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Chałubińskiego 8
Chałubińskiego 8 (Ch8), formerly known as Intraco II, and Oxford Tower, is a skyscraper office building in Warsaw, Poland, within the Downtown district, at 8 Chałubińskiego Street. It was opened in 1978, its height to the roof is 140 m, and its total architecural height is 150 m. HistoryChałubińskiego 8 (originally known as Intraco II) was designed in the International Style by Wojciech Grzybowski, Jerzy Janczak, Jerzy Skrzypczak, Halina Świergocka-Kaim, and Jan Zdanowicz. It was constructed between 1975 and 1978, by a Sweden-based BPA Byggproduktion AB, in the location of the former Warsaw Pomological Garden, that was destroyed in the World War II.[1][2] The building was envisioned as the headquarters of the Bank Handlowy, and the international trade hub, as well as a part of the Western Wall, an architectural complex, that also includes the LIM Center.[3][4] Upon its opening, it was the most technologically advanced, and second tallest building in the city.[1] In 2022, the building owner petitioned in the Warsaw City Hall for the permission to build additional seven storeys, extending its total height to 180 m, and another tower, located 20 m to the south.[5][6] CharacteristicsChałubińskiego 8 is an International Style skyscraper office building, located in the Downtown district, at 8 Chałubińskiego Street. It has 46 storyes, and additional two underground, and the total usable area of 70,000 m². Its height to the roof is 140 m, and its total architectural height is 150 m.[1][7] The building has 12 high-speed lifts.[4] Together with LIM Centre, it forms the Western Wall architectural complex.[3] References
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