Chałubińskiego 8 (Ch8), formerly known as Intraco II, and Oxford Tower, is a skyscraper office building in

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, within the South Downtown neighbourhood, at 8 Chałubińskiego Street. It was opened in 1978. The building has mesures 140 m to the roof, and 150 m in its total height.

History

Chałubińskiego 8 (originally known as ''Intraco II'') was designed in the

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by Wojciech Grzybowski, Jerzy Janczak, Jerzy Skrzypczak, Halina Świergocka-Kaim, and Jan Zdanowicz. It was constructed between 1975 and 1978, by a

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-based BPA Byggproduktion AB, in the location of the former Warsaw Pomological Garden, that was destroyed in the

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.Marta Leśniakowska: ''Architektura w Warszawie 1965–1989''. Warsaw: Arkada Pracownia Historii Sztuki, 2005, p. 26. ISBN 83-908950-7-2. (in Polish) The building was envisioned as the headquarters of the

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, and the international trade hub, as well as a part of the

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, an architectural complex, that also includes the LIM Center.Tadeusz Przemysław Szafer: ''Nowa architektura polska. Diariusz lat 1971–1975''. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Arkady, 1979, p. 227, 232–233. ISBN 83-213-2921-7. (in Polish)Tadeusz Przemysław Szafer: ''Nowa architektura polska. Diariusz lat 1976–1980''. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Arkady, 1981, p. 194. ISBN 83-213-3065-7. (in Polish) Upon its opening, it was the most technologically advanced, and second tallest building in the city. In 2022, the building owner petitioned in the city hall for the permission to build additional seven storeys, that would extend its total height to 180 m, as well as an additional tower, located 20 m to the south.Michał Wojtczuk: "Chcą nadbudować znany wieżowiec", ''Gazeta Stołeczna'', p. 1. Warsaw: 14 July 2022. (in Polish)

Architecture

The has 46 storyes, with an additional two floors underground, with height to the roof is 140 m, and its total architectural height is 150 m. It has the total floor area of 70,000 m². The building has 12 high-speed lifts. Together with LIM Centre, it forms the

architectural complex.

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