The hotel was built in the 1970s during the period of the so-called People's Republic of Poland controlled by the Soviet Union. Following the modernization policy of the newly incumbent Edward Gierek the state-owned monopoly Orbis Hotels signed at the end of 1971 a contract with the Swedish company Skånska Cementgjuteriet for the construction of a luxurious hotel intended for foreign visitors. The 33 story building in the center of Warsaw, designed by Swedish architect Sten Samuelson at 111 meters was the second tallest building in Poland after the stalinist Palace of Culture and Science. Work was carried out at a record pace, with the hotel opened after just two years as hotel „Forum”, operated by the British company InterContinental.[1] The buildings flat, rectangular shape with several rows of small windows and originally brown color earned it the nickname giant chocolate bar.[2]
In 2000, the French Accor group bought a 20% stake in Orbis[3] and the hotel was transferred to Accor's Novotel division in 2002 and renamed Novotel Warszawa Centrum.[4] Between 2004 and 2005 the building underwent extensive modernization, bringing it up to modern standards and replacing its characteristic brown facade with a gray one common for Novotel.[5]
novotel, warszawa, centrum, skyscraper, hotel, warsaw, poland, former, nameshotel, forumgeneral, informationlocationwarsaw, polandaddressul, marszałkowska, 98construction, started1972completed1974height111mtechnical, detailsfloor, count33, contents, history, a. Novotel Warszawa Centrum is a skyscraper hotel in Warsaw Poland Novotel Warszawa CentrumFormer namesHotel ForumGeneral informationLocationWarsaw PolandAddressul Marszalkowska 94 98Construction started1972Completed1974Height111mTechnical detailsFloor count33 Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory Edit Hotel Forum in 1975 The hotel was built in the 1970s during the period of the so called People s Republic of Poland controlled by the Soviet Union Following the modernization policy of the newly incumbent Edward Gierek the state owned monopoly Orbis Hotels signed at the end of 1971 a contract with the Swedish company Skanska Cementgjuteriet for the construction of a luxurious hotel intended for foreign visitors The 33 story building in the center of Warsaw designed by Swedish architect Sten Samuelson at 111 meters was the second tallest building in Poland after the stalinist Palace of Culture and Science Work was carried out at a record pace with the hotel opened after just two years as hotel Forum operated by the British company InterContinental 1 The buildings flat rectangular shape with several rows of small windows and originally brown color earned it the nickname giant chocolate bar 2 In 2000 the French Accor group bought a 20 stake in Orbis 3 and the hotel was transferred to Accor s Novotel division in 2002 and renamed Novotel Warszawa Centrum 4 Between 2004 and 2005 the building underwent extensive modernization bringing it up to modern standards and replacing its characteristic brown facade with a gray one common for Novotel 5 See also EditList of tallest buildings in PolandReferences Edit Stolica warszawski tygodnik ilustrowany 1974 nr 6 10 II Hotel Forum Ogromna tabliczka czekolady w centrum Warszawy Polskie Radio Accor expands in Poland 28 July 2000 Novotel Warszawa Centrum urbanity pl Forum zrywwa z azbestem Zycie Warszawy External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Novotel Warszawa Centrum Official website Historic photos Coordinates 52 13 46 N 21 00 49 E 52 2294 N 21 0136 E 52 2294 21 0136 This article about a building or structure in Warsaw is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Novotel Warszawa Centrum amp oldid 1072990202, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
