The Warsaw Trade Tower (WTT) is a skyscraper in Warsaw. Along with the
Palace of Culture and Science
A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...
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Warsaw Spire
The Warsaw Spire is a complex of Neomodern office buildings in Warsaw, Poland constructed by the Belgian real estate developer Ghelamco.
Description
It consists of a 220-metre main tower with a hyperboloid glass facade, Warsaw Spire A, and two ...
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Varso
Varso or Varso Place is a neomodern office building complex in Warsaw, Poland. It was designed by Foster and Partners and developed by HB Reavis.
The complex features three buildings, of which the main one, Varso Tower, at in height, is the t ...
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Złota 44, it is one of the five buildings in Warsaw with a roof height greater than . The Warsaw Trade Tower is the
fourth tallest building in Poland.
The building is on Chłodna and Towarowa streets, two blocks from the
Warsaw Uprising Museum.
The Warsaw Trade Tower has a metal spire (mast antenna relay) attached to the building on steel rims. The spire starts from a height of 32 floors and rises above the roof.
Construction took place from 1997 to 1999 by the Korean company
Daewoo
Daewoo ( ; Hangul: , Hanja: , ; literally "great universe" and a portmanteau of "dae" meaning great, and the given name of founder and chairman Kim Woo-choong) also known as the Daewoo Group, was a major South Korean chaebol (type of conglomerat ...
. In 2002, Daewoo sold the property to the American firm Apollo-Rida. At in height (the main roof goes up to a height of ),
the 43-storey skyscraper includes a two-storey shopping centre, offices, and three floors of underground parking for 300 cars. The building has one of Europe's fastest
elevator
An elevator or lift is a cable-assisted, hydraulic cylinder-assisted, or roller-track assisted machine that vertically transports people or freight between floors, levels, or decks of a building, vessel, or other structure. They a ...
s, travelling at a speed of . The foundation of the Warsaw Trade Tower is deep and is based on 156 piles.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Poland
Poland has 56 high-rise buildings that stand at least tall, being also one of 17 countries in the world to have a supertall skyscraper (building that rises at least ).
Historically, the title of the tallest building in Poland since the Middle ...
References
External links
Skyscrapers of Warsaw - Warsaw Trade Tower
{{Warsaw Skyscrapers
Office buildings completed in 1999
Wola
Skyscraper office buildings in Warsaw
1999 establishments in Poland