Writers' House

The building was constructed between 1959 and 1960, and designed in socialist realist style, meant be reminiscent of the Marshal Residential District.^[1] It was built in place of a former tenement house from the turn of 20th century, designed by Edward Goldberg. It shared a twin design of the nearby Taubenhaus Tenement.^[2]

An identical socialist realist multifamily residential building was built in the 1960s at 74 Marszałkowska Street.^[3]

The building became residence of numerous artists, scientist, and diplomats, including Maria Dąbska, Julia Hartwig, Zbigniew Herbert, Adam Kępiński, Arkadiusz Konarzewski, Artur Międzyrzecki, Danuta Płocka-Zabłocka, Bogusław Śmiechowski, and Ryszard Szawłowski, among others. It was also visited by Nobel Prize winners Henry Kissinger and Czesław Miłosz. In the early 1960s, the apartment of Hartwig i Międzyrzecki, became a gathering salon. The building was later referred to as the Writers' House by Adam Pomorski, the chairperson of the Polish division of the PEN International.^[1][4]

The building was renovated and modernized in 2012.^[5] The same year, on its façade was installed a commemorative plaque dedicated to Artur Międzyrzecki, and in 2021, it was followed with a plaque of Julia Hartwig.^[6][7]

On 25 August 2016, the building was placed on a municipal heritage list of Warsaw.^[8]

The multifamily residential building is designed in socialist realist style, meant be reminiscent of the Marshal Residential District, which was built a few years prior to it. The building has the base shape the letter L, and construction made from reinforced concrete and façade lied with ceramic bricks.^[1]