| Chałubińskiego 8 | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 8 ul. Chałubińskiego |
| Town or city | Warsaw |
| Country | Poland |
| Construction started | 1975 |
| Completed | 1978 |
| Height | 150m (492 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 46 (+2 underground) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Jerzy Skrzypczak, Halina Świergocka-Kaim, Wojciech Grzybowski, Jan Zdanowicz, Jerzy Janczak |
| Developer | BPA AB[1] |
The Chałubińskiego 8 (formerly known as Elektrim and INTRACO II, then Oxford Tower) is a skyscraper located in Warsaw on 8 Chałubiński Street next to the Centrum LIM skyscraper.[2]
It was constructed from 1975 to 1978, from the design of Jerzy Skrzypczak, H. Świergocka-Kaim, and Wojciech Grzybowski. The skyscraper is a blue-white building whose styling was designed and constructed to appeal to an international audience. A similar second building, called Intraco I, was built a few years earlier and is located at Stawki Street.
The Oxford Tower building was one of the first, along with the Forum Hotel (now the Novotel Warszawa Centrum) and Intraco 1, of several skyscrapers in Warsaw.[3] The skyscraper is part of the so-called Center West; built in order to hide, and therefore weaken, the dominance of the pre-existing Palace of Culture and Science. The Oxford Tower consists of Class B office space which houses offices of companies such as Citibank Handlowy, Minex, Grappahl, Polservice, and AV investor Polferries. The headquarters of Elektrim was formerly housed in this building.
See also
References
- ^ "4/9 Drapacze u progu III RP". Telewizja Polska (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2023-12-29. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
Intraco II, dziś Oxford Tower. Wzniesiony w latach 1975–1978 przez szwedzką firmę BPA Byggproduktion AB wg projektu architektów (Jerzego Skrzypczaka, Haliny ...
- ^ "Oxford Tower, Warsaw | 111502". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Nobel – Warsaw City Center". Nobel.pro. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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