The paper addresses the issue of industrial towns planned and built with consideration for local natural features and sustainable use of natural resources. The subject of the study is the mining town of Bukowno. The authors have adopted a case study and comparative analysis as the research method. The starting point is a comprehensive analysis of the main principles behind the creation of Bukowno as a centre integrating industrial, sanatorium, sports and leisure functions, designed by Józef Gałęzowski in the 1930s. The study is based on field research, analyses of source and cartographic materials and academic publications. The contemporary image of the town and the problems and threats concerning the most critical natural features reveal that the original design of Bukowno as an summer recreational and forest estate remains unrealized. Mining and processing activities are not conducive to the protection and proper exploitation of outstanding natural features, the Sztoła River in particular. The diagnosis of the existing problems prompts the search for a crystallized vision of town development that refers to and develops the original design. The research has resulted in an attempt to outline new principles for shaping the urban structure based on the assets of the local environment. The new original spatial and functional design, clearly inspired by the 1930s design, may provide a good foundation for the future development of Bukowno and the region.

The increasing demand for office space in Moscow, as well as the economic and political conditions in the global context, have contributed to the construction of a multifunctional complex of the Moscow International Business Centre in the Russian capital. The primarily office building complex is an example of activities consisting in the degleration of offices outside the city centre. It is also an attempt to create a prestigious place (including attractive architecture), an element of the city identity indicating a high development level of the state, application of new solutions in the fields of urban planning and architecture (including technique and modern technologies). Key words: Moscow International Business Centre, multifunctional office complex, office building, urban operation, post-industrial reconstruction, Moscow

Hamburg with the quantity of about 18 mlns m2 is, alongside with Berlin and Munich, the biggest office centre in Germany. The large-scale planning and urban operations with the aim of location this function in the centre have been carried out since the beginning of the '60s. The policy of deployment the ofiice sites has beez modified since then, from isolating the monofunctional area of the Modernism's spirit, to multifunctional structures interplaying with the other sites when it comes to activities' potentiality with the expansion of the large-scale urban structures. Many recent realisations abound with significant buildings that bring the avant-garde approach to the idea of an office building. The high level of building technology and the importance of ecological aspects are the important distinction. The mentioned realizations has been noticed by the architectural critics and mentioned in professional press. The pride of place belongs to the works of BRT (Bothe-Richter-Teherani), that has created many innovatory office buildings.

Since the ’70 Vienna has taken up the political, economic and planning actions heading to make the city the significant European business centre. The mentioned above has been realised by development of the modern workplaces connected with generating, transforming, distributing and commercialising information, it is to say by developing the office and conferencing functions. The first was built the Uno-City, then it was recreated into the multifunctional business plot with the office function as the main, namely the Donau-City. With the business area of more than 11mln squaremetres, Vienna is the biggest centre of this type in the eastern part of the European Union, and within the limits of Donau-City there have been risen many interesting architectural objects. The six of them are presented in the article.

Western Ukraine arouses a high emotional charge of historical origin. There are a number of buildings and complexes in this area created since the 14th century, that are the witnesses of the Polish presence and our contribution to the culture of these lands. The monuments of sacred architecture and numerous military ones occupy a special place. In the short interwar period a number of structures and complexes that demonstrate a high level of design technique were created. Their current technical state is usually very bad. Our participation in restoring splendour to the witnesses of our, historical centuries-old presence, would be beneficial.