The EU’s tallest building completed in Warsaw
15/12/22
The Varso Tower is being built in central Warsaw on behalf of the Luxembourgois real estate company HB Reavis. It will contain a viewing platform on the 53rd floor and a landscape terrace bar on the 49th, which will contain Warsaw's highest garden, with 16 trees platned 206m above ground.
The tower's lobby has a 10m-tall ceramic by local artist Krystyna Kaszuba-Wacławek. Beneath the tower will be an underground link to Warsaw Central Station.
The project's 70,000 sq m of office space is now being fitted-out, with the first tenants due to move in next September.
UK firm Buro Happold acted as structural engineer, with Epstein as collaborating architect.
Grant Brooker, Foster + Partners' head of studio, said: "We believe that the tower, filled with activity and featuring extraordinary rooftop public spaces, will make a strong, positive contribution to this wonderful city. We hope that it will become a hub for local and international business and a symbol for contemporary Poland."
Jedrzej Kolesinski, Foster + Partners' partner, added: "Varso Tower is a timeless addition to the skyline and a vibrant destination in the heart of Warsaw. In addition to the flexible office spaces, the building gives back to the city by providing a dynamic public realm."
Source: Global Construction Review