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link and you’d have missed all the action – erected in record time (for Poland, anyhow), the overground part of the 155-meter Skysawa was completed in the space of a year, with floors 17 to 40 taking just 150 days. According to the developer, at one stage levels were being finished every four days. A quite staggering achievement, the building – found on Świętokrzyska 36 – is the city’s first ‘pencil skyscraper’ and is slated to open for business in Q3 next year. But it’s not all about construction for destruction, too,
is afoot. A symbol of Warsaw’s Dynasty-style aspirations during the unhinged capitalistic period that reined through the 90s, work has begun on dismantling the Ilmet Tower on Rondo ONZ. Completed in 1997, and noted for its revolving rooftop Mercedes sign, never before has a building of such height been erased from the capital. Set to last until next year, the demolition process is being carried out step-bystep beginning from the inside. Eventually, the tower stands to be replaced by a 188-meter giant more in keeping with the times.
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