[3] The building was developed by the renowned Ukrainian architect Ivan Levynskyi and is considered to be one of Lviv's best preserved clusters of Art Nouveau architecture.

[5] The Center promotes the development of extensive research in the field of East Central Europe’s history and cooperates with related scientific institutions in Ukraine and abroad.

It offers young Ukrainian researchers opportunities to do advanced, internationally recognized work in their own country, seeking to reduce the “brain-drain” emigration of qualified scholars.

Major exhibits are usually connected with the Center’s own academic activities and include innovative content that combines texts, image, films and objects.

[3] The Center publishes scientific articles from the urban history of East Central Europe in the series “ece-urban”, which is available online.