory of Low Temperatures received the 2 nd degree Prize of the Minister of Construction and Building Materials Industry in 1967. It is marked by a contemporary, simple, Modern form and elevation. Its horizontal layout is stressed by marked lintels which are protruded from the face of the wall and by a system of massive, horizontal blinds situated in numerous spaces between the ‘lesenes’ or slender, vertical elements which are rhythmically protruding from the elevation. The lower part of the building (1 floor high), situated at a right angle, is glazed on the side of the courtyard. In the main hall there was a mosaic of freely positioned, small river stones. Interiors were designed individually.