2024-12-22T05:01:50-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/142590884/explore-warsaw-with-these-travel-tips-from-four-o-nine-co-founder-lukasz-kos Justine Testado 2015-12-04T18:53:00-05:00 >2015-12-18T12:23:31-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/j3/j36aayn7u0tsaheg.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>No two people, let alone architects, perceive even the most frequented cities in the same way.&nbsp;How do designers experience their cities as locals?</p><p>A tumultuous sequence of political upheaval and renewal just within the last century has transformed Warsaw into a bustling incubator of creativity for architects, designers, and artists &mdash; and the world is taking notice. For a glimpse into the city's emerging design scene, Archinect reached out to <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/117980971/four-o-nine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Four O Nine</a> co-founder Lukasz Kos, who manages the practice's Warsaw office (Also see Andrei Zerebecky's <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/141012454/four-o-nine-s-andrei-zerebecky-shares-his-must-see-architectural-sites-in-shanghai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shanghai guide</a>). Kos shared some can't-miss spots around town that he would recommend to the architecturally inclined traveler.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/kj/kjzh9oxcbxh4bx3p.jpg"><br><em>Lukasz Kos. Photo <a href="http://four-o-nine.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">via</a>.</em></p><p><em>Warsaw is a city with a recent history of violent changes. In the span of the last 100 years it has seen colonization twice by the Russians; experienced cruel and nearly complete destruction at the hands of the Germans, leaving the city of over one million with just 1,000 occupants after WWII; sla...</em></p>