Oxford Tower, Warsaw

Hotel Marriott and Oxford Tower in the background.

The Oxford Tower is a skyscraper located in Warsaw (formerly known as Twardej or Elektrim) on 8 Chałubiński Street next to the Centrum LIM skyscraper.^[1]

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 1, 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.^[2] 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.

References

↑ "Oxford Tower, Warsaw | 111502". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
↑ "Nobel – Warsaw City Center". Nobel.pro. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

Coordinates: 52°13′34″N 21°00′15″E / 52.22611°N 21.00417°E / 52.22611; 21.00417

Skyscrapers in Warsaw

Current	Palace of Culture and Science (231 m) Złota 44 (192 m) Warsaw Trade Tower (184 m) InterContinental Warsaw (164 m) Cosmopolitan Twarda 2/4 (160 m) Rondo 1 (159 m) Warsaw Financial Center (143 m) Intraco I (138 m) Spektrum (128 m) Łucka City (120 m) Błękitny Wieżowiec (120 m) Millennium Plaza (116 m) Central Tower (115 m) National Stadium (113 m) Novotel Warszawa Centrum (111 m) Złote Tarasy (105 m) Babka Tower (105 m) Ilmet (103 m)

Under construction	Warsaw Spire (220 m) Skyliner (195 m) Q22 (195 m) Generation Park (180 m)

Proposed	Chmielna Business Center (222 m) Wieżowiec Gminy Żydowskiej (207 m) Warsaw One (188 m) UBS Tower (188 m) BBI Development Tower (180 m) Porta Varsovia (180 m) Spinnaker (180 m) Autrium South II (175 m) Roma Tower (170 m) HPO Tower (167 m) PHN Tower (150 m) Liberty Tower (140 m) Mennica Tower (130 m) Sienna Towers (130 m) B4 Office Center (120 m) Grupo Prasa Grzybowska Towers (120 m) Impexmetal Towers (102 m) Jewish Community Tower (100 m)

Cancelled	Lilium (235 m)

See also: Tallest buildings in Poland

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