In 1934, the construction of the building housing the Tax Office was completed in Katowice. The building was a sensation on a European scale, Not only was this "skyscraper" tall, but it was also the tallest 17-storey building in Poland and one of the tallest in Europe. It was erected in the then revolutionary construction of steel frame technology. The architectural design was prepared by Tadeusz Kozlowski, and the steel construction was designed professor Stefan Bryła.

The buildings housing the District Court offices in Katowice and a former prison complex (now a remand center) are located in the city center, in the vicinity of the intersection of Andrzeja and Mikołowska Streets. The building, which originally housed the Royal District Court, consists of two parts built in 1889 and 1913 respectively. At the turn of the twentieth century, a complex of the prison buildings with the residences of the prison governor and guards were also erected in the vicinity.

Dział zajmuję się prezentacją kulturalno-artystycznego dorobku miasta. Gromadzi prace śląskich i katowickich artystów-grafików. Patronem oddziału jest wybitny grafik Paweł Steller, mieszkający i tworzący w Katowicach przez niemal 50 lat. Krytycy zachodni nazywali go "polskim Dürerem", a polscy krytycy "śląskim Skoczylasem".

The building of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Silesia in Katowice is located at Jordana Street. It represents the latest architectural style if Upper Silesia. The building was erected in the early years of this century. It was designed by Jack Kuś, Tadeusz Orzechowski, Jerzy Stysiał and Henry kWilkosz. This project received the Grand Prix in the competition "Architecture of the Year of the Silesian Voivodeship" in 2004.

The church of Saints Peter and Paul in Katowice was built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, as the seat of the second Roman Catholic parish in the city. The designer of the church was Joseph Ebers, a building advisor to the diocese from Wrocław. The neo-Gothic church is made of brick, on a Latin cross plan. Interestingly, in the years 1925-1957, it served as the cathedral church of the diocese of Katowice

The Cathedral of Christ the King in Katowice was being built over nearly 30 years. The construction work started in 1927, and the ceremony of its consecration took place in 1955. The building was built in the Classicist style, with a monumental colonnade in front of the main entrance and a distinctive central dome. This dome is 64 meters tall and is lower than the one originally designed by 38 m. The church is the largest arch cathedral in Poland.

The Goldstein Villa in Katowice, also known as the Palace of the Goldsteins, or the Palace of the Industrialists, is a neo-Renaissance building, located in the western part of downtown Katowice, on the corner of today’s Jan Matejko Street and Plac Wolności (Freedom Square - formerly Wilhelmsplatz). It was built by Abraham and Józef Goldstein in 1872. They were rich Jews who came from the area annexed by Russia, and who for some time ran businesses in Upper Silesia.

The Archdiocese Museum in Katowice is housed in the building of the Archbishop’s Curia at the Jordana Street, near the Archcathedral of Christ the King. It has been operating since 1975, but its origins date back to the interwar period. The most valuable part of the museum collections are monuments of religious art, but the institution also collects books, medals and memorabilia of the "Solidarity". Among the pictures displayed here are the works attributed to Raphael, Poussin or Zurbaran.