Warsaw Unit

{{Infobox building

| name = Warsaw Unit

| status = Completed

| image = Unit PBPA.jpg

| caption = Warsaw Unit in 2020

| building_type = Office

| location = Warsaw, Poland

| address = 1 Daszyński Roundabout {{efn|Some sources list nearby {{Ill|112, Pańska Street, Warsaw|pl|Kamienica przy ul. Pańskiej 112 w Warszawie}} as its address instead.}}

| coordinates = {{coord|52|13|48.94|N|20|59|9.52|E|region:PL-MZ|display=inline}}

| start_date = 2017

| completion_date = 2021

| architectural = {{convert|202|m}}

| tip = {{convert|202|m}}

| roof = {{convert|180|m}}

| floor_count = 46

| floor_area = {{convert|59000|m2|abbr=on}}

| architectural_style =

| architecture_firm = Projekt Polsko-Belgijska Pracownia Architektury

| developer = Ghelamco

| website = {{URL|warsawunit.com}}

| references =

}}

Warsaw Unit is a skyscraper in the city of Warsaw, Poland. It is located at the 1 Daszyński Roundabout,{{efn|Some sources list nearby {{Ill|112, Pańska Street, Warsaw|pl|Kamienica przy ul. Pańskiej 112 w Warszawie}} as its address instead.}} in the district of Wola, within the neighbourhood of Mirów. It was opened in 2021.

Name

According to the developing company, Ghelamco, the name Warsaw Unit is an homage to the Unité d'habitation (Housing Unit), a modernist residential housing typology developed by Le Corbusier. The name is also alternatively spelled as Warsaw UNIT. Formerly, until November 2018, the building was known as Spinnaker.{{cite web|url=https://biznes.wprost.pl/nieruchomosci/10170104/warsaw-unit-a-nie-spinnaker-ghelamco-buduje-przy-rondzie-daszynskiego.html|language=pl|website=biznes.wprost.pl|author=Marcin Haber|title=Warsaw UNIT – Ghelamco odsłania karty. 202 m wieży przy Rondzie Daszyńskiego|date=22 November 2018}}

Design and technical details

File:Warsaw Unit from Wronia Street.jpg]]

The building has 46 storeys Its height from the base to the roof, equals 180 m (590.55 ft), and its total height, including the technical equipment on the roof, equals 202 m (662.73 ft.). With its total height, it is the 5th tallest building in the city, and the 6th tallest building in Poland. When including only its height to the roof, it is the 7th tallest building in the city, and 8th in Poland.

The building has 59 000 m² (635 070 sq ft) of floor area, including an office area of 57 000 m² (613 543 sq ft), and 300 m² (3229 sq ft) of commercial and service area. It has 14 elevators, and 456 car parks.

The portion of the building elevation had been covered with Dragon Skin-type kinetic facade, consisting of thousands of moving plate, which move in the wind, forming illusions of images on building walls. It is the first time such elevation had been used in the building in Poland.The last storey includes terrace encased with glass walls.

History

The construction of the building had been financed by Ghelamco Group, and it was designed by the architectural firm of {{Ill|Projekt Polsko-Belgijska Pracownia Architektury|de|Polsko-Belgijska Pracownia Architektury}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.urbanity.pl/mazowieckie/warszawa/prosta-office-tower,b808|title=Warsaw Unit|language=pl|website=urbanity.pl}}Jerzy S. Majewski: Warszawa sięga chmur. In: Stolica, p. 6–8, November–December 2021. The building had been constructed on the small plot of land, on which was previously located historical tenement, located at 112 Pańska Street, near the Daszyński Roundabout between Prosta, Pańska, and Wronia Streets.Michał Wojtczuk: Wieżowiec, plac budowy i opuszczona kamienica. In: Gazeta Stołeczna, p. 4, 19 January 2023. Its construction began in April 2017 and was finished in March 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://ceo.com.pl/budowa-warsaw-unit-ukonczona-28178|title=Budowa Warsaw Unit ukończona.|website=ceo.com.pl|language=pl|date=19 May 2021}}

In November 2024 the building has been sold to {{Ill|Eastnine|sv}}{{cite news|url=https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/vastgoed/ghelamco-rondt-verkoop-van-pools-kroonjuweel-voor-280-miljoen-euro-af/10575889.html|title=Ghelamco rondt verkoop van Pools kroonjuweel voor 280 miljoen euro af|trans-title= |first1=Bas |last1=Kurstjens |first2=Lukas |last2=Vanacker|date=November 26, 2024|work=De Tijd}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastnine.com/en/press/eastnine-acquires-warsaw-unit-largest-office-transaction-europe-year-2283058|title=Eastnine acquires Warsaw Unit in the largest office transaction in Europe this year|date=November 26, 2024|website=Eastnine|accessdate=November 27, 2024}}