Błękitny Wieżowiec

Błękitny Wieżowiec

Błękitny Wieżowiec (literally Blue Skyscraper) is a building located in Bank Square in Warsaw. It stands in the place that was occupied before World War II by Warsaw's largest synagogue, the Great Synagogue,^[1] which was blown up by the Germans in 1943. Initial concepts for the construction of the skyscraper had been put forward in the 1950s, but construction finally began in the 1970s and was suspended shortly after the main structure was built. The unused construction was then often called the "golden towers" because of the colour of the facade.

The work resumed in the late 1980s and was completed in 1991. The project was modified by a Belgrade-based company, replacing the copper-coloured facade with colourless reflective material, which gives a sky-blue reflection on a clear day (hence the current name). The skyscraper is 120 meters high and has 28 storeys. Prominent former tenants include Peugeot and Sony which had large neon signs on the building.

Skyscrapers in Warsaw

Current	Palace of Culture and Science (231 m) Warsaw Spire (220 m) Warsaw Trade Tower (208 m) Złota 44 (192 m) InterContinental Warsaw (164 m) Cosmopolitan Twarda 2/4 (160 m) Rondo 1 (159 m) Q22 (159 m) Warsaw Financial Center (143 m) Hotel Marriott (140 m) Oxford Tower (140 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	Skyliner (195 m) Generation Park (180 m) Sienna Towers (130 m) Spark (130 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 Tower (235 m)

See also: Tallest buildings in Poland

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Coordinates: 52°14′39″N 21°00′08″E / 52.244129°N 21.00226°E / 52.244129; 21.00226

References

↑ "Błękitny Wieżowiec (dawniej Wielka Synagoga)" (in Polish). 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2015-04-07.

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