New Polish architecture - seeking to establish order?

Poland is a shifting country. In the postwar era it shifted geographically - 300 kilometres (186 miles) to the west - and since 1989 it has been undergoing enormous political and economic transformations. It is one of the leading ex-Soviet bloc economies. Such huge changes, however, come at a price. The combined expiration of a comprehensive planning system and excessive bureaucracy provides difficult and uncertain conditions for architects. Marta A Urbanska explains how a generation of young, enterprising Polish architects have equipped themselves to deal with this quicksand-like situation by becoming great improvisers and jacks of all trades, as savvy about development, planning and finance as they are about design.