Warsaw Trade Tower
{{Short description|Skyscraper in Warsaw, Poland}}
{{Infobox building
|name = Warsaw Trade Tower
|image = La "Warsaw Trade Tower".jpg
|image_size =
|caption =
|location = Warsaw, Poland
|coordinates = {{coord|52|14|08|N|20|58|59|E|display=inline,title}}
|status = Completed
|start_date = June 1997
|completion_date = November 1999
|opening =
|building_type = Office
|antenna_spire = {{convert|208|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|architectural = {{convert|184|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|top_floor = {{convert|176|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|floor_count = 43
|floor_area = {{convert|71,567|sqm|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=Warsaw Trade Tower|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/warsaw-trade-tower/1524|website=Skyscraper Center|publisher=CTBUH|access-date=7 November 2017|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107164932/http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/warsaw-trade-tower/1524|url-status=live}}
|architect =
|main_contractor = Mostostal Warszawa S.A.
Warbud
|developer = Daewoo
|owner = Globalworth
|references =
}}
The Warsaw Trade Tower (WTT) is a skyscraper in Warsaw, Poland. Along with Varso Tower, Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw Spire and Warsaw Unit, it is one of the five buildings in Warsaw with a spire height greater than {{convert|200|m}}. The tower is the seventh tallest building in Warsaw and the ninth tallest in Poland.
Overview
File:Warsaw Trade Tower overwiev.jpg
The Warsaw Trade Tower is located in the Wola district, at Chłodna and Towarowa streets, two blocks from the Warsaw Uprising Museum. The 43-storey skyscraper has a height of {{convert|208|m}}, with its roof height being {{convert|184|m}}. The {{convert|85|m}} spire attached to the building starts on the 32nd floor and rises up to {{convert|24|m|abbr=on}} above the roof.{{cite web |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1316554 |title=Architectural and Structural Analysis of Selected Tall Buildings in Warsaw, Poland |last1=Szolomicki |first1=J. |last2=Golasz-Szolomicka |first2=H. |date=2018 |publisher=World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=21 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121014333/https://zenodo.org/record/1316554 |url-status=live }}
The tower includes offices, a two-storey shopping centre and three floors of underground parking for 300 cars. It has one of Europe's fastest elevators, travelling at a speed of {{convert|7|m/s}}.{{cite web|url=https://studiovk.pl/architektura-warszawy/warsaw-trade-tower/|title=Warsaw Trade Tower|website=Studio VK|language=pl|access-date=18 June 2023|archive-date=18 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518060503/https://studiovk.pl/architektura-warszawy/warsaw-trade-tower/|url-status=live}}
Construction took place from June 1997 to November 1999 by the Korean company Daewoo. In 2002, Daewoo sold the property to the American firm Apollo-Rida. Since 2009 the owner and manager of the building has been the real estate company Globalworth.{{cite web|url=https://www.globalworth.com/buildings/office/warsaw-trade-tower/|title=Warsaw Trade Tower|website=Globalworth|access-date=18 June 2023|archive-date=4 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204192132/https://www.globalworth.com/buildings/office/warsaw-trade-tower/|url-status=live}}
Between 2015 and 2016, the WTT underwent a thorough modernisation. As a result of the implemented changes, the facility gained a number of amenities that set the standards of modern office buildings. Further renovations in 2023 included a new lobby for the tower designed by the MIXD architectural studio.{{cite web|url=https://plndesign.pl/nowe-lobby-warsaw-trade-tower-elegancja-i-funkcjonalnosc/|title=Nowe lobby Warsaw Trade Tower – elegancja i funkcjonalność|website=PLN Design|language=pl|date=4 May 2023|access-date=18 June 2023}}{{cite web|last=Motorek|first=Bartosz|url=https://www.urbanity.pl/mazowieckie/warszawa/nowe-funkcjonalne-lobby-w-warsaw-trade-tower-z-imponujacymi-zyrandolami-z-krysztalow,w22712|title=Nowe, funkcjonalne lobby w Warsaw Trade Tower z imponującymi żyrandolami z kryształów|website=urbanity.pl|language=pl|date=22 March 2023|access-date=18 June 2023}}
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category-inline|Warsaw Trade Tower}}
- [https://www.globalworth.com/buildings/office/warsaw-trade-tower/ Warsaw Trade Tower at Globalworth]
- [http://wiezowce.waw.pl/wtt_en.php Skyscrapers of Warsaw: Warsaw Trade Tower]
{{Warsaw Skyscrapers}}
Category:1999 establishments in Poland
Category:Office buildings completed in 1999