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The Scientific Information Center and Academic Library (CINiBA) is a joint project of Brief Historical Outline The University of Silesia and the University of 03 Economics in Katowice. The building, whose Contents color alludes to traditional Silesian bricks Katowice. For a Change (nevertheless built from an unusual shade of sandstone) was awarded the President of 05 Poland's GRANDPRIX for the Best Architectural Object of the 21st Century, the Economic Center title of the Best Public Utility Building in the 07 7th edition of a contest organized by the Architektura-murator magazine, as well as the 2012 Building of the Year award in an 09 Culture Zone opinion poll organized by the ArchDaily architecture website. 13 Green Katowice 14 Cultural and Entertainment Center 15 Katowice - A City of Festivals 17 Nikiszowiec and Giszowiec 19 Modernism Trial 21 Shopping 02 The Scientific Information Center and Academic Library (CINiBA) is a joint project of Brief Historical Outline The University of Silesia and the University of 03 Economics in Katowice. The building, whose Contents color alludes to traditional Silesian bricks Katowice. For a Change (nevertheless built from an unusual shade of sandstone) was awarded the President of 05 Poland's GRANDPRIX for the Best Architectural Object of the 21st Century, the Economic Center title of the Best Public Utility Building in the 07 7th edition of a contest organized by the Architektura-murator magazine, as well as the 2012 Building of the Year award in an 09 Culture Zone opinion poll organized by the ArchDaily architecture website. 13 Green Katowice 14 Cultural and Entertainment Center 15 Katowice - A City of Festivals 17 Nikiszowiec and Giszowiec 19 Modernism Trial 21 Shopping 02 Katowice is a unique city, the center of the largest metropolitan area in Poland and It is here in the legendary Spodek Arena that the major sports events take place, among the administrative, academic and cultural heart of the Silesian Province. The city’s which one should definitely name the EuroBasket European Basketball Championship. In April roots are related in the mining and metallurgy industry, while currently it is 2013 Spodek will be hosting the BNP Paribas Katowice Open women’s WTA tournament, with developing as a thriving economic, educational, cultural and entertainment center. the participation of the world's top tennis players. The tournament will be the biggest tennis event in Poland in 2013. In 2014 Spodek will be hosting the most important sports event so far – the Male Volleyball World Championship. stimulus for its growth. As a result, the eastern part of Upper Silesia together with Katowice found itself within Spodek is also the venue of big concerts where some of the world's most renowned artists, the borders of the reborn Polish state. Katowice became representing all music genres perform, as well as of other events which attract the capital of the autonomous Silesian Province and a massive audience. At the beginning of 2013 Spodek was filled to the very several representative public administration buildings last seat during the Intel Extreme Masters world gaming cham- and impressive residential districts were erected in the pionship. The city was visited by the best cyberathletes in The first written note about Katowice comes from 1598 city. Many buildings from that period are of the highest the world. but the history of districts such as Dąb or Bogucice dates architectural quality. This tradition continued after World back even further. The 19th century saw the development War II. Among many of the investments made on a grand of the area: the first two mines were opened in the 1820s scale, especially one – the Spodek Indoor Sports and and in 1865 Katowice was granted municipal rights. Entertainment Arena – is widely recognized domestically Soon, numerous tenements and public utilities started to as well as abroad, thanks to its unique architecture. After spring up and the young city became the leading center for thorough modernization, Spodek fascinates passers-by Upper Silesian industry. The events which took place after with a multicolor illumination that stresses its World War I – the plebiscite and the three Silesian characteristic architectural structure. Uprisings in 1919, 1920 and 1921 – provided the next Today, the face of Katowice is changing. It’s impossible not to notice the growing number Silesia Metropolis – a formal union of neighboring cities located within the of modern office buildings and Katowice conurbation. One of the largest and beautifully renovated facades of most dynamically developing metropolises historic tenements. The city owes in Poland and East-Central Europe. its new image to activities which have been consequently under- taken over the last years, using its perfect location as well as its economic, administrative and intellectual potential. 