InterContinental Warsaw
The Intercontinental is a five -star hotel in Warsaw. It is located in the business district of downtown district. The townscape building was constructed from 2001 to 2003 and is the tallest hotel in Poland and the third highest in Europe.
Architecture
The address of the hotel is Ulica Emilii Plater 49, it is also surrounded by the streets Śliska and Sosnowa. In the immediate vicinity of the Palace of Culture, the apartment building currently under construction Złotą 44, the mall Złote Tarasy, the central train station and the Warsaw Financial Center. The Austrian team of architects working under Tadeusz Spychała. The foundation of the hotel is the deepest of all Warsaw skyscrapers, it reaches a depth of 20.7 meters. The nordostwärtige corner of the building consists of a 20 -story piers. The height to the roof is 154 meters, with the building structures reaches 164 meters. There are 45 above-ground floors. The floor area is 45,500, the total area of 57,500 square meters. The hotel is equipped with 326 rooms, 77 suites with the possibility of self-sufficiency as well as 12 conference rooms. It also has a ballroom, two bars, two restaurants, a chocolate fountain E. Wedel, sauna, fitness club, spa and solarium. In the 43rd and 44th floor is about 150 feet above the ground, the highest swimming pool in Europe - with views of Warsaw. The five-storey underground car park can accommodate 175 vehicles. The construction of the building cost more than 100 million euros.
History
First preparatory construction work began in 1997. Builders were the Warimpex Finanz-und Beteiligungs -AG and the UBM reality development corporation along with the InterContinental group and the general contractor, the project and construction Porr AG. First, old buildings had to be demolished. The demolition was also the most important Polish jazz club, the " Akwarium " victim. Residents of surrounding residential blocks were protesting against the construction project, they feared a shadow of the tower. The range of the investor to rehabilitate the affected buildings at their own expense, the opponents of the project was not satisfactory. Finally, a solution was found to the, has also contributed to the changed conception of the tower with the free-standing north-east corner by pillars use, the affected flats allows sunlight.
During construction, a music video of the Polish hip-hop bands was " Wzgórze Ya- Pa 3" and " Warszafski Deszcz " turned on the premises. The opening of the hotel took place on 23 April 2004. The hotel has won several awards - it won the EMEA Market Performance Award 2005 and in the same year, the EMEA Quality Award. In 2007, the co-owners Warimpex and UBM took over the shares of Intercontinental group on the object. In August 2009, the singer Madonna at a gig in Warsaw during her Sticky & Sweet Tour by hotel guests.