[7] The neighbourhood covers an area of approximately 18 hectares[4] and is laid out in a pentagonal shape resembling a kite, which inspired its name (latawiec).

[9] The team also included architects such as Burdyńska, Idzikowski, Jarczewski, Jezierski, Stanisławski, Szulecka, Teitelbaum, Thor, and Załęski.

[2][11] The project aimed to reconstruct part of the Stanisławów Axis[12] and integrate the neighbourhood with nearby green spaces, including the Ujazdów and Łazienki parks and the Botanical Garden.

[14] Although Latawiec was built by the Workers' Housing Association [pl],[10] it was primarily intended for prominent individuals such as managers, party-affiliated officials, and directors of state-owned enterprises.

[9] Near Saviour Square, the "Salus" canteen provided specialized dietary options, being the only facility of its kind in Warsaw at the time.

[4] However, plans for a second cinema, a Polish Army theater at the Crossroads Square, two additional kindergartens, three residential buildings, and a student dormitory were never realized.

[4][12] Sculptures intended to decorate the main square, designed at the Lwowska Street [pl] Art Studio, were also omitted.

[12] In the central part of the neighbourhood, there is a green square with an eight-sided arcade, created by setting the buildings back from Wyzwolenia Avenue [pl].

[12] The buildings surrounding it feature red gambrels, tall chimneys, dormers, and facades made of brown bricks and light plaster.

[4] The Renaissance-inspired style was in conflict with socialist realism, which led to the main architect of the neighbourhood, Eleonora Sekrecka, losing her positions in the architectural community and party roles, and she was no longer assigned further commissions.

[2][4] He pointed out issues such as the "inexplicable reference to French influences", "unpleasant narrowing", connections to solutions from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the corridor layout of the buildings, the "lack of a new socialist city quality" in the design, and the "garishness of the architecture".

[12] The neighbourhood was included on the list of cultural heritage sites of modern Warsaw (1945–1989), compiled by the Association of Polish Architects in 2003, based on all the criteria analyzed at the time.

[21] In 2015, the urban layout, along with the rest of the Marszałkowska Residential District, was entered into the register of historical monuments of the Masovian Voivodeship (decision no.

[22] The urban layout of Latawiec and individual buildings of the neighbourhood have been listed in the municipal register of historical monuments of the city of Warsaw since 2012 and 2014 (registration number SRO10916).