Altus (also known as ''Uni Centrum'' or ''Business Center 2000'') is a
skyscraper
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in
Katowice
Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K ...
,
Silesia
Silesia (see names #Etymology, below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Silesia, Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at 8, ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
.
The construction started in 2001 and finished in 2003. The building is 125 m high and rises 30 floors above ground. Total floor area is 68,815 m
2, and volume is 270,430 m
3. The building surrounds a four-story atrium. One wing of the building has 18 stories and the other has 29.
Altus is an
intelligent building
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, controlled centrally through a
Building Management System. There are 18 elevators in the building.
The main tenants are a
four-star hotel
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, a
casino
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, a
health club
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In recent years, the number of fitness an ...
, and banks:
PKO Bank Polski,
Citibank
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, and
Kredyt Bank. There is also a three-level underground parking that can fit 560 cars. Over 1,500 people work in the building.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Poland
Poland has 43 Tower block, high-rise buildings that stand at least tall, being one of 17 countries in the world to have a List of supertall skyscrapers, supertall skyscraper (building that rises at least ).
The country's first high-rises sta ...
*
List of tallest buildings in Katowice
External links
The buildings's official website
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Skyscrapers in Katowice
Commercial buildings completed in 2003
Skyscraper office buildings in Poland
Skyscraper hotels in Poland