Oxford Tower, Warsaw
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The Oxford Tower is a skyscraper located in Warsaw
(formerly known Twardej or Elektrim) located on the street Chałubiński 8. It was built from 1975 until 1978 according to the design of Jerzy Skrzypczak, H. Świergocka-Kaim, and Wojciech Grzybowski. The skyscraper is a blue-white building built in international style; a second similar building called Intraco I, which was built a few years earlier, is located at ul. Stawki. Rate. It is located next to the Centrum LIM
skyscraper.
This building was one of the first typical skyscrapers in Warsaw, the Forum Hotel (now the Novotel Warszawa Centrum) and I Intraco. The skyscraper is part of the so-called Center West, built in order to shield and weaken the dominance of the Palace of Culture. Oxford Tower consists of Class B office space, which houses offices of such companies as Citibank Handlowy, Minex, Grappahl, Polservice, and AV investor Polferries. The headquarters of Elektrim
were formerly housed in this building.
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
(formerly known Twardej or Elektrim) located on the street Chałubiński 8. It was built from 1975 until 1978 according to the design of Jerzy Skrzypczak, H. Świergocka-Kaim, and Wojciech Grzybowski. The skyscraper is a blue-white building built in international style; a second similar building called Intraco I, which was built a few years earlier, is located at ul. Stawki. Rate. It is located next to the Centrum LIM
Centrum LIM
The Centrum LIM skyscraper was built in 1989 in the center of Warsaw, Poland, by LIM Joint Venture Sp. Ltd., a consortium of three partners: LOT, the Polish Airlines, ILBAU GmbH, the Austrian construction company, and Marriott International, the operator of the hotel chain. In 1998, ILBAU sold its...
skyscraper.
This building was one of the first typical skyscrapers in Warsaw, the Forum Hotel (now the Novotel Warszawa Centrum) and I Intraco. The skyscraper is part of the so-called Center West, built in order to shield and weaken the dominance of the Palace of Culture. Oxford Tower consists of Class B office space, which houses offices of such companies as Citibank Handlowy, Minex, Grappahl, Polservice, and AV investor Polferries. The headquarters of Elektrim
Elektrim
Elektrim SA, a Polish public company trading from 1992 on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, is the result of the privatization of the former PHZ Elektrim...
were formerly housed in this building.