| Chałubińskiego 8 | |
| Building Type: | Office building |
| Location: | Warsaw, Poland |
| Address: | 8 Chałubińskiego Street |
| Coordinates: | 52.2261°N 21.0042°W |
| Start Date: | 1975 |
| Completion Date: | 1978 |
| Tip: | 150 m |
| Roof: | 140 m |
| Floor Count: | 46 (+2 underground) |
| Floor Area: | 70,000 m² |
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| Architectural Style: | International Style |
| Main Contractor: | BPA Byggproduktion AB |
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.
Chałubińskiego 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]
Chałubińskiego 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]