The Warsaw Trade Tower is one of the two (along with the Palace of Culture and Science) buildings in Warsaw and in Poland with a height greater than 200 metres. The Warsaw Trade Tower is currently the second tallest building in Poland.

The building is located on Chłodna and Towarcowa streets, two blocks from the Warsaw Uprising Museum. The insurance company AXA

AXA

AXA S.A. is a French global insurance group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. AXA is a conglomerate of independently run businesses, operated according to the laws and regulations of many different countries. The AXA group of companies engage in life, health and other forms of...

 is the name tenant, and its logo is prominently displayed from the upper floors.

The Warsaw Trade Tower has a metal spire completed mast antenna relay attached to the building on steel rims. The spire starts at a height of 32 floors and rises to a height of 24 meters above the roof.

Construction took place from 1997 to 1999 by the Korean company Daewoo

Daewoo

Daewoo or the Daewoo Group was a major South Korean chaebol . It was founded on 22 March 1967 as Daewoo Industrial and was dismantled by the Korean government in 1999...

. In 2002 Daewoo sold the property to the American firm Apollo-Rida. At 208 metres in height (the main roof goes up to a height of 184 metres (604 feet)), the 43-story skyscraper includes a two story shopping center, offices, and three floors of underground parking for 300 cars. The building has one of Europe's fastest elevator

Elevator

An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...

s traveling at a speed of 7 metres per second. The foundation of the Warsaw Trade Tower is 11 meters deep and is based on 156 piles.

External links

• Skyscrapers of Warsaw - Warsaw Trade Tower