03 Brief Historical Outline 04 Katowice is a unique city, the center of the largest metropolitan area in Poland and It is here in the legendary Spodek Arena that the major sports events take place, among the administrative, academic and cultural heart of the Silesian Province. The city’s which one should definitely name the EuroBasket European Basketball Championship. In April roots are related in the mining and metallurgy industry, while currently it is 2013 Spodek will be hosting the BNP Paribas Katowice Open women’s WTA tournament, with developing as a thriving economic, educational, cultural and entertainment center. the participation of the world's top tennis players. The tournament will be the biggest tennis event in Poland in 2013. In 2014 Spodek will be hosting the most important sports event so far – the Male Volleyball World Championship. stimulus for its growth. As a result, the eastern part of Upper Silesia together with Katowice found itself within Spodek is also the venue of big concerts where some of the world's most renowned artists, the borders of the reborn Polish state. Katowice became representing all music genres perform, as well as of other events which attract the capital of the autonomous Silesian Province and a massive audience. At the beginning of 2013 Spodek was filled to the very several representative public administration buildings last seat during the Intel Extreme Masters world gaming cham- and impressive residential districts were erected in the pionship. The city was visited by the best cyberathletes in The first written note about Katowice comes from 1598 city. Many buildings from that period are of the highest the world. but the history of districts such as Dąb or Bogucice dates architectural quality. This tradition continued after World back even further. The 19th century saw the development War II. Among many of the investments made on a grand of the area: the first two mines were opened in the 1820s scale, especially one – the Spodek Indoor Sports and and in 1865 Katowice was granted municipal rights. Entertainment Arena – is widely recognized domestically Soon, numerous tenements and public utilities started to as well as abroad, thanks to its unique architecture. After spring up and the young city became the leading center for thorough modernization, Spodek fascinates passers-by Upper Silesian industry. The events which took place after with a multicolor illumination that stresses its World War I – the plebiscite and the three Silesian characteristic architectural structure. Uprisings in 1919, 1920 and 1921 – provided the next Today, the face of Katowice is changing. It’s impossible not to notice the growing number Silesia Metropolis – a formal union of neighboring cities located within the of modern office buildings and Katowice conurbation. One of the largest and beautifully renovated facades of most dynamically developing metropolises historic tenements. The city owes in Poland and East-Central Europe. its new image to activities which have been consequently under- taken over the last years, using its perfect location as well as its economic, administrative and intellectual potential. 03 Brief Historical Outline 04 The city’s promotional motto is Katowice. For a Change. Its logo is a heart in which the traditional, industrial, mining and Silesian Katowice blends with the aspiring, economically sound, creative, ambitious, modern and avant-garde Katowice and which draws on these two complementary images. Katowice. For a Change draws attention to the current transformation process which the capital of the Silesian province, together with the entire region, is undergoing. These changes Katowice is a city of multidimensional transformations cannot be compared to those of any other municipal area in and, consequently, it is open to searching for and Poland. They are manifested especially in the economy, where developing innovative solutions, new concepts, traditional branches are being replaced with new fields, where unconventional projects: innovation and highly developed technologies are put to the fore The phrase “for a change” stresses the and where there is a significant shift from the industrial zone to character, significance and functions of the city modern services, e.g. in IT. which is the center of a specific, unique metropolis and which integrates other cities. Katowice. For a Change is also an expression of strong conviction that Katowice, with its avant-garde and innovative face, is a city worth discovering. It is a place in which new music (OFF Festival Katowice is inspired by what is best in the city’s Katowice, Tauron Nowa Muzyka) coexists with avant-garde art tradition and heritage (multicultural, multi- forms (Katowice Street Art Festival, the so-called Silesian design) national, Silesian, industrial). and bold architectural solutions (on the one hand Spodek Arena and the new home of the Silesian Museum built underground on Katowice follows in the steps of all those places the site of a former coal mine, and on the other hand the new seat in Europe which have made a distinctive trait of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra - out of their uniqueness and originality.