The building of the tower was initially contracted to PIA Piasecki S.A. on 1 August 1997, originally due to be completed 30 June 2002. In 2002, however, the contractor was found unable to complete the structure due to strained financial standing, and the investor turned to PORR Polska S.A. (who has completed a number of other office buildings and towers in Warsaw) to finish the construction. The Tower was finally completed in December 2003. The Tower was built using the "top-down" technology, with both the over- and underground parts of the structure being constructed simultaneously. During the excavation for the foundation of the Tower, a 580 kg artillery shell from World War II was discovered 8 metres below ground level.
The Tower was designed by architects from Apar-Projekt and Arca A&C bureaus, and consists of a composition of cylinders and cuboids. The structural design was the responsibility of TMJ Tomasz Ziętała. The Tower has 30 overground and 5 underground floors, extending 16.5 metres below ground level and rising to 128 metres above ground. The building comprises almost 50,000 m2 of space, over 41,000 of which is usable.
Unique features of the building include the helipad on the roof and the external elevator shaft, sloped 14°, which connects the street level with one of the higher office floors with an elevator cabin travelling at 2.5 m/s.[1] Apart from it, there are seven other straight-up elevator shafts in the building core. The Tower is a modern intelligent building, fitted with building automation systems.
In July 2008 it was sold to Danish investment fund Baltic Property Trust Optima which sold it in 2012 to a London-based Europa Capital LLP fund[2]
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spektrum, tower, formerly, tower, highrise, office, tower, warsaw, capital, poland, located, twarda, street, warszawa, Śródmieście, central, business, district, city, used, house, headquarters, investor, telecom, operator, telekomunikacja, polska, with, some, . The Spektrum Tower formerly TP S A Tower is a highrise office tower in Warsaw the capital of Poland It is located at 14 16 Twarda Street in the Warszawa Srodmiescie central business district of the city and used to house the headquarters of its investor the telecom operator Telekomunikacja Polska S A TP S A with some space being leased to other companies Spektrum TowerSpektrum TowerFormer namesTP S A TowerGeneral informationAddressTwarda 18Town or cityWarsawCountryPolandCoordinates52 14 04 N 20 59 57 E 52 2344 N 20 9991 E 52 2344 20 9991CompletedDecember 2003Costover PLN 200 millionClientTelekomunikacja PolskaOwnerEuropa CapitalLandlordColliers InternationalHeight122 mTechnical detailsFloor count30 5Floor area28000 sqmDesign and constructionArchitect s Apar Projekt Arca A amp C TMJ Tomasz ZietalaWebsitespektrumtower wbr comThe building of the tower was initially contracted to PIA Piasecki S A on 1 August 1997 originally due to be completed 30 June 2002 In 2002 however the contractor was found unable to complete the structure due to strained financial standing and the investor turned to PORR Polska S A who has completed a number of other office buildings and towers in Warsaw to finish the construction The Tower was finally completed in December 2003 The Tower was built using the top down technology with both the over and underground parts of the structure being constructed simultaneously During the excavation for the foundation of the Tower a 580 kg artillery shell from World War II was discovered 8 metres below ground level The Tower was designed by architects from Apar Projekt and Arca A amp C bureaus and consists of a composition of cylinders and cuboids The structural design was the responsibility of TMJ Tomasz Zietala The Tower has 30 overground and 5 underground floors extending 16 5 metres below ground level and rising to 128 metres above ground The building comprises almost 50 000 m2 of space over 41 000 of which is usable Unique features of the building include the helipad on the roof and the external elevator shaft sloped 14 which connects the street level with one of the higher office floors with an elevator cabin travelling at 2 5 m s 1 Apart from it there are seven other straight up elevator shafts in the building core The Tower is a modern intelligent building fitted with building automation systems In July 2008 it was sold to Danish investment fund Baltic Property Trust Optima which sold it in 2012 to a London based Europa Capital LLP fund 2 See also editList of tallest buildings in PolandReferences edit TPSA Tower Skyscrapers of Warsaw Retrieved 2006 09 01 TP S A Tower emporis com Archived from the original on November 7 2012 Retrieved 6 September 2016 Rockefellerowie kupili wiezowiec przy Twardej in Polish gazeta pl 2012 09 03 Retrieved 8 January 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spektrum Tower amp oldid 1151820665, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
